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Gabriel Jaime Gmez Jaramillo

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Gabriel Jaime Barrabas Gmez Jaramillo (born 8 December 1959 in Medelln) is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a central midelder.

Gabriel Gmez
Personal information Full name Date of birth Place of birth Height Gabriel Jaime Gmez Jaramillo December 8, 1959 Medelln, Colombia 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Senior career* Years 19811986 19871988 19891990 19911994 1995 Team Atltico Nacional Millonarios Independiente Medelln Atltico Nacional Independiente Medelln National team Apps (Gls)

Contents
1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honours 4 Personal 5 References 6 External links

Playing position Midelder

Club career
During his career, Gmez played mainly for hometown side Atltico Nacional, representing the club in eight professional seasons, in two dierent spells, and helping the team to three rst division titles.

19851995

Colombia Teams managed

49

(2)

1995 1997 1998

Envigado Atltico Nacional Unin Magdalena Deportivo Quito

2001 2005 2008

Bucaramanga Caracas Atltico Nacional

Incidentally, in 1989, when domestic league only. Appearances (Goals). Atltico won the Libertadores Cup, he played for city neighbours Independiente Medelln, having signed from Club Deportivo Los Millonarios. After returning to Nacional in 1991, Gmez retired four years later, at the age of 36.

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the

After he retired from playing, Gmez became a football coach. He has managed Envigado, Atltico Nacional, Unin Magdalena and Atltico Bucaramanga in

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Colombia, Deportivo Quito in Ecuador and Caracas FC in Venezuela.[1]

International career
During nearly one full decade, Gmez was capped 49 times for Colombia, scoring twice.[2] He represented the nation in two FIFA World Cups, 1990 and 1994, and three Copa Amrica tournaments: 1987, 1989 and 1993. In the World Cup, Gmez started in all four of his country's matches in 1990, as Colombia ousted in the round of 16 against Cameroon. Four years later, in the United States, he received death threats from unknown people prior to the second group stage match against the hosts, and refused to appear in the game. [3] Days following the 12 loss which certied the South American team's elimination, defender Andrs Escobar was murdered upon returning home, after scoring an own goal in the match.

Honours
Season 1981 1988 1991 1994 Team Millonarios Title Colombian League Atltico Nacional Colombian League Atltico Nacional Colombian League Atltico Nacional Colombian League

Personal
Gmez's older brother, Hernn Daro, coached the national teams of Colombia and Ecuador, amongst others. In 1998, whilst in charge of the former, he also received anonymous death threats.[4]

References
1. ^ Ortiz Jimnez, Juan Diego (1 September 2008). "Gabriel 'Barrabs' Gmez dej de ser el tcnico del Atltico Nacional" (http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento /CMS-4494435) (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 2. ^ Colombia - Record International Players (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous /col-recintlp.html); at RSSSF 3. ^ Gomez leaves team (http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-26/sports /sp-8781_1_gabriel-gomez); Los Angeles Times, 26 June 1994 4. ^ Death threats reappear for Colombian team (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport

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/football/96337.stm); BBC News, 19 May 1998

External links
Gabriel Jaime Gmez Jaramillo (http://www.national-football-teams.com /player/21970.html) at National-Football-Teams.com Gabriel Jaime Gmez Jaramillo (http://www.fa.com/worldfootball /statisticsandrecords/players/player=168124/) FIFA competition record Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org /w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Jaime_Gmez_Jaramillo&oldid=593227981" Categories: 1959 births Living people People from Medelln Colombian footballers Association football midelders Atltico Nacional footballers Millonarios Ftbol Club footballers Independiente Medelln footballers Colombia international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1987 Copa Amrica players 1989 Copa Amrica players 1993 Copa Amrica players Colombian football managers Atltico Nacional managers Deportivo Quito managers This page was last modied on 31 January 2014 at 04:24. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-prot organization.

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