Gerry Gomez is a former Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 player who played in Australia's National Soccer League

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

 for Sydney City, Marconi

Marconi Stallions

The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...

, APIA-Leichhardt

A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers

APIA Leichhardt Tigers Football Club, also known as APIA Tigers and Sydney Tigers, is an Australian football club based in Sydney, Australia. The club was formed in 1954, known as APIA Leichhardt, by Italian Australians...

 and Parramatta Eagles

Parramatta Eagles

Parramatta Eagles are an Australian football club that played in the National Soccer League and later the New South Wales Premier League. Due to various levels of mismanagement at the club it was demoted at the end of 2006...

. He also represented the Australian B Socceroos in 1985 at the world series club tournament, playing against English Club Tottenham Hotspur at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

 and Brazilian Club CR Vasco da Gama at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

. While at Marconi, Gerry was on the winning side in two Grand Finals in the 1988 and 1989, but was sent off in the first of these against Sydney United.

Gerry lives in Sydney

Sydney

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 is married with two daughters, the youngest who is a rising and promising footballer.

Coaching

Towards the end of his 14 year playing career, Gerry founded a football coaching business called Sydney Soccer Football Academy, which focuses on building the skills of young players, preparing and introducing them to elite level competition. He also coaches for a range of schools and football clubs.

1991 Coached the Sydney Olympic Open Age. Matilda's Captain Julie Murray

1992 Started Gerry Gomez Sydney Soccer School

1995 Head Coach of the East Zone

2002 Head Coach of the UTS Women's Program

2003 Head Coach of Eastern Suburbs Youth League

2004 Head Coach of St Josephs and Redlands

2003 - 2005 Coach U13/14's Soccer NSW Regional Excellence Program

2005 Soccer NSW Regional Excellence Program Girls Youth, Coaching Updates in Barcelona Nou Camp and Stuggart Germany, Director of Coaching at SCEGGS Redlands, Kambala, Rockdale and JJ Cahill School Soccer program, Conducted Coaching license Maroubra, Perth.

2005 - 2006 Youth Coaching Director for St. George Soccer Football Association, Junior Development at Bronte Public School, Bondi Public School, Ermington Utd and Maroubra United, Girl's Youth League Coaching Director for University of New South Wales - UNSW

2006-2009 Director of Coaching Rockdale, St George, Kambala, SCEGGS Redlands, Mosman Football Club, Maroubra United, Bronte Public, Bondi Public, J.J Cahill, Coaching License instructor FFA

FFA

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, Maroubra United, St Spyridon, FFA B License, Plan Marcet Professor of Individual technique Barcelona Spain Grade B.
2009-2010 Sydney FC Academy Coach.

External links

• Sydney Soccer Football Academy
• Mosman Football Club