Mexico City
Tuesday of mourning in Mexican football because Jorge “Coco” Gómez has passed away, a America’s historical player of the decade of the 60, a news confirmed by the journalist Raúl Orvañanos.
Coco Gómez helped America break a nearly 40-year drought in the 1965-66 season along with historical club like 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 of the Mexico Cup.
It is with great sadness that I learn of the death of Jorge “Coco” Gómez, a historical player and coach, as well as a good friend of mine.
How to forget his Olympic goal the day America beat Veracruz in CU and became champion
My deepest condolences to his family
REST IN PEACE pic.twitter.com/D2coTSD1rl
– Raúl Orvañanos (@RaulOrvananos) March 2, 2021
Who was Jorge ‘Coco’ Gómez?
According to Héctor R. Hernández, official historian of the America club, the Coco gomez can be defined as: “A player who had a class like very little, fine and elegant, it even had a plus, it hit the ball very well “.
Example of hitting the ball is the He scored an Olympic goal with the Eagles against Veracruz on December 19, 1965, when the azulcremas played as premises in the Olympic University trying to break through the worst drought in the institution as they had not been committed to this competition since the 1927-1928 campaign.
He left the American quarry in 1962 and after his retirement tried his luck as a coach in 1985 with the Cobras of Ciudad de Querétaro, and later with Toros Nea and Irapuato, alongside a manager from San Luis. On March 2, he died at the age of 75without confirming the causes.
Coco Gómez’s Olympic goal
The Olympic goal scored by Jorge “El Coco” Gómez, which won América their first league title in the professional era. pic.twitter.com/7V0CwNHYVA
America Space (@ America Space) October 8, 2020