Coco Gómez became a figure of the Eagles thanks to the goal that gave the first title to Coapa
Jorge Coco Gómez was the footballer who scored an Olympic goal to give his first league title to America or the Mexican national team that left his wedding to represent Mexico in Russia. He died at the age of 74, on March 2, 2021.
Coco gomez He was a talkative player, who became an American figure when he scored an Olympic goal in 1965, so much so that he gave the club azulcrema the first league championship, in a victory against Veracruz, 2-0.
“The truth was that I wanted to send a center, but he came in and everyone went with me to celebrate,” said the former America player.
America won its first professional title, with a goal from “Chalo” Fragoso and an Olympic goal from Jorge “Coco” Gómez RIP
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Jorge “Coco” Gómez He said that in May 1967 he got married and left the wedding on the same day, because he focused on The Mexican team to be present in the first game that Mexico played in Russia, the former Soviet Union.
“I got married on May 20th. What would he know would be in the national team. Anyway. To give you an idea, at nine I was at the wedding and at 11 I was already concentrating. I went with my partner, Vicente Pereda, who had also been married for a few days. Russia was communist at the time. “
Among his anecdotes is the fact that he escaped the concentrations of The Mexican team to Play Cards with | Skin, in a Tricolor tournament in Brazil, in addition to meeting the talented Brazilian at Gallos Azucareros de México, the only Mexican club in which O Rey played.
When he retired, he lived in Cuernavaca, Morelos, and the causes of Coco Gómez’s death are unknown, although the memory of the Olympic goal that gave him his first league title in America.