Alejandro Darío Gómez (American Spanish: ; born 15 February 1988), known as Papu Gómez, is an Italian-Argentine footballer who plays as a forward, winger or as an attacking midfielder for Italian club Atalanta and the Argentina national football team. Gómez is a dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, having gained Italian citizenship on 14 May 2016, as his wife is an Italian citizen.
Gómez began his career playing with the youth squad of Argentine side Arsenal de Sarandí, debuting for the team in 2003. Two years later, he was officially called up to the first team, but did not feature as a regular with the side until the 2006 Torneo Apertura, during which he scored 2 goals in 15 appearances, as Arsenal finished the season in 5th place.
On 30 November 2007, Gómez scored the 2 most important goals up to that point of his career in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana Finals, away against favourites Club América of Mexico's Liga MX, giving Arsenal a valuable 3–2 lead going into the second leg. Arsenal lost 5 December return leg 2–1, but won their premier championship on the away goals rule.