 Complete the following phrase:  Gómez spent eight of the following nine years with Deportivo Alavés, scoring a career-best ten goals in 199596 and 199798, competing in both cases in the second tier and winning his only piece of silverware in the latter season. He continued to be an important midfield element for the Basques subsequently, contributing to a best-ever sixth-place finish in 19992000 with one goal from 34 appearances. The following campaign, he played eight matches in the teams runner-up run in the UEFA Cup, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for two-time scorer Javi Moreno in 