Rafael "Rafa" Gómez Company (born 5 January 1974 in Moncada, Horta Nord, Valencia) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Gómez Company | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-01-05) 5 January 1974 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Moncada, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Valencia Mestalla | 30 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Valencia | 0 | (0) |
| 1996 | Racing de Ferrol | 16 | (0) |
| 1997–2002 | Compostela | 125 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Levante | 44 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Lorca Deportiva | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 254 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gómez began his career with local giants Valencia, playing for their B team, Valencia Mestalla, during the 1994–95 Segunda División B season. He was part of the first team squad that finished as La Liga runners-up the following year, but didn't play any matches. He left to join Racing de Ferrol ahead of the 1996–97 season,[2] but stayed only six months before joining top flight side SD Compostela in the January transfer window.[1] He spent a little over five years with Compostela, enduring relegation to the Segunda División in 1997–98, and again to the third tier in 2000–01.[2]
Gómez played a key role in the first part of the following season, which ended with Compostela earning promotion directly back to the second division,[2] but he left the club in March 2002 to join Levante.[1] After a year and a half with Levante in the Segunda División, he dropped down a level with Lorca Deportiva in 2003. He played in every match bar one in his first season with Lorca, helping them to the runners-up spot in their Segunda División B group, although they failed to win promotion via the play-offs. After two matches of the 2004–05 season, which did end in promotion for Lorca,[2] Gómez suffered an injury to his thumb, and was forced into retirement at the age of 30.
Valencia
Lorca Deportiva
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Valencia Mestalla | 1994–95 | Segunda División B | 30 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 1995–96 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Valencia | 1995–96 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Racing de Ferrol | 1996–97 | Segunda División B | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| Compostela | 1996–97 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |
| 1997–98 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Segunda División | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2000–01 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2001–02 | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 125 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Levante | 2001–02 | Segunda División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Lorca Deportiva | 2003–04 | Segunda División B | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 254 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 269 | 0 | ||