Santiago Gómez Castrillón (born 17 May 1995) is a Colombian footballer currently playing as a forward for Guatemalan side Coatepeque.

Club career Born in Medellín in the Antioquia Department of Colombia, Gómez began his career with local side UPB, before spending time in the academies of professional clubs Envigado and Atlético Nacional. After a short spell with Leones, he moved to Mexico to trial with Toros Neza, but suffered an injury, ruling him out for four months, and he returned to Colombia. He underwent surgery in February 2015, and did not play football again until the following year, when he played football for the University of Antioquia. In 2017, he joined Itagüí-based side Ditaires.

He moved to Guatemala in January 2021, initially joining Carchá, before moving on to Malacateco. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, he joined Marquense, stating that "it would be nice to be in the history of the team". He was the league's top scorer in the 2021 Apertura season with ten goals.

Having returned to Colombia with Categoría Primera B side Deportes Quindío for 2022, he left the club at the end of the year, following interest from first-division sides. In January 2023, Jaguares de Córdoba announced that they had signed Gómez, confirming that he had signed a two-year deal. However, they later deleted this announcement, despite Gómez having already trained with the team, and he was released from the club, having reportedly not been in the plans of new manager Carlos Restrepo. Gómez stated in an interview with that the club told him there was an issue with his paperwork, and he was still registered with Deportes Quindío, despite Deportes Quindío being able to prove that he was not. He also said that Restrepo had called him, explaining that he did not know about the situation and had expected to see Gómez in training.

Following his collapsed deal with Jaguares de Córdoba, he returned to Guatemala, joining Coatepeque.

Career statistics

Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCarchá2020–21Primera División de Ascenso85000085Malacateco2020–21Liga Nacional de Guatemala81000081Carchá2021–22Primera División de Ascenso402500004025Deportes Quindío2022Categoría Primera B2460000246Coatepeque2023–24Liga Nacional de Guatemala20000020Career total823700008237 Notes

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