Rafa Gómez (footballer, born 1974)

Rafa Gómez
Personal information
Full name	Rafael Gómez Company
Date of birth	5 January 1974
Place of birth	Moncada, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Valencia Mestalla
1995–1996	Valencia
1996	Racing de Ferrol
1997–2002	Compostela
2002–2003	Levante
2003–2004	Lorca Deportiva
Total
	*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

La Liga runners-up: 1995–96

Lorca Deportiva

Segunda División B runners-up: 2003–04

Career statistics

As of 10 March 2021^[2]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Valencia Mestalla	1994–95	Segunda División B	30	0	–		2	0	32	0
	1995–96	Segunda División B	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	La Liga	18	0	0	0	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	Segunda División	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	0	44	0
	2004–05	Segunda División B	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 2 3 "Rafa Gómez". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 "Rafa Gómez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External links

Rafa Gómez at BDFutbol
Rafa Gómez at WorldFootball.net

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[worldfootball-1] 1 2 3 "Rafa Gómez". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[BDF-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Rafa Gómez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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