Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Mario Gómez



Profile Football Stars | Mario Gómez | While, in the 2007-08 season, the rest of his team struggled to keep performing at Their 2006-07 season standards, Gómez remained at an astonishingly high level, scoring 19 goals in 25 appearances, second in the Bundesliga's top scorer list, just behind Bayern Munich's Luca Toni scored 24 times who. In the cup Gómez was even the top scorer with six goals. In the 2008-09 season Gomez hit four goals to inspire VfB Stuttgart to a 4-1 victory over Bundesliga leaders VfL Wolfsburg.  When Stuttgart Became champions in 2006-07, Gómez Contributed 14 goals and was elected German footballer of the year. Mario Gómez García, is a German footballer plays as a striker who for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. Gómez joined Bayern after six years in Stuttgart.


On 26 May 2009, Gómez was eventually transferred to Bayern Munich on a Bundesliga record transfer fee, signing a four-year contract. Gómez was not scoring like his usual self in his first season for Bayern with just 10 goals but in the cup Prolific he was more with 3 goals in just four games, unfortunately Gómez was short of assists as well as goals. Gómez started the 2011-12 season in similar style towards the previous season and he opened his league account on 20 August 2011 in Bayern's thrashing of Hamburger SV.


Seven days later Gómez turned up the style scoring a hat-trick away to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. On 10 September, Gomez then netted four goals in Bayern Munich's 7-0 Rout of Freiburg. Gómez also scored a brace against Hertha BSC when Bayern won 4-0. Gómez then got another brace on the 29th October when Bayern then Defeated 1. FC Nuremberg 4-0. In Bayern's next game away to FC Augsburg Gómez scored one of Bayern's goals in their 2-1 victory. Bayern went on to win 3-2. So far in the Champions League Gómez has six goals in five games. In the DFB-Pokal Gómez has scored just one goal. On 16 December 2011, Gómez scored his 50th goal for the calendar year of 2011 against 1.


Gómez has both German and Spanish Nationality, but played for all German youth national teams from age 17. He made his debut for the German national team against Switzerland on 7 February 2007. Germany won the match 3-1, with Gómez scoring Germany's second goal. Gómez gained his second cap for Germany, coming on as a substitute for Kevin Kuranyi in a Euro 2008 qualifier against San Marino, scoring two goals That Contributed to a final 6-0 victory. Although being the second choice behind Miroslav Klose as center-forward during Germany's qualification for Euro 2012, Gómez played regularly and Contributed goals against every Opponent of that campaign: Kazakhstan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Belgium.


Personal information
Full name Mario Gómez García
Date of birth 10 July 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Riedlingen, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1/2 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 33

Youth career
SV Unlingen
FV Bad Saulgau
1999 - 2001 SSV Ulm 1846
2001 - 2003 VfB Stuttgart

Senior career
years Team
2003 - 2005 VfB Stuttgart II 43 (21)
2003 - 2009 VfB Stuttgart 121 (63)
2009 - Bayern Munich 85 (59)

National team
2005 - 2006 Germany U21 9 (1)
2005 Germany B 2 (1)
2007 - Germany 51 (21)


Honours

Club
VfB Stuttgart
     Bundesliga: 2006-07

Bayern Munich
     Bundesliga: 2009-10
     DFB-Pokal: 2009-10
     DFL-Supercup: 2010
     UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 2009-10

Germany
     FIFA World Cup 2010: Third place - Bronze medal
     UEFA European Football Championship Runner-up: 2008

Individual
     Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (28 goals): 2011
     German Footballer of the Year: 2007
     Most expensive Bundesliga transfer

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