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Uruguayan footballer (1927-2004)
Walter Gomez Pardal
(12 December 1927 ? 4 March 2004) was a Uruguayan
footballer
who played as a
forward
in the 1940s and 1950s. Throughout his career, he played for
Club Nacional de Football
and
Club Atletico River Plate
.
Gomez was a member of the outstanding Nacional side of the late 1940s, and he scored more than 100 goals for the club before moving to River Plate. That meant the end of his international career with
Uruguay
as only players within the domestic league could be picked for the Celestes. Gomez had made his international debut in 1945, at the age of just 18, but despite his talent he played only four times for the national team and never scored in international football.
At River he went on to win three league titles, and formed a new
La Maquina
side following the great team of the early 1940s.
Gomez played as a "media-punta" (second striker) at River alongside
Angel Labruna
and
Felix Loustau
. At the end of his career at River he played with
Omar Sivori
. Such was the widespread admiration of the Uruguayan inside forward that in those times the saying "La gente ya no come para ver a Walter Gomez" became a popular theme in
Buenos Aires
.
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