Mario Gomez Garcia is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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54 Facts About Mario Gomez
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Mario Gomez represented the Germany national team over a period of 11 years between 2007 and 2018.
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Mario Gomez left for Serie A team Fiorentina in 2013 and was affected by injury during his time in Italy.
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Mario Gomez was loaned to Turkey's Besiktas in 2015 and was top scorer as the club won the Super Lig.
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Mario Gomez would go on to make eight league appearances, one DFB-Pokal appearance, and one UEFA Cup appearance.
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Mario Gomez played 30 times in the Bundesliga, scoring six times at this level.
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Mario Gomez played five times in the UEFA Cup, scoring twice, and played three times in both the DFB-Pokal, and DFL-Ligapokal.
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Mario Gomez made his comeback on 12 May 2007 and immediately scored after coming on from the bench.
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Mario Gomez finished the season with 14 goals in 25 league appearances and two goals in five DFB-Pokal appearances.
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Mario Gomez gained the nickname "Mr Zuverlassig", as seen in his second of three goals against Bundesliga rival Werder Bremen, where he managed to net in a virtually unreachable pass by teammate Yildiray Basturk.
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Mario Gomez had six goals in three DFB-Pokal appearances and three goals in four UEFA Champions League appearances.
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On 26 May 2009, Mario Gomez transferred to Bayern Munich for a Bundesliga record transfer fee, signing a four-year contract.
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Mario Gomez's scoring levels were lower than past seasons in his first season for Bayern, with ten league goals and one Champions League goal netted.
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Mario Gomez provided less assists than he had in the past as well.
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Mario Gomez scored 13 hat-tricks in his Bundesliga career, three with VfB Stuttgart and ten with Bayern.
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Mario Gomez netted eight times in the Champions League and finished in second place in the season's top scorers, tied with Samuel Eto'o, although Bayern was eliminated in the round of 16 by Inter Milan.
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Mario Gomez scored 39 goals in all competitions in his second season with the Bavarian club.
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On 4 April, Mario Gomez signed a new contract with Bayern Munich, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2016.
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On 19 May 2012, Mario Gomez played in the Champions League final against Chelsea.
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Mario Gomez came back late to the squad after having ankle surgery post UEFA Euro 2012.
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Mario Gomez successfully completed a medical test on 31 July 2015.
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Mario Gomez officially signed for the club along with 4 other new players, including his compatriot Andreas Beck, at a press conference held on 7 August 2015.
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On 27 September 2015, Mario Gomez scored two goals during the derby game against Fenerbahce.
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Mario Gomez scored two goals in the UEFA Europa League by the end of 2015.
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Mario Gomez scored again in the week 33 game against Osmanlispor.
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Mario Gomez became the season Super Lig top scorer with 26 goals, ahead of Samuel Eto'o and Hugo Rodallega.
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Mario Gomez completed the season with 28 goals in 41 games played in all competitions.
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On 20 July 2016, Mario Gomez announced his farewell message via his Facebook account, stating that he would not continue to play for Besiktas.
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Mario Gomez described it as a "difficult decision" on a political basis, which was perceived as a reference to 2016 coup d'etat attempt in Turkey.
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On 17 August 2016, Mario Gomez returned to the Bundesliga by signing for VfL Wolfsburg.
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Mario Gomez's goal was the 1,000th scored by Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
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Mario Gomez scored only once in his last 15 appearances at the Volkswagen Arena.
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FC Union Berlin that caused Stuttgart's relegation, Mario Gomez scored an additional goal, becoming the first player to score for two teams in Bundesliga relegation play-offs.
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On 28 June 2020, Stuttgart announced that Mario Gomez had ended his professional career, after scoring in his final match for the club and helping them secure promotion back to the Bundesliga.
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Mario Gomez has both German and Spanish citizenship, but played for all German youth national teams from age 14.
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Mario Gomez made his debut for the Germany senior team against Switzerland on 7 February 2007 in Dusseldorf.
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Mario Gomez gained his second cap for Germany by coming on as a substitute for Kevin Kuranyi in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against San Marino.
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Unfortunately, Mario Gomez was not able to reproduce his club form and missed several chances, including one in the last group match against Austria, a performance for which he was criticized by the German media and many fans of the national team.
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Mario Gomez was named as one of the six forwards in Joachim Low's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Mario Gomez featured in four out of seven German matches at the World Cup, all from the substitutes' bench; he played against Australia, replacing Mesut Ozil in the 73rd minute; Serbia, coming on for left back Holger Badstuber in the 77th minute; England, coming on for Miroslav Klose in the 72nd minute; and Spain, replacing defensive midfielder Sami Khedira in the 80th minute.
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Mario Gomez then scored twice against the Netherlands in Germany's second Group B match, making it three goals in two matches.
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Mario Gomez finished as second-best scorer of the tournament, behind Spain's Fernando Torres.
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Mario Gomez was included the Germany squad for friendlies against France and the Netherlands in November 2015.
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On 21 June 2016, Mario Gomez was selected to start in Germany's final Euro 2016 group match against Northern Ireland; he scored the winning goal in the 30th minute.
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However, despite his goal-scoring abilities, Mario Gomez was often accused of having limited skills and a poor work ethic.
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Mario Gomez was born in Riedlingen, in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg.
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Mario Gomez's father, Jose "Pepe" Gomez Garcia, is a Spaniard from Albunan, Granada, and his mother, Christel Roth, is German.
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Mario Gomez ended his nine-year relationship with Silvia Meichel on 2 October 2012.
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Mario Gomez began dating German model Carina Wanzung in December 2012.
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