Coco Gómez became a figure of the Eagles thanks to the goal that gave the first title to Coapa
Jorge Coco Gómez was the footballer who scored an Olympic goal to give him his first league title in America or the Mexican national team that came out of his wedding to represent Mexico in Russia. He died at the age of 74, on March 2, 2021.
the coco Gómez was a prankster, who became an American figure by scoring an Olympic goal in 1965, so much so that he gave the first league championship to the club azulcrema, in a victory against Veracruz, by 2 -0.
“I really wanted to send a center, but he got into the arc and they all went with me to celebrate,” the former America player explained.
America won its first professional title, with a goal from “Chalo” Fragoso and an Olympic goal from Jorge “Coco” Gómez QEPD
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Jorge “Coco” Gómez he said that in May 1967 he married and that same day he left his wedding, because he concentrated on the Mexican selection to be present in the first party that disputed Mexico to Russia, before Soviet Union.
“I got married on May 20. What did I have to know that I would be in the selection. No way. Just to give you an idea, at nine we were at the wedding and at 11 I was already focused. I left with the my partner, Vicente Pereda, who was also married for a few days. Russia was communist at the time. “
Among his anecdotes were that he was escaping the concentrations of the Mexican selection to play cards with Pell, In a tour of the Tricolor by Brazil, in addition that it was eeted again with the talented Brazilian in the Sugar Roosters of Mexico, the unique Mexican club in which played O King.
In his retirement, he was in Cuernavaca, Morelos, and the causes of Coco Gómez’s death are unknown, although the memory of the Olympic goal that gave him his first league title remains. America.