What is Carlos Clos Gómez?
{{Spanish name|Clos|Gómez}} '''Carlos Clos Gomez''' is a [[football]] [[referee (association football)|referee]] from [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]]. He is a [[UEFA]] class 2 referee as of January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=2355&linkType=referee&contextType=bio|title=Carlos Clos Gomez - bio|date=30 June 2009|publisher=WorldReferee.com|access-date=2009-08-07|archive-date=2018-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224143/https://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=2355&linkType=referee&contextType=bio|url-status=dead}}</ref> Clos Gomez refereed a [[Europa League]] match between [[Motherwell F.C.]] and [[Steaua Bucharest]] in which he was criticised by Motherwell manager [[Jim Gannon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/8190744.stm|title=Gannon criticises referee display|date=7 August 2009|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> In 2008, Clos Gomez was forced to abandon a match between [[Real Betis]] and [[Atletico Bilbao]] after a player was struck by a bottle thrown from the crowd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=2355&linkType=referee&contextType=dyk|title=Carlos Clos Gomez - dyk|date=6 February 2009|publisher=WorldReferee.com|access-date=2009-08-07|archive-date=2016-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130041858/http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=2355&linkType=referee&contextType=dyk|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 13th March 2010, [[FC Barcelona]]'s coach [[Josep Guardiola]] accused Clos Gomez of lying on the final report.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jsObr6ivZhPgYaFvBnVyFFdiKMFQ|title=Barcelona coach Guardiola says referee lied in match report about expulsion|date=13 March 2010|publisher=The Canadian Press|access-date=2010-03-13}}{{dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clos Gomez, Carlos}} [[Category:Spanish sportspeople]] [[Cat