Yeimar Gómez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Andrade.

Yeimar Gómez

Gómez with Seattle Sounders FC in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Yeimar Pastor Gómez Andrade[1]
Date of birth	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth	Tadó, Colombia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Seattle Sounders FC
Number	28
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Rosario Central	21	(0)
2013–2014	→ Tiro Federal (loan)	27	(2)
2016	→ Arsenal (loan)	2	(0)
2016–2017	Independiente Rivadavia	40	(1)
2017–2020	Unión Santa Fe	64	(5)
2020–	Seattle Sounders FC	113	(6)
International career^‡
2022	Colombia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:02, 6 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:50, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Yeimar Pastor Gómez Andrade (born 30 June 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.

Club career

Gómez made his professional debut for Tiro Federal while on loan from Rosario Central. He made 66 appearances in two and a half seasons with Unión de Santa Fe.

On February 5, 2020, Gómez signed with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.^[2] His first season with the team was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which left him unable to bring his family to the United States.^[3]

International career

Gómez made his debut for the Colombia national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over Honduras.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2023^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tiro Federal (loan)	2013–14	Torneo Argentino A	27	2	0	0	—		—		—		27	2
Rosario Central	2014	Argentine Primera División	4	0	2	0	—		0	0	—		6	0
	2015	Argentine Primera División	17	0	2	0	—		—		—		19	0
	Total		21	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
Arsenal (loan)	2016	Argentine Primera División	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
Independiente Rivadavia	2016–17	Primera B Nacional	40	1	1	0	—		—		—		41	1
Unión Santa Fe	2017–18	Argentine Primera División	25	1	2	0	—		—		—		27	1
	2018–19	Argentine Primera División	24	2	2	0	—		—		—		26	2
	2019–20	Argentine Primera División	15	2	1	0	3	0	2[a]	0	—		21	2
	Total		64	5	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	74	5
Seattle Sounders FC	2020	MLS	19	2	—		—		1[b]	0	4[c]	0	24	2
	2021	MLS	33	1	—		3[d]	0	—		1[c]	0	37	1
	2022	MLS	28	1	0	0	—		5[b]	0	—		34	1
	2023	MLS	33	2	0	0	2[d]	0	—		4[c]	0	39	2
	Total		113	6	0	0	5	0	6	0	9	0	133	6
Career total			267	14	10	0	8	0	8	0	9	0	302	14

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
3. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup playoffs
4. Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 16 January 2022^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Colombia	2022	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Seattle Sounders FC

• CONCACAF Champions League: 2022

Individual

• MLS All-Star: 2021
• MLS Best XI: 2021, 2024^[7]

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Seattle Sounders FC" (PDF). FIFA. February 7, 2023. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
2. Cardillo, Julian (February 5, 2020). "Seattle Sounders add Colombian defender Yeimar Gomez Andrade". Pro Soccer USA. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
3. Evans, Jayda (March 26, 2021). "'We're all equal': Sounders' Yeimar meets challenge of adapting to U.S. amid COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
4. "Colombia vs. Honduras". Soccerway.com. January 21, 2022.
5. Yeimar Gómez at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
6. Yeimar Gómez at National-Football-Teams.com
7. "2024 MLS Best XI presented by Continental Tire". Major League Soccer. December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.

External links

• Yeimar Gómez at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Yeimar Gómez at Soccerway