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13 Christian Gomez

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 165
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Anaheim, Calif.
  • Prev School UC Berkeley
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

2023
  • Played 19 matches starting seven for 755 minutes
  • Registered one assist
UC Berkeley
  • Played in 38 matches starting 15 in his four-year soccer career at Cal
  • Totaled two goals, three assists, and seven points as a midfielder
  • Started 11 of 13 games played in 2022
  • In a memorable game on Oct. 16 at Santa Clara, with Cal trailing 3-2, Gomez assisted on an 85th-minute goal that eventually resulted in a 3-3, double-overtime tie with the Broncos in 2022
  • Athletic Study Center Scholar-Athlete of the Week during the fall, Gomez – lauded for his leadership skills with the Bears and the greater UC Berkeley community – spoke at the Cameron Institute Leadership Showcase, a Ted Talk-style event that features student-athletes who have demonstrated significant leadership in school, sport, and life and were nominated by their peers, coaches, and staff
  • Scored Cal’s first goal of the truncated spring 2021 regular season, a 50th-minute strike vs. Stanford
  • Named the Athletic Study Center’s Scholar-Athlete of the Week, as Gomez – a peer advisor for the ASC’s Scholar-Athlete Freshman Transition Seminars – was recognized for challenging his peers to view obstacles as opportunities for growth and to embrace a mindset of “thinking outside the box” during their Cal journeys.
  • Played in a career-high 16 games, starting three in 2019
  • Recorded his first point for the Bears with an assist in a 3-3 tie at UCLA on Oct. 13
  • Also assisted on a game-winning goal in a 3-2 upset of No. 1 Washington in Seattle
  • Gomez netted his first collegiate goal in the 39th minute of Cal’s 3-1 loss at UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 21 in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
  • His recovery from injury was chronicled in this Inside the Lair feature on CalBears.com: The New Christian Gomez
  • Played in the first three matches of the 2018 season before suffering a broken leg that sidelined him the rest of the year.

Prep
  • Played for Pateadores Academy
  • Played for El Salvador's U17 National Team in the UNCAF Championships and CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers and U18 Team in Olympic qualifiers
  • Led U19 Pateadores Academy to the USSDA Southwest Conference Championship.

Personal
  • Born and raised in Anaheim
  • Global studies major while at Cal graduating in 2022
  • Was also a peer advisor, TA, and speaker for the Cameron Institute
  • Has interned as a data analyst for Amicum Analytics
  • Studying business administration at UC Irvine
  • Mom attended UC Irvine and played soccer at Westmont College
  • Has helped served Habitat for Humanity
  • Fan of FC Barcelona and Tame Impala
  • Enjoys figure drawing

Statistics

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