Coco Gómez became a figure of the Eagles thanks to the goal that secured the first title for Coapa’s
Jorge Coco Gómez was the footballer who scored an Olympic goal to give his first league title to America or the Mexican national team that left his marriage to represent Mexico in Russia. He died on March 2, 2021 at the age of 74.
The Coco gomez He was a talkative player who became a figure of America when he scored an Olympic goal in 1965, so much so that he gave the club azulcrema its first league championship, in a win over Veracruz, 2-0.
“The truth was I wanted to send a center, but he got into the goal and everyone came with me to celebrate,” said the former América player.
America won the first title of the professional era, with a goal from “Chalo” Fragoso and an Olympic goal from Jorge “Coco” Gómez RIP
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Jorge “Coco” Gómez He said he got married in May 1967 and left his marriage that same day because he focused on the Mexican team to be present in the first game that Mexico played in Russia, formerly the Soviet Union.
“I got married on May 20th. What would he know he would be on the national team? Anyway. To give you an idea, we were at the wedding at nine and I was already concentrating at eleven. I went with my partner, Vicente Pereda, who had also been married for a few days. Russia was a communist then ”.
One of his anecdotes was that he escaped from the concentrations of the Mexican team to play cards with Skin, on a tricolor tour of Brazil, alongside meeting the talented Brazilian at the Gallos Azucareros de México, the only Mexican club in which O Rey played.
During his retirement he lived in Cuernavaca, Morelos, and the causes of Coco Gómez’s death are unknown, although the memory of the Olympic goal that earned him the first league title for the America.