Papu GΓ³mez
Argentina
15 February 1988
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, known as Papu GΓ³mez, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward, left winger or attacking midfielder. He is banned from competing professionally until October 2025 due to having failed an anti-doping test.
GΓ³mez started his club career in his home country with Arsenal de SarandΓ in 2005, before joining San Lorenzo in 2009. The following year, he was signed by Italian club Catania. In 2013, he joined Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv, where he remained for a single season, before returning to Italy to play for Atalanta. In 2019β20, GΓ³mez set the Serie A record for most assists in a single season with sixteen, and was named to the Serie A Team of the Year.
Although he was born in Argentina, GΓ³mez is a dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, having gained Italian citizenship on 14 May 2016. He made his senior international debut for Argentina in a friendly against Singapore in 2017, during which he also scored his first international goal. He later took part in Argentina's victorious 2021 Copa AmΓ©rica and 2022 FIFA World Cup campaigns.
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