Daniel Gómez Alcón

Daniel "Dani" Gómez Alcón (born 30 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Levante UD as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Alcón.
Dani Gómez
Personal information
Full name Daniel Gómez Alcón
Date of birth (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998
Place of birth Alcorcón, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Levante
Number 21
Youth career
2003–2009 Estudiantes Alcorcón
2009–2011 Alcorcón
2011–2017 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Real Madrid B 52 (16)
2019–2020 → Tenerife (loan) 38 (9)
2020– Levante 0 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 Spain U19 4 (3)
2019– Spain U21 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Born in Alcorcón, Community of Madrid, Gómez joined Real Madrid's youth setup in 2011, from AD Alcorcón. Promoted to the reserves for the 2017–18 season, he made his senior debut on 19 August 2017, starting and scoring his team's only in a 1–2 Segunda División B home loss against CF Rayo Majadahonda.

On 26 July 2018, Gómez renewed his contract with Los Blancos.[1] On 15 July of the following year, he agreed to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side CD Tenerife.[2]

Gómez made his professional debut on 17 August 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for José Naranjo in a 0–2 away loss against Real Zaragoza.[3] He scored his first goal in the second division on 15 September, netting the fourth in a 4–0 away routing of Albacete Balompié.

On 31 July 2020, after scoring 11 goals overall in the previous campaign, Gómez signed a five-year deal with La Liga side Levante UD.[4][5]

References
  1. "El Madrid renueva a una joya de la cantera" [Madrid renew one pearl of the youth setup] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. "Dani Gómez deja el Castilla y es el tercer refuerzo del Tenerife" [Dani Gómez leaves Castilla and is the third addition of Tenerife] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. "Luis Suárez ya muerde en el estreno del Zaragoza" [Luis Suárez already bites in Zaragoza's debut] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. "Dani Gómez, new Levante UD player after transfer agreement with Real Madrid". Levante UD. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. "Official Announcement: Dani Gómez". realmadrid.com. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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