Rónald Gómez
Rónald Gómez | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rónald Gómez | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Saprissa | ||
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2006 |
Rónald Gómez (born January 24, 1975 in Guanacaste) is a Costa Rican football (soccer) forward, who, as of 2005, plays for Deportivo Saprissa.
An important player on the Costa Rican national team, Gómez played for his country at the 2002 World Cup, scoring two goals. As we head into the final stages of the tournament he has gained 78 caps and scored 23 times.
He has played in Guatemala with CSD Municipal, at La Liga in Spain with Sporting Gijón and Hercules of Alicante, as well as in Greece with OFI Crete. With Saprissa, he has won a national championship and a CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C. He scored the winning goal in the last minutes of the game that Saprissa won in order to achieve the third place of the tournament. His goal was considered among the best of the cup.