Hernán Darío Gómez

Hernán Darío Gómez Jaramillo (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnan daˈɾi.o ˈɣomes xaɾaˈmiʝo]; born 3 February 1956), also known as El Bolillo (pronounced [el βoˈliʝo]; The Baton), is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Jaramillo.
Hernán Darío Gómez
Gómez as Panama manager in 2015
Personal information
Full name Hernán Darío Gómez Jaramillo
Date of birth (1956-02-03) 3 February 1956
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1980 Independiente Medellín 56 (6)
1980–1984 Atlético Nacional 31 (1)
Managerial career
1991–1993 Atlético Nacional
1995–1998 Colombia
1999–2004 Ecuador
2006–2008 Guatemala
2008–2009 Santa Fe
2010–2011 Colombia
2012–2013 Independiente Medellín
2014–2018 Panama
2018–2019 Ecuador
2020–2021 Independiente Medellín
2021–2022 Honduras
2023 Junior
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

He was an active player from 1966 to 1985, when he retired after a knee injury. Gómez played for the Colombia amateur team that participated at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games.[1] His career as a coach started while being assistant to Francisco Maturana while at Atlético Nacional and winning the 1989 Copa Libertadores. He would then become head coach in 1991 and led them to a Categoria Primera A title in 1991.

He joined Maturana while he became coach of Colombia and was his assistant at the 1987 Copa America where Colombia got third place. He also helped qualify the team to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1994 edition as well. This was during the so-called golden generation of Colombian football. In 1995, he was named head coach of Colombia and qualified them for the 1998 FIFA World Cup Colombia's fourth appearance overall and third consecutive appearance at the tournament. They went out at group stage with one win and two losses.

He successfully led Ecuador to their first World Cup finals in 2002.[2] However, he resigned after a disappointing performance by the Ecuadorian team at the 2004 Copa América.

During the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, he was a commentator for Canal RCN.

On 5 May 2010, the Colombian Football Federation announced that Gómez was appointed as the successor of Eduardo Lara, who left the selection after failing to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.

On 13 February 2012, he took charge of Independiente Medellin, six months after resigning as coach of the national team.[3]

On 15 February 2014, Gómez was announced the new manager of Panama. He led Panama to the semi-finals of the 2015 Gold Cup, where Panama were controversially eliminated by Mexico. After the match, he publicly criticized Mark Geiger's decisions, and went on to say that he "deeply thought of retiring" after that moment.[4] Panama finished third after defeating the United States in the match for third place. On 22 January 2016, Gómez was named 2015 CONCACAF Men's Coach of the Year.[5]

On 10 October 2017, he led Panama to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the country's debut in this competition.[6] On July 17, 2018 he stepped down as Panama's head coach.[7] Gomez said an "emotional farewell".[8]

On 1 August 2018, Gomez returned to Ecuador as head coach of the national team.[9] Ecuador had a disastrous performance at the 2019 Copa America, where they only gained one point against Japan. After Ecuador's loss in the opening match against Uruguay, Gomez said to the press that at halftime, with Ecuador losing 3-0, he told his team in the dressing room, "There is nothing we can do, just make sure they don't score anymore goals on us." This statement was seen as disrespectful by the Ecuadorian press, and doubts were already raised over his management.[10] After the tournament, Gomez stated that he would not resign, and his objective was to remain with the national team to coach the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. However, on 1 August 2019, Gomez was dismissed.[11]

In October 2021, Gomez was announced as the new head coach of the Honduras national team, replacing Fabián Coito.[12] On 10 April 2022, Gomez was sacked from the Honduras national team after just nine games, losing eight and only drawing once. Honduras finished in last place of the octogonal with just three points.[13][14]

On 16 November 2022, Gómez returned to his home country after being named manager of Atlético Bucaramanga for the 2023 season,[15] but resigned fourteen days later, before officially taking over the club. On 15 March 2023, he was announced as the new manager of Colombian club Junior,[16] which he coached until 17 August 2023 when he resigned following Junior's elimination from the 2023 Copa Colombia.[17]

Personal life

On 6 August 2011, at the pub "El Bembe" in Bogotá, Gómez attacked an unidentified woman. According to witnesses, Gómez hit the woman at least four times near the entrance of the pub where he was accompanied by the woman minutes before.[18] When the facts were known, Gómez released a statement asking for forgiveness for his behavior and resigned to his participation as a member of the technical committee of the U-20 World Football Championship.[19] However multiple organizations, like 'Casa de la Mujer', expressed their discontent with Gómez's actions and asked for his resignation as manager of the Colombian football team.[20] Finally because of pressure from the media, the Colombian football team's sponsors, political and social celebrities and the general public, he resigned as the manager of the Colombian football team.[21]

