Mario Gómez

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Mario Gómez García ( german pronunciation : [ ˈmaːʁi̯oː ˈɡɔmɛs ] ; born 10 July 1985 ) is a german erstwhile professional football player who played as a striker. He represented the Germany national team over a menstruation of 11 years between 2007 and 2018. [ 4 ]

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Gómez began his professional career with Stuttgart. When the team won the Bundesliga in 2006–07, Gómez contributed 14 goals and 7 assists and was selected as german Footballer of the year. In 2009, he signed for Bayern Munich for an estimated €30–35 million ; second then a league record. With Bayern, Gómez was the Bundesliga peak scorekeeper in 2011 and helped the team win seven trophies, including the UEFA Champions League in 2013. He left for Serie A team Fiorentina in 2013 and was affected by wound during his time in Italy. Gómez was loaned to Turkey ‘s Beşiktaş in 2015 and was acme scorer as the club won the Süper Lig. He subsequently returned to Germany by joining Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg. The season he joined, he helped Wolfsburg debar relegation. He returned to Stuttgart the season after, helping them achieve forwarding to the Bundesliga after the 2019–20 campaign. Gómez made his senior external debut for Germany in February 2007 and was included in their squads for three UEFA european Championships and two FIFA World Cups, finishing as top scorekeeper at UEFA Euro 2012. He retired from international football in 2018 .

Club career [edit ]

stuttgart [edit ]

Gómez played for VfB Stuttgart II in the Regionalliga Süd in the 2003–04 [ 5 ] and 2004–05 [ 6 ] seasons. He scored six goals in 19 appearances during the 2003–04 season [ 5 ] and 15 goals in 24 appearances in the 2004–05 season. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On 9 March 2004, Gómez played ten minutes for Stuttgart in the Champions League first knock-out round against Chelsea [ 8 ] and made his debut in the Bundesliga on 8 May, coming on for Imre Szabics in a 2–1 loss to Hamburger SV. [ 9 ] These ended up as his only two appearances for the first team during the 2003–04 season. [ 10 ] He would go on to make eight league appearances, [ 6 ] one DFB-Pokal appearance, [ 11 ] and one UEFA Cup appearance. [ 11 ] In the 2005–06 season, Gómez joined the inaugural team permanently. He played 30 times in the Bundesliga, scoring six times at this level. [ 12 ] His first goal came on 17 September 2005, the winner in a 2–1 get the better of of Mainz 05. [ 13 ] Gómez besides played five times in the UEFA Cup, [ 12 ] scoring doubly, and played three times in both the DFB-Pokal, [ 12 ] and DFL-Ligapokal. [ 14 ]
In the 2006–07 temper, Gómez established himself as one of the top scorers in the Bundesliga. however, he broke his hand on 10 March 2007 and suffered a tear ligament in his left knee. He made his comeback on 12 May 2007 and immediately scored after coming on from the bench. In that match, Stuttgart defeated VfL Bochum ( 3–2 ) and went two points clear heading into the Bundesliga ‘s concluding weekend, where they won at dwelling against Energie Cottbus, thus becoming german champions. Further, Stuttgart besides reached final of the DFB-Pokal, where Gómez participated, but Stuttgart lost to 1. FC Nürnberg. He finished the season with 14 goals in 25 league appearances and two goals in five DFB-Pokal appearances. [ 15 ] After the season, he was named german Footballer of the year for 2007 [ 16 ] and extended his shrink at Stuttgart until 2012. [ 17 ] In the 2007–08 season, while the rest of his team struggled to keep performing at their 2006–07 temper standards, Gómez remained at an amazingly eminent level, scoring 19 goals in 25 appearances, [ 18 ] second in the Bundesliga ‘s top scorekeeper list, just behind Bayern Munich ‘s Luca Toni, who scored 24 times. In the DFB-Pokal, Gómez was the top scorer with six goals. [ 19 ] Because of his development, many large clubs became matter to in the then-23-year-old fore. Gómez gained the nickname “ Mr. Zuverlässig ” ( “ Mr. Reliable ” ), as seen in his second of three goals against Bundesliga equal Werder Bremen ( final examination score 6–3 ), where he managed to net in a virtually unapproachable pass by teammate Yıldıray Baştürk. On 9 May 2009, Gómez hit four goals to inspire Stuttgart to a 4–1 victory over Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg. [ 20 ] He besides had six goals in three DFB-Pokal appearances and three goals in four UEFA Champions League appearances. [ 18 ] The 2008–09 season proved to be his final in a Stuttgart uniform, as he would transfer to Bayern Munich after the season. [ 21 ] During the season, he would score 24 goals in 32 league appearances, three goals in two DFB-Pokal appearances, eight goals in ten-spot UEFA Cup appearances. [ 22 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

