Óscar Gómez Sánchez

For other people named Óscar Gómez, see Óscar Gómez (disambiguation).
Óscar Gómez Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Óscar Gómez Sánchez
Date of birth (1934-10-31)October 31, 1934
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Date of death March 4, 2008(2008-03-04) (aged 73)
Place of death Lima, Peru
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1958 Alianza Lima 104 (89)
1959–1960 River Plate 42 (3)
1961–1963 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 71 (14)
1964 Sporting Cristal 5 (1)
1965 Defensor Arica
International career
1953–1959 Peru 26 (14)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar "Huaqui" Gómez Sánchez (*Lima, 31 October 1934 – †Lima, 4 March 2008) was a Peruvian football player.

Club career

Gómez Sánchez in Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in 1962

He made his professional debut with Alianza Lima, where he won three Peruvian championships in 1952, 1954, and 1955, alongside other team stars such as Heraclio Paredes, Félix Fuentes, Emilio Vargas, and Juan Emilio Salinas.[1]

In 1959, he signed with River Plate (interestingly, his older brother Carlos Gómez Sánchez had transferred to Boca Juniors in the late 1940s). He spent nearly five years in Argentina, first with River Plate (1959-1960), where he was runner-up in 1960, sharing the spotlight with Ermindo Onega, Norberto Menéndez, Roberto Zárate, Juan Carlos Sarnari, and his compatriot Juan Joya.[2] From 1961 to 1963, he played for Gimnasia y Esgrima LP. He was part of one of the club's best teams, the 1962 squad, alongside Luis Ciaccia, Eliseo Prado, Alfredo Rojas, and Diego Francisco Bayo.[3]

Returning to Peru in 1964, he played for Sporting Cristal before retiring in 1965 at Defensor Arica.[4]

International career

Gómez Sánchez earned 26 caps for Peru (1953-1959), scoring 14 goals,[5] 10 of which were scored in the Copa América.[6] He remains the third-highest Peruvian scorer in the competition's history, behind Teodoro Fernández (15 goals) and Paolo Guerrero (14).[6]

Having participated in four editions of the Copa América (1953, 1955, 1956, and 1959), he also had the opportunity to play in the 1956 Panamerican Championship in Mexico. In April 1957, he played in the 1958 World Cup qualifying playoff against Brazil (two matches, no goals).

Personal

Gómez Sánchez died 4 March 2008 of cancer in Lima.[7]

Honours

Alianza Lima

References

  1. ^ ""Huaqui fue un jugador excepcional"" ["Huaqui was an exceptional player"]. Diario Correo (in Spanish). 7 March 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. ^ José Augusto Giuffra (3 June 2009). "Óscar Gómez Sánchez and Fernando Cuéllar: Quimba and Garra, Lost Essences" [Óscar Gómez Sánchez and Fernando Cuéllar: Quimba and Garra, Lost Essences]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Un ex Lobo que nadie olvidará" [A former Lobo that no one will forget]. El Día (in Spanish). 6 March 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  4. ^ Roberto Castro (25 July 2012). "Óscar Gómez Sánchez: El gran hermano" [Oscar Gomez Sanchez: Big Brother]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ^ José Luis Pierrend (14 February 2025). "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Paolo Guerrero ya es uno de los cinco grandes goleadores del torneo" [Paolo Guerrero is already one of the top five scorers in the tournament]. copaamerica.com (in Spanish). 7 July 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  7. ^ Ahmed Alava (5 March 2008). "Ex futbolita ´Huaqui´ Gómez Sánchez falleció ayer en Lima" [Former soccer player 'Huaqui' Gómez Sánchez passed away yesterday in Lima]. El Comercio. Retrieved 6 March 2009.


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