Roberto Carlos Mario Gómez

This article is about the Argentine football coach. For the German footballer, see Mario Gómez. For the Brazilian footballer, see Roberto Carlos (footballer).

Mario Gómez

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Mario Carlos Gomez
Date of birth	(1957-02-27) February 27, 1957 (age 63)
Place of birth	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Borneo (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979	Temperley	10	(0)
1980–1987	Ferro Carril Oeste	135	(3)
Total		145	(3)
Teams managed
1997–1999	Lanús (Assistant)
1999	Mallorca (Assistant)
1999–2001	Valencia (Assistant)
2001–2003	Internazionale (Assistant)
2004	Gimnasia La Plata
2004–2006	Gimnasia Jujuy
2006	Quilmes
2006–2007	Gimnasia Jujuy
2007	Club Atlético Belgrano
2009	Asteras Tripolis
2010	Club Atlético Tucumán
2011–2012	Ferro Carril Oeste
2012–2013	Gimnasia Jujuy
2014	Deportivo Cuenca
2014–2015	South China
2015–2017	Johor Darul Ta'zim
2017–2018	Persib Bandung
2019	Borneo
2020	Arema F.C.
2020–	Borneo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Roberto Mario Carlos Gomez (born February 27, 1957 in Mar del Plata) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Gómez has been known as Roberto Gómez during his playing career and as Mario Gómez during his coaching career.

Playing career

Gómez started playing in 1979 for Club Atlético Kimberley de Mar del Plata. in 1980 he was signed for Ferro Carril Oeste by manager Carlos Timoteo Griguol. Gómez played through Ferro's glory years in the 1980s, helping the side to win two Nacional championships in 1982 and 1984.

Gómez made 135 appearances for Ferro between 1980 and 1987.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player Gómez became Griguol's assistant, working alongside him at Ferro and at Gimnasia de La Plata.

Gómez then had a spell as Héctor Cúper's assistant at Club Atlético Lanús, when Cúper left to join Mallorca in Spain, Gómez took over as the manager.

In 1999 Gómez took over as manager .of Mallorca, but he was not allowed to continue in the job because the regulations required 2 full years of managerial experience, he was only in charge for 5 games (2 draws, 3 defeats)

Gómez or atok then resumed his position as Cúper's assistant at Valencia and then Inter Milan.

In 2004 Gómez returned to Argentina to take over as manager of Gimnasia de La Plata where he famously said "fútbol argentino lo gobiernan los hinchas" (football in Argentina is governed by the fans)

In December 2004 he took over at Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, guiding them to the 2nd division championship in Clausura 2005 and promotion to the Primera División. The next season, he helped Gimnasia maintain their place in the Primera with a 4th-place finish in the Clausura 2006.

In 2006 Gómez joined struggling Quilmes but could not turn the club's fortunes around, failing to win any of his six games in charge. Gómez then returned to Gimnasia de Jujuy.

In June 2009 Mario Gómez agreed to sign a contract as a manager with Greek team Asteras Tripolis. A new team with high ambitions and many Argentine players. On 9 March 2010 Last-place Club Atlético Tucumán officials sacked Osvaldo Sosa and replaced him with the former Asteras Tripolis coach.

In July 2011 Gómez rejoined his old club Ferro Carril Oeste as manager.

in March 2012, it becomes the successor of Jose Luis Calderon, on the sidelines of Gimnasia de Jujuy.

At the beginning of 2014 was confirmed as the new coach of Ecuador's Deportivo Cuenca. Managing to win the Hong Kong 2014 Lunar New Year Cup.

On 15 December 2014, South China convener Wallace Cheung announced that Mario Gomez has taken over as the club's new manager, replacing Yeung Ching Kwong. ^[1]

Currently leading the Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. League of Malaysia which was champion of the Super League Malaysia in 2015. He has also managed to reach the final of the 2015 AFC Cup and win it thus Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. becomes the first East Asian team in history to win that competition. He was awarded as the best coach in Malaysia 2015.

He has also managed to win the Charity Shield Malaysia in 2016.

In March 2017, he was initially appointed as Malaysian national football team's head coach by FAM president Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, but he then asked for a higher salary and was therefore rejected. ^[2]

in November 2017, Persib Bandung confirmed sign Gomez to be Head coach, who have been searching for a long-term replacement for Djajang Nurdjaman

Honours

Player

Ferro Carril Oeste

• Primera División: 1982 Nacional, 1984 Nacional

Manager

Johor Darul Ta'zim

• Malaysia Super League: 2015, 2016
• Malaysia FA Cup: 2016
• Piala Sumbangsih: 2016
• AFC Cup: 2015

References

1. (in Chinese) "南華 楊正光「分手」 前昆卡領隊掌帥印". Oriental Daily News . 16 December 2014.
2. "Mario, you're out!". The Star (Malaysia) . 7 April 2017.