On 26 May 2009, Gómez finally transferred to Bayern Munich for a Bundesliga record transplant tip, signing a four-year contract. The come of the transportation fee varies from €30–35 million, depending on different sources. [ 21 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Gómez was not scoring like his common self in his first gear season for Bayern, with good ten league goals and one Champions League goal netted, [ 25 ] but in the DFB-Pokal, he was more fecund, with three goals in equitable four matches. [ 25 ] Gómez was besides short-change in the assists column, angstrom well. Quite surprisingly, he made an impingement as he was to start the majority of matches next season for Bayern. besides in his first gear season, Gómez was teamed up with his german external assume partner Miroslav Klose to give him some first-team know. [ citation needed ] After an erratic first season at Bayern with 10 goals in 29 league appearances, [ 25 ] Gómez established himself as a starter during the 2010–11 season ( to an extent at the expense of Miroslav Klose and ascribable to an injury sustained by Ivica Olić ) and finished as top goalscorer [ 26 ] in the Bundesliga with 28 goals. [ 27 ] He scored his hundredth Bundesliga finish with his third hit in a 1–8 away victory over FC St. Pauli on 7 May 2011, [ 28 ] the hat-trick already being his fifth in the Bundesliga in the 2010–11 season, and his sixth overall, adding in his hat-trick [ 27 ] against CFR Cluj in the Champions League. Gómez has scored 13 hat-tricks in his Bundesliga career, three with VfB Stuttgart and ten with Bayern. Gómez besides netted eight times in the Champions League [ 27 ] and finished in second place in the temper ‘s top scorers, tied with Samuel Eto’o, [ 29 ] although Bayern was eliminated in the circle of 16 by Inter Milan. Gómez in all competitions scored 39 goals in his second temper with the bavarian clubhouse. [ 30 ]

2011–12 season [edit ]

Gómez started the 2011–12 season in similar expressive style towards the former season and he opened his league account on 20 August 2011 in Bayern ‘s thrash of Hamburger SV. [ 31 ] Seven days late, Gómez scored a hat-trick aside to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. [ 32 ] On 10 September, Gómez scored four goals in Bayern ‘s 7–0 spread-eagle of SC Freiburg, sealing four-straight wins for the Bavarians and a return to the top of the Bundesliga table. [ 33 ] On 27 September, Gómez scored two first-half goals as Bayern defeated Manchester City 2–0 in the group stage of the Champions League. [ 34 ] Gómez scored his second brace of the Bundesliga crusade against Hertha BSC when Bayern won 4–0. Gómez then recorded another couple on 29 October when Bayern then defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 4–0. then, on 11 December 2011, he scored his third brace of the season and sealed Bayern ‘s 2–1 succeed over southern rivals VfB Stuttgart, his former baseball club. [ 35 ] On 2 November 2011, he scored a hat-trick in a Champions League group stage catch against Napoli. Bayern went on to win 3–2. In the DFB-Pokal, Gómez scored merely two goals. On 16 December 2011, Gómez scored his fiftieth goal for the calendar class of 2011, against 1. FC Köln. [ citation needed ] On 10 January when Bayern Munich visited India to play in a farewell match of indian football player Baichung Bhutia, Gomez scored the opening goal for Bayern as Bayern Munich won 4–0 over amerind National Football team. [ 36 ] On 13 March 2012, the second peg of their Champions League connect against Basel, Bayern Munich overturned their 0–1 away passing as Gómez netted four of Bayern ‘s seven goals, firing the Bavarians through to the quarter-finals 7–1 on sum. [ 37 ] In the quarter-finals, Bayern faced French Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille and in the first gear leg on 28 March, [ 38 ] Gómez fired in his 11th Champions League goal of the campaign in a 2–0 win for the Bavarians. [ 39 ] On 4 April, Gómez signed a new contract with Bayern Munich, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2016. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Gómez scored the winning goal in Bayern ‘s 2–1 victory over actual Madrid in the first gear leg of their semi-final brush. [ 42 ] Bayern went on to win the tie 3–1 [ 43 ] on penalties after the teams were deadlocked 3–3 on aggregate. [ 44 ] On 19 May 2012, he played in the Champions League Final against Chelsea. He failed to find the net in regular clock in the game but scored in the penalty shoot-out as Bayern once again fell at the final examination hurdle, losing 4–3 on penalties after a 1–1 complete. [ 45 ] He finished the 2011–12 season with 26 goals in 33 league appearances, two goals in five DFB-Pokal appearances, and 13 goals in 14 Champions League appearances. [ 46 ]

