Rafa Gómez (footballer, born 1974)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Company.
Rafa Gómez
Personal information
Full name Rafael Gómez Company
Date of birth (1974-01-05) 5 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Moncada, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Valencia Mestalla 30 (0)
1995–1996 Valencia 0 (0)
1996 Racing de Ferrol 16 (0)
1997–2002 Compostela 125 (0)
2002–2003 Levante 44 (0)
2003–2004 Lorca Deportiva 39 (0)
Total 254 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafael "Rafa" Gómez Company (born 5 January 1974 in Moncada, Horta Nord, Valencia) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Career

Gómez began his career with local giants Valencia, playing for their B team, Valencia Mestalla, during the 1994–95 Segunda División B season. He was part of the first team squad that finished as La Liga runners-up the following year, but didn't play any matches. He left to join Racing de Ferrol ahead of the 1996–97 season,[2] but stayed only six months before joining top flight side SD Compostela in the January transfer window.[1] He spent a little over five years with Compostela, enduring relegation to the Segunda División in 1997–98, and again to the third tier in 2000–01.[2]

Gómez played a key role in the first part of the following season, which ended with Compostela earning promotion directly back to the second division,[2] but he left the club in March 2002 to join Levante.[1] After a year and a half with Levante in the Segunda División, he dropped down a level with Lorca Deportiva in 2003. He played in every match bar one in his first season with Lorca, helping them to the runners-up spot in their Segunda División B group, although they failed to win promotion via the play-offs. After two matches of the 2004–05 season, which did end in promotion for Lorca,[2] Gómez suffered an injury to his thumb, and was forced into retirement at the age of 30.

Honours

Valencia

Lorca Deportiva

Career statistics

As of 10 March 2021[2]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valencia Mestalla 1994–95 Segunda División B 30 0 – 2[1] 0 32 0
1995–96 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 30 0 0 0 2 0 32 0
Valencia 1995–96 La Liga 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Racing de Ferrol 1996–97 Segunda División B 16 0 1 0 – 17 0
Compostela 1996–97 La Liga 16 0 2 0 – 18 0
1997–98 18 0 0 0 2[2] 0 20 0
1998–99 Segunda División 18 0 0 0 – 18 0
1999–2000 18 0 0 0 – 18 0
2000–01 28 0 0 0 – 28 0
2001–02 Segunda División B 27 0 1 0 – 28 0
Total 125 0 3 0 2 0 130 0
Levante 2001–02 Segunda División 10 0 0 0 – 10 0
2002–03 34 0 0 0 – 34 0
Total 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Lorca Deportiva 2003–04 Segunda División B 37 0 1 0 6[3] 0 44 0
2004–05 2 0 0 0 – 2 0
Total 39 0 1 0 6 0 46 0
Career total 254 0 5 0 10 0 269 0
1.^ Appearances in the 1995 Segunda División B play-offs
2.^ Appearances in the 1997–98 La Liga relegation play-off
3.^ Appearances in the 2004 Segunda División B play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rafa Gómez". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Rafa Gómez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2021.