Hernán Darío Gómez

Hernán Darío Gómez, nicknamed El Bolillo, is the kind of football lifer I find endlessly compelling. A Colombian who became a player and then a long-serving manager, he has guided unfancied nations across the Americas onto the world stage. To me, lifting a smaller footballing country toward respectability is a far harder and more honorable task than coaching a superpower. Born in 1956 and still working the touchline, he carries decades of pressure and resilience that no statistic captures. I admire that stubborn dedication enormously; coaches like him are the quiet architects who shape the dreams of entire nations.

Name (English)

Hernán Darío Gómez

Name (Japanese)

エルナン・ダリオ・ゴメス

Reading

えるなん・だりお・ごめす

Born

February 3, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Height

167 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Antioquia
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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