2012–13 season [edit ]

Gómez came back late to the police squad, after having ankle operation post UEFA Euro 2012. [ 47 ] Because of his injury and the stellar performance of croatian hitter Mario Mandžukić at Euro 2012, the Croatian was signed from VfL Wolfsburg. [ 48 ] The sign relegated Gómez to the bench and Mandžukić hit a run of form that made him the Bundesliga ‘s exceed scorekeeper. [ 49 ] Gómez returned to natural process on 20 November 2012 in the baseball club ‘s 1–1 draw with Valencia in the group stage of the Champions League, coming on as a 79th moment substitute for winger Franck Ribéry. [ 50 ] The striker scored his first goal within a infinitesimal of his Bundesliga temper debut, slotting home after good ferment from Toni Kroos, capping off a 5–0 victory over Hannover 96 on 24 November. [ 51 ] On 5 December, Gómez opened the score for the hosts in their final examination group plot of the Champions League, a 4–1 frustration of BATE Borisov which secured the Bavarians peak spot in the group over Valencia. [ 52 ] Following the winter pause, Gómez pushed for a first-team mooring, scoring two goals and setting up another as Bayern cruised by Werder Bremen 6–1 on 23 February 2013. The bet on was coincidentally his director Jupp Heynckes ‘ 1,000th game as a player and coach in the Bundesliga. [ 53 ] The striker was a use ersatz against Eintracht Frankfurt on 6 April, as a lone Bastian Schweinsteiger hit confirmed an 11th consecutive victory and a 23rd national deed for the club, Gómez ‘s second with Bayern and third base overall. [ 54 ] On 16 April, in the DFB-Pokal semi-final against VfL Wolfsburg, Gómez scored a six-minute hat-trick after being subbed on in the 77th minute, rounding off a comfortable 6–1 victory and securing a spot in the final against southerly rivals and former club Stuttgart. [ 55 ] In the club ‘s next league equal, on 20 April, Bayern managed another 6–1 victory and Gómez recorded a second brace in four days to lift Bayern to a 26th league victory of the campaign, a new Bundesliga record. [ 56 ] Gómez led the cable in the absence of Mario Mandžukić to dear effect, poking home Bayern ‘s second finish in their 4–0 first-leg destruction of Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League on 23 April. [ 57 ] Despite missing the better one-half of the beginning three months of the campaign, Gómez hush managed 11 Bundesliga strikes, placing him as one-third top-scorer in the league for the club. He made an appearance as a recently stand-in in Bayern ‘s 2–1 Champions League Final victory over german rivals Borussia Dortmund on 25 May at Wembley Stadium in London. [ 58 ] He scored a second-half brace in the DFB-Pokal Final on 1 June as Bayern defeated Gómez ‘s former clubhouse Stuttgart 3–2 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. [ 59 ] The win secured a 16th DFB-Pokal trophy and an unprecedented league, cup and european cup treble for the Bavarians. [ 60 ] He finished the 2012–13 season with 11 goals in 21 league appearances, [ 61 ] On 6 June 2013, Gómez ‘ adviser Uli Ferber announced that it “ is quite clear that he will separate from Bayern ” as he had fallen behind Mario Mandžukić in the pick at order for starting striker. [ 62 ]

Fiorentina [edit ]

On 8 July 2013, Gómez joined Serie A side Fiorentina by signing a four-year distribute, for a tip believed to be around €20 million. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] He was formally unveil as a Fiorentina actor on 15 July, to a crowd of 20,000 people. [ 65 ] Gómez scored his first two goals for la Viola in a 5–2 defeat of Genoa on 1 September. [ 66 ] In the come match, a 1–1 draw with Cagliari, Gómez sustained an injury which kept him out of the team until Fiorentina ‘s match against Internazionale on 15 February 2014. [ 67 ] On 13 March, Gómez scored his first european goal for Fiorentina in a 1–1 puff against Juventus in the first leg of a UEFA Europa League polish of 16 link. Three days late, he scored his first gear goal at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in a 3–1 acquire against Chievo. [ 68 ] On 23 March, he damaged the ligaments in his leave stifle in a 1–0 winnings at Napoli and was subsequently ruled out for the remainder of the temper by Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella. [ 69 ] During the 2013–14 season, he scored three goals in nine league appearances and one goal in six Europa League appearances. [ 14 ] Gómez scored doubly in Fiorentina ‘s 3–1 gain over Atalanta in the survive 16 of the Coppa Italia on 21 January 2015, [ 70 ] and followed this up with another brace 13 days late in a 2–0 quarter-final win away to Roma. [ 71 ] He finished 2014–15 season with 4 goals in 20 league appearances, four goals in four Coppa Italia appearances and two goals in eight Europa League appearances. [ 14 ]