Managerial statistics
As of 30 March 2022
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Atlético Nacional Colombia 1 July 1990 30 July 1994 262 113 81 68 043.13
Colombia Colombia 31 January 1995 26 February 1998 58 21 18 19 036.21
Ecuador Ecuador 1 October 1999 29 July 2004 66 24 18 24 036.36
Guatemala Guatemala 1 January 2006 10 February 2008 21 5 4 12 023.81
Santa Fe Colombia 1 July 2008 1 April 2009 33 14 10 9 042.42
Colombia Colombia 5 May 2010 8 August 2011 15 5 5 5 033.33
Independiente Medellín Colombia 13 February 2012 19 April 2013 67 23 18 26 034.33
Panama Panama 15 February 2014 17 July 2018 71 22 21 28 030.99
Ecuador Ecuador 1 August 2018 31 July 2019 13 4 4 5 030.77
Independiente Medellín Colombia 1 January 2021 5 September 2021 33 10 16 7 030.30
Honduras Honduras 16 October 2021 30 March 2022 9 0 1 8 000.00
Total 655 241 201 213 036.79

World record as manager

To date, he is one of three coaches to have led at least three different national teams to a World Cup. He qualified Colombia to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ecuador to the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Panama to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. French manager Henri Michel also had previously achieved this with three teams: he led France to the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Morocco to the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Ivory Coast to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[22][23] Bora Milutinovic (Mexico, 1986; Costa Rica, 1990; United States, 1994; Nigeria, 1998; and China, 2002) and Carlos Alberto Parreira (Kuwait, 1982; United Arab Emirates, 1990; Brazil, 1994 and 2006; Saudi Arabia, 1998; South Africa, 2010) have guided five teams in World Cups, but without playing all the qualification rounds.

References
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  2. Dickens, Les (22 February 2002). "Hernán Darío Gómez "Ecuador can create a surprise, for better or for worse"". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
  3. "'Bolillo' Gómez vuelve al fútbol para dirigir al Ind. Medellín". eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). 13 February 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. "'Bolillo': "Pensé en retirarme del fútbol, el robo fue feo"". Diario AS (in Spanish). 23 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. "Javier Hernandez and Carli Lloyd Named 2015 CONCACAF Players of the Year". concacaf.com. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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  8. "Panama boss Hernan Dario Gomez steps down | Goal.com". Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. "Hernán Darío Gómez fue presentado como nuevo entrenador de la Selección de Ecuador". infobae (in European Spanish). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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  11. "Los 10 momentos del 'Bolillo' Gómez en sus 12 meses como DT de la Tri". Bendito Futbol. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  12. Coello, Kelvin (20 October 2021). "'Bolillo' Gómez en su presentación con Honduras: 'La eliminatoria es para hombres que quieran triunfar'". Diez.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  13. Castillo, Luis Felipe (11 April 2022). "Tras una vergonzosa eliminatoria, Honduras despide al «Bolillo» Gómez". AMPrensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  14. Aguilar, Marco. "OFICIAL: Hernán "Bolillo" Gómez no sigue como entrenador de Honduras después de seis meses en el cargo". www.diez.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  15. "Hernán Darío 'Bolillo' Gómez es nuevo técnico del Bucaramanga" [Hernán Darío Bolillo Gómez is Bucaramanga's new manager] (in Spanish). El Deportivo. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  16. "Oficial: Hernán Darío 'Bolillo' Gómez es el nuevo técnico de Junior" [Official: Hernán Darío Bolillo Gómez is the new manager of Junior] (in Spanish). Diario As Colombia. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  17. "Oficial: Bolillo Gómez renunció y Junior confirmó a su nuevo técnico" [Official: Bolillo Gómez resigned and Junior confirmed their new manager] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  18. El Tiempo (9 August 2011). "Versiones de la agresión del 'Bolillo'". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
  19. El Tiempo (8 August 2011). "Agresión del 'Bolillo' Gómez a una mujer".
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  21. El Tiempo (9 August 2011). "Versiones de la agresión del 'Bolillo'". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
  22. "Uno de los tuiteros más famosos del mundo se tomó una foto con el 'Bolillo' Gómez". Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  23. "'Bolillo' hablaba en serio: ¡sí deben hacerle una estatua en Panamá!". 14 October 2017.

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