Elías Gómez (footballer, born 1994)

Not to be confused with Elías Gómez (footballer, born 1986).

Elías Gómez

Personal information
Full name	Elías José Gómez
Date of birth	(1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth	Granadero Baigorria, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Left-back[3]
Team information
Current team	Vélez Sarsfield
Number	3
Youth career
2006–2013	Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2020	Rosario Central	22	(0)
2013	→ Sportivo Las Heras (loan)	1	(0)
2016–2017	→ Defensa y Justicia (loan)	10	(0)
2019–2020	→ Argentinos Juniors (loan)	26	(3)
2020–2021	Argentinos Juniors	49	(3)
2022–2023	River Plate	31	(0)
2023–	Vélez Sarsfield	55	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:17, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Elías José Gómez (born 9 June 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Vélez Sarsfield.[1]

Career

Gómez began his career with Rosario Central in the youth team, joining in 2006.[4] Before starting his senior career with Rosario Central, he had a short loan spell with Sportivo Las Heras in 2013.[5] He featured for the first time for Rosario Central on 23 November 2013 during a defeat away to Olimpo.[1][6] He subsequently made sixteen appearances across the following three campaigns in all competitions.[1] On 2 February 2016, Defensa y Justicia completed the loan signing of Gómez.[1] He remained with the club for the 2016 and 2016–17 seasons, playing in twelve matches before returning to Rosario in June 2017.[1]

In January 2019, Gómez joined fellow top-flight side Argentinos Juniors on loan.[1][7] He scored his first senior goal on 18 February against Estudiantes.[1] Twelve months after arriving, in January 2020, Argentinos purchased Gómez permanently as the defender signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.[8]

At the end of January 2022, Gómez joined River Plate on a deal until the end of 2025.[9]

Career statistics

As of 11 July 2020.[1][5]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rosario Central	2012–13	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2013–14	Primera División	4	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
	2014		7	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	7	0
	2015		5	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	6	0
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2017–18		3	0	2	0	—		0	0	0	0	5	0
	2018–19		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		22	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
Sportivo Las Heras (loan)	2012–13	Torneo Argentino B	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Defensa y Justicia (loan)	2016	Primera División	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
	2016–17		9	0	2	0	—		0	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		10	0	2	0	—		0	0	0	0	12	0
Argentinos Juniors (loan)	2018–19	Primera División	10	2	0	0	0	0	3[a]	0	0	0	13	2
	2019–20		16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
Argentinos Juniors			6	0	1	0	1	0	2[a]	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		32	3	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	39	3
Career total			65	3	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	77	3

1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Vélez Sarsfield

• Argentine Primera División: 2024[10]

References

1. "Elías Gómez profile". Soccerway. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
2. "Elías Gómez" (in Spanish). Club Atlético River Plate. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
3. Elías Gómez at WorldFootball.net
4. "Elías Gómez, el juvenil que concentra por primera vez". Rosario Central. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
5. "Elías Gómez profile". BDFA. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
6. "Elías Gómez, tras su buen debut: Sería lindo jugar en el Gigante". Rosario3. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
7. "Cómo se preparan los rivales directos de Belgrano". Mundod Lavoz. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
8. "Argentinos Juniors compró la mitad del pase de Elías Gómez". TyC Sports. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
9. Quién es Elías Gómez, el jugador que River le arrebató a Independiente, tycsports.com, 25 January 2022
10. O'Sullivan, Joseph. "Vélez Sarsfield Win First League Trophy Since 2013". Forbes. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

External links

• Elías Gómez at Soccerway