loanword to Beşiktaş [edit ]

On 30 July 2015, Gómez joined Beşiktaş on a season long loan abridge from Fiorentina for 2015–16 Süper Lig, with a buy choice. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] The contract consisted €3.50 million of seasonal wage. [ 74 ] He successfully completed a medical test on 31 July 2015. [ 75 ] Gómez officially signed in the club along with 4 other new players, including his compatriot Andreas Beck, at a weight-lift conference held on 7 August 2015. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] He chose number 33 for his shirt. [ 78 ] Substituted on Oğuzhan Özyakup at 73rd moment, Gómez had his Süper Lig introduction on 16 August 2015 at workweek 1 find against Mersin İdman Yurdu at Mersin Arena which ended 5–2 in favor of Beşiktaş. [ 79 ] Gómez secured all two goals of week 4 game in which Beşiktaş meter Medipol Başakşehir at Atatürk Olympic Stadium on 13 September 2015. [ 80 ] On 21 September 2015, at week 5 game against Gençlerbirliği, Gómez reportedly escaped a crimson wag narrowly although an alleged deliberate elbow on Icelandic midfielder Ólafur Ingi Skúlason at 55th minute. [ 81 ] On 27 September 2015, played at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Gómez scored 1st and 3rd goals of Beşiktaş at bowler hat game against Fenerbahçe where game ended 3–2 in privilege of Beşiktaş and helped the team to top Süper Lig standings. [ 82 ] Gómez scored twice and guarantee victory for Beşiktaş at week 7 game against Eskişehirspor at New Eskişehir Stadium, that ended 2–1 on 4 October 2015. [ 83 ] By end of week 7 of Süper Lig, scoring 6 goals at that stage, Gómez reached 50 % shoot accuracy stats, sending 6 accurate shots of entire 12. [ 84 ] Gómez scored the equalizer at week 3 of Group H game against Lokomotiv Moscow, ended 1–1 at Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, on 22 October 2015. [ 85 ] On 26 October 2015, Gómez scored 3rd finish against Antalyaspor at New Antalya Stadium, at week 9 bet on ended 5–1 for Beşiktaş. [ 86 ] At week 12 crippled against Sivasspor in Istanbul, Gómez scored first goal of game on 44th minute via punishment kick where Beşiktaş beat their opponent 2–0, on 22 November 2015. [ 87 ] On 5 December 2016, Gómez opened scoreboard on 12th minute, following assist of José Sosa at week 14 meet against Kayserispor, ended 2–1 for Beşiktaş at Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri. [ 88 ] On 10 December 2015, Gómez scored the only goal of Beşiktaş against Sporting at Europa League Group Stage week 6 confrontation ended 3–1 for portuguese side at Estádio José Alvalade, where Beşiktaş finally were eliminated from the competition. [ 89 ] On 14 December 2015, Gómez scored beginning finish of Beşiktaş by a dive header in bowler hat game against Galatasaray that ended 2–1 for Beşiktaş at Atatürk Olympic Stadium. [ 90 ] At workweek 16, Gómez opened scoring tally of Beşiktaş while they were 2–0 toss off against Osmanlıspor, which finally ended 3–2 in prefer of Beşiktaş at Osmanlı Stadium in Ankara, on 21 December 2015. [ 91 ] On 28 December 2015, Gómez scored 2nd finish of week 17 meet against Konyaspor that ended 4–0 at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium. [ 92 ] Being top scorekeeper 13 goals along with Samuel Eto’o, [ 93 ] Gómez completed first half of the season with highest shooting accuracy, providing 29 shoots on aim. [ 94 ] He besides scored 2 goals at UEFA Europa League until the end of 2015. [ 95 ]

Wolfsburg [edit ]

