Yéimar Gómez

Rosario Central

In 2009, Gómez joined Rosario Central's youth academy at the age of seventeen. From 2011 to 2013, he made 29 appearances in the fourth division of the Argentine Football Association. He also made 28 appearances during the 2012–2013 season of the Rosarina Football Association. Gómez was then loaned to Tiro Federal in 2013. During their 2013–2014 season in the third division of Argentine football, Gómez made his professional debut and ended the season with 27 appearances and two goals. Gómez returned to Rosario Central in 2014. During the 2014 season, Gómez made four appearances in the Argentine Primera División and played in two Copa Argentina matches. In 2015, Gómez made seventeen appearances in the Primera Division, fifteen of which were as a starter; he also made two appearances in Copa Argentina. Due to his rough style of defending, he got the nickname patabrava and was the subject of a fan-made song derived from "Bailando". In January 2016, Rosario Central loaned Gómez to Arsenal de Sarandí. There, Gómez had two appearances in the Primera Division for the 2016 season.

Independiente Rivadavia

In the summer of 2016, Gómez left Arsenal and joined Independiente Rivadavia. During the club's 2016–2017 season, he made forty appearances as a starter in Nacional B, the second division of Argentine football, and scored two goals. He also made one appearance for the club in Copa Argentina.

Unión de Santa Fe

In July 2017, Gómez joined…

Gómez made his debut for the Colombia national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over Honduras.

Club

As of match played 26 November 2023

International

As of match played 16 January 2022

Gómez was born on 30 June 1992 in Tadó, a small municipality in Chocó, Colombia. Growing up, he was often cared for by his older sister or relatives while his parents, Jairo and Celestina, worked long hours at a local mine. Gómez spent his childhood in Tadó playing football and basketball; when he was six or seven, he began playing football for a local school as a defender. During his youth, he was inspired by famous football defenders including Luis Amaranto Perea, Rio Ferdinand, and Nemanja Vidić. His first opportunity to train with a professional club came when he joined Boyacá Chicó F.C. as a youth. When Gómez was 14, he left Colombia upon the invitation of a teammate and began trying out for clubs in Argentina including Miter de Pérez and Newell's Old Boys.