I played with Lionel Messi for my only cap and had world at my feet… now I’m an Uber driver but my career isn’t over

FORMER Argentina star Jose Luiz Gomez is now without a club and drives for Uber to earn a living.

But just a few years ago the right-back was playing for Argentina against Brazil.

He played 52 minutes of the clash alongside the likes of Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain to earn his one and only cap.

But following that match in 2017, Gomez's career quickly went downhill as the defender was plagued by injuries.

A knee issue kept him out for a reported 133 days in 2020, but his problems started two years prior.

Gomez, 30, helped Lanus reach the Copa Libertadores final in 2017 where they lost to Gremio.

But the following year injuries restricted him to just three games, and he failed to reach double figures in appearances in a single season before his release in 2021.

Gomez now works as an Uber driver in Argentina but he has not given up hope of returning to football.

His last game was a four-minute substitute appearance for Lanus in a Copa Sudamericana clash against La Equidad, but he still trains and aims to restart his career.

Gomez was previously tipped to establish himself as a potential mainstay for his country, having starred as an ever-present for Argentina's Under-23s at the Olympics in 2016.

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His call-up for the Games in Rio de Janeiro came after he won the domestic league title in his homeland in 2014 with Racing Club.

Gomez also had spells at San Martín SJ and Huracan.