- Hernan Dario Gomez, 62, hit Isabel Fernanda del Rio, 38, outside Bogota bar
- He was coach of Colombian national team when he broke the woman’s nose
- The Colombian Football Association refused to sack him on back of the attack
Panama manager Hernan Dario Gomez may be a hero to the country’s supporters, but he’s a villain in his native Colombia – for beating up his mistress in the street.
Gomez, 62, was coach of the Colombian national team when he attacked Isabel Fernanda del Rio, 38, outside a bar in Bogota in 2011, leaving her with a broken nose.
The Colombian Football Association refused to sack him, but Gomez resigned after female senators brandished red cards in Colombia’s congress in protest.
Disgrace: Hernan ‘The Baton’ Dario Gomez is a villain in Colombia for beating up his mistress
Gomez, 62, was coach of the Colombian national team when he attacked Isabel Fernanda del Rio, 38, outside a bar in Bogota in 2011, leaving her with a broken nose
‘My behaviour that night was a total disgrace,’ he admitted. Gomez, whose nickname is El Bolilo meaning The Baton, is no stranger to violence.
In 2001, while manager of Ecuador, he was shot in the leg by a group of men demanding to know why the son of Abdala Bucaram, the former president, had been dropped from the junior squad.
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