Antonio Gómez Pérez (; born 1 August 1973) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Playing career Born in Madrid, Gómez was brought up in La Liga giants Real Madrid's youth ranks, making his first-team debut in the 1995–96 season as Jorge Valdano was the team coach. He scored twiceGoleada a base de penaltis (Rout through penalties); Mundo Deportivo, 4 January 1996 (in Spanish)El Real no gana ni en Mérida (Real do not even win in Mérida); Mundo Deportivo, 8 January 1996 (in Spanish) in only six appearances during the campaign, but his presence with the main squad would be limited.Debutó en Primera con el Madrid ante el Valladolid de Benítez... y marcó un gol (He made Primera debut with Madrid against Benítez's Valladolid... and he scored a goal); El Norte de Castilla, 24 June 2010 (in Spanish)
After an unassuming loan to Sevilla – 14 matches out of 42, top-flight relegationEl Sevilla más goleado desde la temporada 1996–1997 (The Sevilla who conceded the most since the 1996–1997 season); ABC, 8 April 2018 (in Spanish)– Gómez was released by Real Madrid, continuing his career with Albacete (Segunda División), Hércules (two seasons, one in the Segunda División B), Toledo and amateurs La Roda and retiring in 2006 at the age of 33.El exmadridista Antonio Gómez dirige a un Albacete hecho para ascender (Former Madrid man Antonio Gómez leads made-for-promotion Albacete); El Progreso, 20 October 2011 (in Spanish)
Coaching career In the summer of 2006, immediately after retiring, Gómez started coaching, first with former club Albacete's youth team, with which he won the Copa del Rey of the category.El Albacete se proclama vencedor doce años después (Albacete crowned winners twelve years later); Diario AS, 25 June 2007 (in Spanish) Subsequently, he stayed two years with the reserves in the Tercera División.«Si Gómez entrena al primer equipo, me voy» ("If Gómez coaches the first team, I go"); La Verdad, 7 September 2007 (in Spanish)
Gómez re-joined former Real Madrid B coach Rafael Benítez in 2009, being named Liverpool's assistant while also training their reserve team.Antonio Gómez, el alumno aventajado de Rafa Benítez (Antonio Gómez, Rafa Benítez's illustrious pupil); Marca, 7 August 2014 (in Spanish) On 23 June 2010 he announced his move to Real Valladolid, signing for 2010–11 in division two after the dismissal of former Spain national team boss Javier Clemente.Antonio Gómez asume el nuevo proyecto del Valladolid en sustitución de Clemente (Antonio Gómez takes over new project in Valladolid replacing Clemente); Marca, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish)
On 29 November 2010, following a 0–1 home loss against Cartagena, Gómez was fired by Valladolid, even though the Castile and León side ranked seventh in the league.El Valladolid destituye a su entrenador Antonio Gómez (Valladolid dismiss their manager Antonio Gómez); Diario AS, 29 November 2010 (in Spanish) From June 2011 to March 2013, he managed former club Albacete in the third tier,Antonio Gómez será mánager general y entrenador del nuevo ALBACETE (Antonio Gómez will be general manager and coach of new ALBACETE); El Digital Castilla La Mancha, 18 June 2011 (in Spanish) and subsequently worked with Benítez at Napoli,Napoli, secondo giorno di lavoro a Castelvolturno (Napoli, second day of work at Castelvolturno); S.S.C. Napoli, 12 July 2013 (in Italian) Real Madrid,Estos son los hombres de Benítez en el Real Madrid (These are Benítez's men at Real Madrid); Sport, 3 June 2015 (in Spanish) Newcastle United,Who is Fabio Pecchia? And who are the rest of Rafa Benitez's Newcastle backroom staff?; Evening Chronicle, 31 May 2016 Dalian Yifang,Rafa Benítez se lanza a la conquista de China (Rafa Benítez out to conquer China); El Desmarque, 2 July 2019 (in Spanish) Everton,'I know what Rafa wants' – Everton new assistant manager speaks out over 'different' role; Liverpool Echo, 3 August 2021 Celta de VigoEl núcleo duro de Rafa Benítez (Rafa Benítez's go-to guys); La Voz de Galicia, 23 June 2023 (in Spanish) and Panathinaikos.Rafa Benítez ya es nuevo entrenador del Panathinaikos: su 15º equipo (Rafa Benítez is already new manager of Panathinaikos: his 15th team); Marca, 24 October 2025 (in Spanish)
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+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Albacete B 1 July 200730 June 2009 Valladolid23 June 201029 November 2010 Albacete18 June 201118 March 2013 Total —
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