Cristián Alejandro Gómez Chandía (born 4 January 1978) is a Chilean footballer who played in the Primera División of Chile, Canadian Soccer League, Segunda División de Chile and the Primera B de Chile.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristián Alejandro Gómez Chandía | ||
| Date of birth | January 4, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Coquimbo, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | República Independiente (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Coquimbo Unido | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2001 | Coquimbo Unido | 43 | (6) |
| 2002 | Cobreloa | 30 | (2) |
| 2003 | Colo-Colo | 10 | (0) |
| 2004 | Universidad de Concepción | 19 | (2) |
| 2005 | Cobreloa | 27 | (0) |
| 2006 | Everton | 29 | (0) |
| 2007 | Ñublense | 31 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Rangers | 63 | (3) |
| 2010 | Curicó Unido | 29 | (1) |
| 2011 | Brantford Galaxy | 7 | (1) |
| 2012 | Provincial Osorno | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Curicó Unido | 20 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Lota Schwager | 52 | (1) |
| Total | 370 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | Chile B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2021 | Lota Schwager | ||
| 2022– | República Independiente | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Gómez played for several teams during his career, starting with local Coquimbo Unido. During his time in the Primera División of Chile he would play with C.D. Cobreloa, Colo-Colo, C.D. Universidad de Concepción, Everton de Viña del Mar, Ñublense, Rangers de Talca.[1] In 2010, he played with Curicó Unido of the Primera B de Chile.[2] The following year he went abroad to Canada to play with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League.[3] At the conclusion the CSL season he returned to Chile to play with Provincial Osorno of the Segunda División de Chile. He would conclude his professional career with Curicó Unido, and Lota Schwager in the Primera B.
He gained one cap for Chile, on 14 November 2001, playing 65 minutes against Ecuador for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[4] In addition, he made an appearance for Chile B in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001.[5]
Coaching career edit
From 2019 to 2021 he was the manager of Lota Schwager in both the Tercera A and the Tercera B.[6] Since May 2022, he works as the manager of República Independiente from Hualqui in the Tercera B.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Cristian Alejandro Gómez Chandía - Fichajes.com". Fichajes .com: Noticias y rumores sobre el mercado de fichajes de fútbol. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "Brantford Galaxy SC --- Brantford, Ontario". 2011-09-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ A 12 años del último triunfo a Ecuador por Clasificatorias: El gran debut de Nelson Acosta (12 years since last win against Ecuador for the WC qualifiers: Nelson Acosta's great debut); EMOL, 9 October 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "International Matches 2001 - Other". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Inostroza, Paulo (11 February 2021). "Cristián Gómez: "siempre estuve cuando había que ayudar a Lota"". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Pavez, Ignacio (14 May 2022). "República Independiente de Hualqui: Mentalizados en subir de categoría". Pasión de Hincha (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
External links edit
- Cristián Gómez at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Cristián Gómez at National-Football-Teams.com