On 17 August 2016, Gómez returned to the Bundesliga to sign for VfL Wolfsburg. [ 118 ] He scored his first goal for the club on 22 October, netting in a 3–1 defeat to Darmstadt 98. His goal was the 1,000th scored by Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. [ 119 ] On 2 April 2017, Gómez scored his first gear hat-trick for the golf club, netting three times in seven minutes as Wolfsburg came from 2–0 down to draw 3–3 with Bayer Leverkusen. [ 120 ] His third base on the nox was his hundred-and-fiftieth goal scored in the Bundesliga. [ 121 ] He ultimately scored 16 league goals for the season as Wolfsburg narrowly avoided relegation via the relegation play-offs. [ 122 ] He finished the 2016–17 season with 18 goals in 37 appearances in all competitions. [ 123 ] After keeping his team in the top flight, Gómez signed a new sign in June 2017. [ 124 ] In August, director Andries Jonker named him as master, succeeding Diego Benaglio. [ 125 ] In his final half-season at the Volkswagen Arena, Gómez scored only once in 15 appearances. [ 126 ]

tax return to VfB Stuttgart [edit ]

On 22 December 2017, it was announced that Gómez will return to VfB Stuttgart on 1 January 2018. [ 127 ] The tip was undisclosed. [ 126 ] He signed a contract until June 2020. [ 128 ] He finished the 2017–18 season with Stuttgart eight goals in 16 appearances. [ 129 ] Gómez was Stuttgart ‘s top scorer with seven goals in 2018–19, adding one in the first branch of their play-off kill to 1. FC Union Berlin that caused their relegation. With this, he became the first player to score for two teams in Bundesliga relegation play-offs. [ 130 ] On 28 June 2020, Stuttgart announced that Gómez had ended his master career, after scoring in his concluding match for the club and helping them impregnable promotion back to the Bundesliga. [ 131 ]

International career [edit ]

Gómez play for Germany in 2011 Gómez has both german and spanish citizenship, but played for all german youth home teams from age 14. He made his debut for the Germany senior team against Switzerland on 7 February 2007 in Düsseldorf. Germany won the catch 3–1, with Gómez scoring Germany ‘s second goal. [ 132 ] Gómez gained his second capital for Germany, coming on as a alternate for Kevin Kurányi in a UEFA Euro 2008 modifier against San Marino, scoring two goals that contributed to a final examination 6–0 victory. [ 133 ]

euro 2008 [edit ]

After Gómez impressed in pre-tournament friendlies, Germany head coach Joachim Löw called him up to the german squad for Euro 2008. [ 134 ] Löw broke up the strike partnership of Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose, with Podolski moving come out of the closet to the left wing at the expense of talismanic midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and Gómez partnering Klose up movement. unfortunately, Gómez was not able to reproduce his club form and missed several clear-cut chances, including a crucial matchless in the end group match against Austria, a performance for which he was criticized by the german media and many fans of die Nationalmannschaft. Germany finally won courtesy of a Michael Ballack free-kick to seal a place in the hard stages, but Löw dropped Gómez to the bench and reverted to the Podolski–Klose partnership. [ 135 ] Gómez was an unused substitute in the quarter-final and semi-final and later came off the bench in the concluding of Euro 2008 for Klose, but could not prevent Germany from losing 1–0 to Spain on 29 June. [ 136 ]

2010 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

In a friendly match against the United Arab Emirates played on 2 June 2009, Gómez scored four goals, ending his 15-game goal drought for the national team, in Germany ‘s 7–2 victory. [ 137 ] Gómez was named as one of the six forwards in Joachim Löw ‘s 23-man team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. [ 138 ] He featured in four out of seven german matches at the World Cup, all from the substitutes ‘ bench, against Australia, replacing Mesut Özil in the 73rd infinitesimal ; Serbia, coming on for left back Holger Badstuber in the 77th infinitesimal ; England, coming on for Miroslav Klose in the 72nd moment ; and Spain, replacing defensive midfielder Sami Khedira in the eightieth minute. however, Gómez again did not score a finish at a major tournament. [ 139 ]

euro 2012 [edit ]

