Ronald Gómez (Aruban footballer)

Ronald Gómez
Personal information
Full name Frederick Ronald Gómez
Date of birth (1984-10-25) 25 October 1984 (age 42)
Place of birth Oranjestad, Aruba
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Sporting
Youth career
2001–2005 RCA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2016 RCA
2016–2017 Rohda Raalte 10 (4)
2017–2023 RCA
2023– Sporting
International career‡
2002–2021 Aruba 22 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2021

Frederick Ronald Gómez (born 25 October 1984), known as Ronald Gómez, is an Aruban footballer who plays as a forward for Division di Honor club Sporting.

Gómez spent most of his career with RCA, with whom he won seven league titles and was twice the top scorer in the Division di Honor. He spent the 2016–17 season in the Netherlands with Rohda Raalte, where he was used as a centre-back. He won 22 caps for the Aruba national team between 2002 and 2021 and scored six goals.

Club career

RCA

Gómez came through the youth system of RCA in Oranjestad. He was the top scorer in the Division di Honor in the 2004–05 season, when RCA topped the league table. RCA won the league title in 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2015–16. He scored in the championship stage in 2011 and again in 2016.

Rohda Raalte

In the summer of 2016, Gómez moved to the Netherlands to study and joined Hoofdklasse club Rohda Raalte, settling in Zwolle. Rohda used him as a centre-back. On 20 August 2016, he scored twice late on in a 3–1 away win over SVZW in the opening group match of the cup. Head coach Frank Tempelman said neither goal was easy, and that Gómez had created the second himself with a good run and strong use of his body. He made ten league appearances for Rohda that season and scored four goals.

Return to RCA

Gómez returned to RCA in 2017. He was again the league's top scorer in 2018–19, when RCA won the title by beating Nacional in the final. RCA won another league title in 2022–23.

Sporting

Gómez later joined Sporting, a club from Ayo then playing in the Division Uno. On 15 June 2024, Sporting beat RCS 3–1 in the Division Uno final. A year later, on 1 June 2025, they lost the Silver League final 5–3 to Riverplate, but were promoted to the Division di Honor for the 2025–26 season. Gómez made 15 league appearances and scored twice in that first top-flight season, and remained in Sporting's squad for 2026–27.

International career

Gómez made his debut for Aruba in 2002. His first goals came in July 2011 in the first round of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup against Saint Lucia. He scored in the 4–2 home win on 8 July and again in the 4–2 defeat in Castries four days later, after which Aruba lost the penalty shoot-out 5–4.

He scored against Dominica in 2012 Caribbean Cup qualifying and against Antigua and Barbuda in 2017 Caribbean Cup qualifying in March 2016. On 9 September 2018, he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 win over Bermuda in qualifying for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League. His last appearance came on 5 June 2021, in a 7–0 defeat to Canada in 2022 World Cup qualifying. He won 22 caps in total, 20 of them in FIFA-recognised matches, and scored six goals.

Honours

RCA

Sporting

Individual

Career statistics

International

Aruba
YearAppsGoals
200210
200420
201143
201231
201320
201520
201621
201821
201910
202130
Total226

International goals

Scores and results list Aruba's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 July 2011Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba Saint Lucia3–24–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.12 July 2011Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, Saint Lucia1–22–4 (4–5 p)
3.4 December 2011Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname Bonaire2–22–2 (3–4 p)2011 ABCS Tournament
4.25 September 2012Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Dominica2–22–32012 Caribbean Cup qualification
5.23 March 2016Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda1–21–22017 Caribbean Cup qualification
6.9 September 2018Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao Bermuda1–03–12019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Frederick Gomez". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  2. ↑ Ronald Gómez – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Frederick Ronald Gomez". Arubaanse Voetbal Bond. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Aruba 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Stokkermans, Karel; Laclé, Randolf. "Aruba – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Aruba 2010/11". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Aruba 2015/16". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  8. ↑ "Rohda Raalte haalt Djeremy Zandvliet en international Ronald Gomez" [Rohda Raalte sign Djeremy Zandvliet and international Ronald Gomez]. RTV Oost (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Centrumverdediger bezorgt Rohda Raalte verdiende zege" [Centre-back gives Rohda Raalte a deserved win]. Salland Centraal (in Dutch). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Tabla di Goleador – Division Honor" [Top scorers table – Division Honor]. Futbol Aruba (in Papiamento). Archived from the original on 3 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Game Detail". CONCACAF Nations League. Retrieved 25 October 2026.