Óscar Gómez Sánchez

Óscar "Huaqui" Gómez Sánchez (*Lima, 31 October 1934 – †Lima, 4 March 2008) was a Peruvian football player.

Club career

He made his professional debut with Alianza Lima, where he won three Peruvian championships in 1952, 1954, and 1955, alongside other team stars such as Heraclio Paredes, Félix Fuentes, Emilio Vargas, and Juan Emilio Salinas.

In 1959, he signed with River Plate (interestingly, his older brother Carlos Gómez Sánchez had transferred to Boca Juniors in the late 1940s). He spent nearly five years in Argentina, first with River Plate (1959-1960), where he was runner-up in 1960, sharing the spotlight with Ermindo Onega, Norberto Menéndez, Roberto Zárate, Juan Carlos Sarnari, and his compatriot Juan Joya. From 1961 to 1963, he played for Gimnasia y Esgrima LP. He was part of one of the club's best teams, the 1962 squad, alongside Luis Ciaccia, Eliseo Prado, Alfredo Rojas, and Diego Francisco Bayo.

Returning to Peru in 1964, he played for Sporting Cristal before retiring in 1965 at Defensor Arica.

International career Gómez Sánchez earned 26 caps for Peru (1953-1959), scoring 14 goals, 10 of which were scored in the Copa América. He remains the third-highest Peruvian scorer in the competition's history, behind Teodoro Fernández (15 goals) and Paolo Guerrero (14).

Honours Alianza Lima Peruvian Primera División (3): 1952, 1954, 1955