Edigeison Gomes
.jpg) Gomes (right) heading the ball during 2016 Summer Olympics, representing Denmark | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edigerson Gomes D'Almeida[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BK Vestia | |||
| Herlev IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Herlev IF | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | HB Køge | 32 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Esbjerg fB | 13 | (1) |
| 2015–2019 | Henan Jianye | 62 | (4) |
| 2018 | → FH (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | HB Køge | 34 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Denmark Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| 2017– | Guinea-Bissau | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:44, 20 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC) | |||
Edigerson Gomes D'Almeida (born 17 November 1988) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Early life
[edit]Gomes was born in Guinea-Bissau and moved to Portugal at the age of 6 with his mother. However, when he was 11, he moved with his father and Danish stepmother to Denmark.[2]
Club career
[edit]Gomes started his professional football career when he was promoted to the Danish club Herlev IF's senior squad within the 2011–12 league season.[3]
Gomes made his professional debut with Esbjerg in the qualifying of the Europa League in a match against Kairat 17 July 2014.[4] Four days later, he appeared in his first top level match in the Superliga, in a 1–0 victory against Randers.[5]
On 21 January 2015, Gomes transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[6]
Left without club, Gomes trained with his former club, HB Køge, in 2020. He signed a short deal with the club on 21 May 2020 for the rest of the season.[7] In July 2020, he signed a new one-year deal with Køge.[8] In May 2021, Gomes once again signed a contract extension with Køge, this time until the end of 2022.[9] However, on 31 January 2022 it was confirmed, that Gomes' contract had been terminated by mutual agreement.[10]
International career
[edit]Gomes represented Denmark Olympic at the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of the three allowed players with no age limit. At the end of May 2017, he agreed to play officially for Guinea-Bissau.[11] He made his international debut on 10 June 2017 and scored the only goal of the match against Namibia.
Personal life
[edit]Gomes also holds Portuguese and Danish citizenship.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 4 December 2021.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| HB Køge | 2012–13 | 1. Division | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 3 | ||||
| Esbjerg fB | 2014–15 | Danish Superliga | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |
| Henan Jianye | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2017 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 65 | 4 | ||||
| FH (loan) | 2018 | Úrvalsdeild | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 21 | 2 | |
| HB Køge | 2020–21 | 1. Division | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 374 | 103 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 397 | 108 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ FIFA.com (1 January 1900). "Gomes, défenseur de la vie et du Danemark". FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Eddi Gomes". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Kairat 1-1 Esbjerg". UEFA.com. 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Esbjerg fB 1-0 Randers". ZeroZero. 21 July 2014.
- ^ 建业官方宣布7新援加盟 at sports.sina.com 21 January 2015 Retrieved 21 January 2015
- ^ Eddi Gomes bruger foråret til at komme i form i HB Køge, hbkoge.dk, 21 May 2020
- ^ Eddi Gomes og HB Køge forlænger samarbejdet, hbkoge.dk, 27 July 2020
- ^ Eddi Gomes og HB Køge forlænger kontrakt, hbkoge.dk, 7 May 2021
- ^ Eddi Gomes ophæver med HB Køge, hbkoge.dk, 31 January 2022
- ^ "Pelé e Eddi Gomes são novidades nos Djurtus para jogo com Namíbia". Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ Edigeison Gomes at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Edigeison Gomes at Soccerway
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bissau
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Henan F.C. players
- Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players
- Chinese Super League players
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Denmark
- Naturalised citizens of Denmark
- Danish men's footballers
- Herlev IF players
- HB Køge players
- Esbjerg fB players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Danish Superliga players
- Olympic footballers for Denmark
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Danish people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen