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Full name | Diego Alexander Gómez Amarilla | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 27 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Juan Bautista, Paraguay | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Inter Miami | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Libertad | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Libertad | 40 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Inter Miami | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Paraguay U20 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Paraguay U23 | 9 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Paraguay | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:18, 4 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC) |
Diego Alexander Gómez Amarilla (born 27 March 2003) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Paraguay national team. [1]
Gómez made his senior debut on 4 May 2022 against Caracas FC in the Copa Libertadores. Shortly after he made his league debut for Libertad against Club Olimpia, where he was sent-off. Despite this, he became a regular in the centre of midfield for Libertad by June 2022. [2] In August 2022 he scored his first senior league goals, scoring twice against Club 12 de Octubre SD. [3] Gómez was awarded the best under-19 player award by Paraguayan news organisation Versus in 2022. [4]
On 20 July 2023, Gómez signed with Major League Soccer side Inter Miami for an undisclosed fee. [5] On 21 February 2024, Gómez scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Real Salt Lake in the first game of the 2024 Major League Soccer season with the help of an assist from Luis Suárez. [6]
On 31 August 2022, at the age of 19, Gómez made his debut for the Paraguay senior team against Mexico. Later that year, he played as the Paraguay under-20 team secured victory at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, [7] he was also part of the U20 team at the 2023 South American U-20 Championship in Colombia.
In February 2024, he captained Paraguay U-23 team, and finished as the competition's joint top goalscorer with five goals, at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament as his side won the tournament and a place at the 2024 Olympic Games. [8]
Libertad
Inter Miami