Stories and Narrative: Oscar Gomez Sanchez

Oscar Gomez Sanchez

Óscar "Huaqui" Gómez Sánchez (1934-2008) was a Peruvian soccer player, nicknamed "Huaqui" who stood out in the Peruvian soccer team, the Alianza Lima club in the 1950s and in Argentine soccer in the 1960s. . Huaqui was a skillful, fast, dribbling left winger, with mastery of both profiles and goalscoring ability. He is one of the great strikers in the history of Peruvian soccer. He was a devilish dribbler who shone as one of the best players in South America in the 1950s and early 1960s. He was the younger brother of a Peruvian soccer idol in the 1940s, Carlos Gómez Sánchez, but over time he ended up building an even more prestigious career than this. Generally left winger, he could play perfectly for both profiles with a lot of speed and goalscoring ability thanks to a well patented powerful shot. With Alianza Lima he formed "El Nuevo Rodillo Negro" which in the mid-1950s won a two-time championship alongside talents such as Félix Castillo, Willy Barbadillo and Valeriano López.

From 1952 to 1958, 89 goals in 104 games are documented, in 1959, he was transferred to River Plate playing alongside historical players such as Ermindo Onega and Norberto Menéndez as a starter in that great team.

Gomez Sanches y Mouriño

Gomez Sanchez to River more than a million peruvian soles

Later he had an outstanding stint with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, a club he joined in 1961 and in which he left a very deep mark, forming a historic team that came to beat Racing Club, the reigning champion, 8-1, and in 1962 He left a very pleasant impression despite not winning the championship, the campaign in which the nickname "El Lobo" arose.

National team 1959

Oscar Gómez Sánchez in an image from 1954, wearing the shirt of the Peruvian Football Association, predecessor of the current Professional Football Sports Association (ADFP). The Peruvian team played at that time some friendlies with said clothing

With the Peruvian soccer team he played four editions of the Copa América, he was the second top scorer in the 1955 edition, in total he played 26 official matches scoring 14 goals, 10 of them in the Copa América ranking among the top 20 scorers in the continental tournament history