Name: Walter Gómez Pardal
Nickname: "El Botija"
Country:
Uruguay
Club: Club Atlético River Plate
Position: *CF, SS
Side: RF/BS
Age: 22-26 years (12/12/1927)
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Attack: 91
Defence: 34
Balance: 78
Stamina: 77
Top Speed: 84
Acceleration: 91
Response: 82
Agility: 88
Dribble Accuracy: 93
Dribble Speed: 84
Short Pass Accuracy: 85
Short Pass Speed: 76
Long Pass Accuracy: 79
Long Pass Speed: 75
Shot Accuracy: 89
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 86
Free Kick Accuracy: 71
Curling: 76
Header: 78
Jump: 82
Technique: 88
Aggression: 87
Mentality: 73
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 78
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 6
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Early/Peak
CARDS:
S15 - Shoulder Feint Skills
S18 - Turning Skills
S19 - Scissors Skills
P05 - Mazing Run
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Scoring
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack MindedINFO:"La gente ya no come para ver a Walter Gómez" - "People do not eat to see Walter Gomez", maybe the best can describe figure and deed of Walter Gómez..
Walter Gómez was legendary Uruguayan player, one of the best ever from Uruguay. Born in La Unión neighborhood of Montevideo Walter Gómez came to calcium during childhood, initially played on the goal for the will of his father, who feared a worsening of bronchitis of his child. He began to work with his brother Washington, who found him a job but Walter often left their jobs to continue play football. He was a smoker and used to smoke during the intervals between the first and second halves of the games. Gómez played as a second striker and in Uruguay, while in Argentina and Italy was used as a centre forward. He was very skilled technically, capable of effective dribbling in tight spaces thanks to its fake body movements, acceleration and heel strike. He was able to score and provide great and unexpected assists to his teammates. Also he has knew pull with both feet, and was a decent in playing with head. Gomez starts his career in amateur club, Sol de América in 1941, where he remained until 1942. In 1943 he played for Unión de Montevideo, and in 1944 went to Central, his first professional team. In 1946 he moved to Naciona, with Nacional he won two national titles in 1946 and 1947, and in 1949, for assaulting a referee, was suspended for one year, therefore, Nacional decided to sell it to the River Plate, for a million pesos, a figure determined directly by Antonio Liberti, president of the Argentine club. In the offensive department of the River Plate, won three championships (1952, 1953 and 1955) and scored 75 goals, becoming the highest foreign scorers of the River. Let the River moved to Italy initially signed for AC Milan, with whom he played only a friendly match. He was then loaned to Palermo for 'high figure of 80 million. He made his debut in Serie A with the shirt of Palermo September 23, 1956 in Rome-Palermo (2-1). In his first season created 4 goals in 27 games, the second in Serie B, 4 in 20 races. He then returned to Nacional of Montevideo, where he remained for the biennium 1959-1960, and in 1961 he moved to Colombia, where he played one season with the Cúcuta and two with Once Caldas. In 1963 he moved to Deportivo Galicia, in Venezuela, whose jersey is retired in 1964, he left football after a friendly match between Deportivo Galicia and Cerro. Gómez made his debut in the national team in August 15, 1945, in the encounter between Argentina and Uruguay. On February 2, he played his last match with the national team made his entry into the field to 73' minutes, noting Medina. The disqualification remedied in 1949 forced him to miss the World Cup 1950. After he retired from football, Gómez settled in Buenos Aires, died at a hospital in Vicente López due to a lung disease. He is buried in the cemetery of Lomas de Zamora.