Junior from Barranquilla made “Bolillo” Gómez official as coach

Hernán Darío el ‘Bolillo’ Gómez is the new technical director of Junior de Barranquilla. Junior.

The Antioquia coach Hernán Darío Bolillo Gómez was confirmed as the new helmsman of Junior de Barranquilla, after the departure of samarium Arturo Reyes. The 67-year-old strategist will have the mission of getting the team out of the basement of the BetPlay Dimayor League table.

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The former coach of the Colombia team beat Reinaldo Rueda, who was the favorite of the Barranquilla leadership, however, his high claims led the managers to opt for Gómez who, before the start of the local contract, was appointed by Atlético Bucaramanga However, in the Leopardo he did not manage to lead a party due to differences with the Bumanguesas directives.

Junior’s statement

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“The Junior FC SA Board of Directors is allowed to officially announce the hiring of Professor Hernán Darío Gómez, as the new Technical Director of the rojiblanco team.

The World Cup coach will be accompanied by Edgar Carvajal, technical assistant and Juan Mauricio Roldán, physical trainer.

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Welcome to the Juniorist family!”

Hernán Darío Gómez new coach of the Shark. @JuniorClubSA/Twitter

Hernán Darío Gómez’s debut on the bench for Junior de Barranquilla will be at home on Saturday, March 18 for matchday nine of the BetPlay Dimayor League against Independiente Santa Fe, which comes with air on the shirt after defeat at Campín 2 -0 to America de Cali.

In the domestic championship, the Rojiblanco team is in the last position of the championship with six points and -2 in goal difference, product of three defeats, the same number of draws and only one victory.

He was born on February 3, 1956 in Medellín, he is the second son of María Teresa Jaramillo and the architect Hernán Gómez Agudelo. Hernán Darío is the brother of former player Gabriel Jaime Barrabás Gómez, who has also served as technical director.

As a soccer player, he played as a midfielder, debuting with the Independiente Medellín jersey in 1975. Five years later he moved to the front side to play for Atlético Nacional, being champion in 1981 and with whom he retired in 1984 after a knee injury. .

He continued to be linked to soccer but as an assistant in Francisco Maturana’s Rey de Copas, as well as in the Colombian team. His first experience as a coach at all was in 1990 at Atlético Nacional, with which he was champion a year after the local league, he also won the Inter-American Cup.

After Pacho Maturana left the national team in 1994, Hernán Darío Gómez took the vacancy with his sights set on qualifying the coffee team for the World Cup in France 98. In that orbital event, the Tricolor had a bad presentation after being eliminated in first round.

In 1999, he took over the reins of Ecuador, which qualified for the first World Cup in 2002, however, El Tri did not overcome the first phase in Korea-Japan, and left the bench after the 2004 Copa América, which was held in Peru. .

His third world cup was with the Panama team in Russia 2018, as with Ecuador, those led by Bolillo Gómez did not make it past the first round, however, the paisa is the Colombian coach with the most world cups, a title he shares with Luis Fernando Suarez.

He also led the teams of Guatemala and Honduras without much success, in terms of clubs he went through Independiente Santa Fe (2008), Independiente Medellín (2012 and 2021) with the latter he won the Copa Colombia.

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