Although being the moment choice behind Miroslav Klose as centre-forward during Germany ‘s qualification for Euro 2012, Gómez played regularly and contributed goals against every opposition of that campaign : Kazakhstan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Belgium. This included two goals against Austria in Germany ‘s 2–1 away win in the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, scoring into the identical same goal in which he had been unable to score four years earlier during Euro 2008. In a spontaneous gesture of relief, he kissed the goalpost after he scored the foremost goal. [ 140 ] prior to Euro 2012, Gómez captained Germany for the first fourth dimension in a 3–3 draw against Ukraine in the first match at the refurbish Olympic Stadion of Kiev. [ 141 ] It was his fiftieth international cap, and aged 26, he was Germany ‘s oldest actor in the start batting order. [ 142 ] Gómez scored the only, and winning, goal against Portugal in their first group pit at Euro 2012. [ 143 ] He then scored twice against the Netherlands in Germany ‘s second Group B equal, making it three goals in two matches. [ 144 ] In the end, he became second-best scorer of the tournament, behind Spain ‘s Fernando Torres. Both had three goals and one serve, however Torres became top scorer of the tournament because he played fewer minutes than Gómez. [ 145 ]

2014 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

After missing the majority of the 2013–14 season with a stifle injury, Gómez was not included in Joachim Löw ‘s police squad for the 2014 World Cup. [ 146 ]

UEFA Euro 2016 [edit ]

Gómez was excluded from national team team for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D encounters against Ireland and Georgia. [ 147 ] His performance at first half of 2015–16 Süper Lig lead Gómez to be recalled to national team, [ 148 ] for the first time after the international friendly held against Argentina on 4 September 2014, [ 149 ] that he was recalled to the Germany squad for friendlies against France and the Netherlands in November 2015. [ 150 ] He scored his first external finish in four years in a 2–3 loss to England in Berlin on 26 March 2016. [ 151 ] On 21 June 2016, Gómez was selected to start in Germany ‘s final examination euro 2016 group match against Northern Ireland, scoring the winning goal in the thirtieth hour. [ 152 ] On 26 June 2016, Gómez scored in the 43rd minute in Germany ‘s Round of 16 3–0 win against Slovakia, becoming Germany ‘s all-time lead scorer at the UEFA European Championship with five goals. [ 153 ]

2018 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Gómez with Germany in 2018 On 4 June 2018, Gómez was selected in Joachim Löw ‘s concluding 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 154 ] He made his appearance in the 79th minute by coming in for Marvin Plattenhardt during their unfold meet against Mexico, but the game ended in a 1–0 loss for Germany. [ 155 ] On 24 June, Gómez provided an serve to Marco Reus ‘ equalizing goal with his first partake of the couple after coming on as a stand-in in the second half in a 2–1 victory over Sweden during the moment group stage match. [ 156 ] On 5 August, he announced his retirement from international football. [ 157 ]

style of shimmer [edit ]

During his prime, Gómez was considered one of the best strikers in world football. [ 158 ] Throughout his career, Gómez was known for his ability to shoot with both feet and was considered to be an aerial threat. additionally, his ability to anticipate crosses and passes, and situation himself to shoot were considered to be some of his best attributes. Arsenal director Arsène Wenger described him as “ a great finisher who is much in the right target to finish off moves ”. [ 159 ] furthermore, Gómez ‘s body poise and ability to hold up the ball frequently created worry for defenders. During his time at Bayern, his ability to appear “ at the right target at the right time ” proved to be one of Bayern ‘s most deadly attacking weapons as Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben could frequently outrun defenders and provide a cross for Gómez. however, despite his goal-scoring abilities, Gómez was frequently accused of having limited skills and a poor work ethic. [ 160 ] [ 161 ]

personal life [edit ]

Gómez was born in Riedlingen, Baden-Württemberg. [ 162 ] He was brought up in nearby Unlingen, an Upper Swabian greenwich village in the state of Baden-Württemberg, about 100 km south of Stuttgart and 175 kilometer west of Munich. Gómez is of German-Spanish descent ; his father, José “ Pepe ” Gómez García, is a Spaniard from Albuñán, Granada, and his mother, Christel Roth, is german. He has dual citizenship and opted to play for Germany. Gómez ended his nine-year relationship with Silvia Meichel on 2 October 2012. [ 163 ] Gómez began dating german model Carina Wanzung in December 2012. [ 164 ] They married on 22 July 2016. [ 165 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Germany

2007
7
3

2008
13
3

2009
11
5

2010
10
3

2011
9
7

2012
7
4

2013
2
0

2014
1
0

2015
1
0

2016
8
4

2017
2
2

2018
7
0

Total
78
31

Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gómez goal.[170]

Honours [edit ]

VfB Stuttgart [ 171 ]
Bayern Munich [ 171 ]
Beşiktaş [ 172 ]
Germany
Individual

References [edit ]

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