Joaquín Gómez (football)

Joaquín Gómez (born July 25, 1986) is a Spanish football coach and the current first team coach for HIFK Fotboll.[2] Gómez was born outside of Madrid, in the village of Sotillo de la Adrada.[1]

This article is about a Spanish football coach. For other uses, see Joaquín Gómez.
Joaquín Gómez
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-07-25) 25 July 1986
Place of birth Sotillo de la Adrada, Spain[1]
Club information
Current team
 HIFK
Teams managed
Years Team
2009–2010 CP. Parla Escuela (Assistant)
2010–2013 BHAFC (Academy)
2013–2015 BHAFC (Assistant)
2012–2016 Derby (Head of Tactical Analysis)
2016–2019 Luton Town (Assistant)
2019 Stoke City (Assistant)
2019 FC Cartagena (Assistant)
2020 SJK (Assistant)
2021– HIFK

Career

Joaquín Gómez started studying football and coaching at the Camilo José Celan University in Madrid, where he completed two masters degrees in sports science and coaching. He completed the first one in 2010 and the other one in 2015.[1] He also has a UEFA Pro license, which he completed in 2010. Gómez was one of the youngest people to receive the UEFA Pro license, at the age of 24.[3]

In Madrid, Gómez coached various school teams, who played in the lower divisions of the Spanish football hierarchy. At 23, he made the decision to move to England, in pursuit of a professional career in football. He, and his wife, moved to Brighton and in the beginning, he worked in a hotel and a café, while learning the language. At the end of 2010, he received his first full time coaching job, within the Brighton & Hove Albion FC academy.

At Brighton, Gómez started working with the clubs U7-team, but was gradually appointed more and more responsibilities.[1] In 2013 he was approached by Oscar Garcia, a fellow Spaniard, to become the first team performance coach in 2013. The following season Gómez joined former Finland national Sami Hyypiä as assistant manager, before leaving at the end of the 2014-15 season to become Derby County FC's head of tactical analysis. [3] At Derby County he worked with Paul Clement, who had experience from Chelsea FC, Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid.

For the 2015-2016 season, Gómez joined Luton Town in League Two and teamed up with Nathan Jones, who had been the assistant manager under Sami Hyypiä, as well as manager after Hyypiä was sacked by Brighton. During the 2016-2017 season Luton finished fourth in their division, and the following season Luton gained promotion to league one. After a good start to the 2018-2019 season, Nathan Jones was appointed head manager for Stoke City and Gómez followed him there.[1]

In May of 2019, Gómez joined the Finland U21 national team, at a recommendation from Antti Niemi with whom he had worked with at Brighton.[4] He continued working at Stoke City at the same time, until head coach Nathan Jones was fired in the November 2019, after a poor start to the season. After this Gómez moved to FC Cartagena in the Spanish third tier Segunda B.[5]

At the beginning of the year 2020, Gómez signed a contract with SJK Seinäjoki, to become their assistant coach under Jani Honkavaara.[5] After a poor start to the season, SJK ended up in seventh place after a strong autumn.

On the 11th of January 2021, Gómez joined HIFK Fotboll as head coach.[2]

References
  1. "Joaquin Gomez täydentää SJK:n valmennusryhmän". March 9, 2020.
  2. Hultin, Eddie (January 11, 2021). "CLUB COMMUNICATION: Joaqín Gómez appointed head coach of HIFK".
  3. "JOAQUIN GOMEZ JOINS AS FIRST-TEAM COACH". www.lutontown.co.uk.
  4. "Joaquin Gomez U21-maajoukkueen apuvalmentajaksi". www.palloliitto.fi.
  5. "Former Derby County analyst Joaquin Gomez continues rapid rise by landing FC Cartagena role". December 28, 2019.
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