Mexico City /
Mourning Tuesday in Mexican football because Jorge “Coco” Gómez died, A historical player of America from the 60s, a news confirmed by the journalist Raúl Orvañanos.
Coco Gómez helped America break a nearly 40-year drought in the 1965-66 season alongside the historic club such as the recently deceased, José Alves Zague, as well as Arlindo dos Santos and Alfonso Portugal. In his record he added that league title and one from the Mexico Cup.
I learned with great sadness of the death of Jorge “Coco” Gómez, a historical player and coach, as well as a great friend of mine.
⚽How to forget the Olympic goal on the day America defeated Veracruz in CU and was champion
His family’s deepest condolences
RIP pic.twitter.com/D2coTSD1rl
– Raúl Orvañanos (@RaulOrvananos) March 2, 2021
Who was Jorge “Coco” Gómez?
According to Héctor R. Hernández, official historian of America club, Coco gomez could be defined as: “A player who had a class like very few, fine and elegant, he even had a plus, he hit the stopped ball very well ”.
The sample of hitting the ball is Olympic goal he scored with the Eagles against Veracruz on December 19, 1965, when the azulcrems played as premises in the Olympic University and sought to break the worst drought in the institution, because they had not been consecrated in this competition since the 1927-1928 campaign.
He left his American career in 1962 and, after retiring, tried his luck as a coach in 1985 with Cobras from Ciudad de Querétaro, and later with Toros Nea and Irapuato, in addition to being the manager of San Luis. He died on March 2 at the age of 75, without the causes being confirmed.
Coco Gómez’s Olympic goal
???? The Olympic goal scored by Jorge “El Coco” Gómez, with which America won the first league title in the professional era. pic.twitter.com/7V0CwNHYVA
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