Alfred Gomis

Alfred Gomis
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993
Place of birth Ziguinchor, Senegal
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Salernitana (on loan from Torino)
Number 27
Youth career
2010–2013 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Torino 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Crotone (loan) 40 (0)
2014–2015 → Avellino (loan) 31 (0)
2015–2016 → Cesena (loan) 38 (0)
2016–2017 → Bologna (loan) 0 (0)
2017 → Salernitana (loan) 21 (0)
2017– → SPAL (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2013 Italy U21 Serie B[1] 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2017 (UTC).

Alfred Benjamin Gomis (born 5 September 1993) is an Italian-Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SPAL on loan from Torino.

Early life

Born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, he has two brothers who are also footballers: Lys and Maurice.[2] By possessing dual nationality, unlike Lys, who chose to play for Senegal, Alfred preferred the Azzurri.[3]

Club career

Early career

Nurtured in the Torino youth system, on 3 July, 2013, he officially made his move on loan to the Calabrian club of Crotone in Serie B.[4] On 14 September, he made his debut against Spezia, which ended 1–0 for the red and blues. Despite his young age and lack of experience, Alfred played as a starter. During the season, he collected 39 appearances, plus one in the playoffs as well as an appearance in Coppa Italia.[5][6] After a good season played with the pitagorici, the following season Torino decided to loan him again, but only after he was made available for the preliminaries of the Europa League played against the Swedes of Brommapojkarna, as second choice goalkeeper, behind Daniele Padelli, for the first leg played 31 July 2014 in Stockholm.

Loan to Avellino

On 11 August 2014, Alfred was officially loaned to Avellino in Serie B with a buyout clause, plus a buyback clause in favour of Torino. He made his official debut with the team on 17 August 2014, during the second round of Coppa Italia, which saw him maintain a clean sheet, the match ending 2–0 for Avellino. His league debut took place 30 August, during the first day of the championship against Pro Vercelli, finishing 1–0 in favour of Vercelli. On 28 October 2014, he parried a penalty kicked by Rodrigo Taddei in the final minutes of a match against Perugia, ending 0–0. He played 31 matches in the league and finished first in the Top 15 of the goalkeepers in Serie B according to a list compiled by the Lega Serie B.[7]

Loan to Cesena

On 30 July 2015 he was loaned to newly relegated Serie B club Cesena with a buyout clause and a buy-back clause in favour of Torino.[8][9]

Loan to Bologna

On 31 August 2016 Gomis was loaned to Bologna[10] as an emergency signing to replace Antonio Mirante, who was diagnosed with a heart problem. Gomis and Angelo da Costa Júnior were the only two goalkeepers of Bologna, plus youngster Mouhamadou Fallou Sarr who did not have any professional appearance yet. However, Gomis himself would be missed for a month due to an injury soon after his arrivals.[11] Coach call-up reserve keeper Federico Ravaglia instead as one of the three keeper for the matches in September and October. (Cagliari, Napoli, Sampdoria, Inter Milan and Genoa) Gomis finally recovered in mid-October and receiving his first call-up on 15 October against Lazio.[12] Since that match Gomis remained as the understudy of veteran Brazilian Angelo da Costa Júnior. Gomis was removed from the squad list in order to re-register Mirante since November.[13] However, Gomis was able to start the match in 2016–17 Coppa Italia by replacing Mirante in the call-up.[14][15] Gomis was dropped out again after the cup match, including the league and the round 16 of the cup.[16] On 18 January Gomis left the club[17] for Salernitana.

Loans to Salernitana and SPAL

On 18 January 2017 Gomis was signed by Salernitana in a temporary deal.[18] On 8 July 2017, he was loaned to SPAL with an obligation to buy at the end of the loan period.[19]

International career

Gomis was called up to Italy under-20 in 2013 by Luigi Di Biagio, but did not make any appearances.[20] In the same year, he was also called up to the Italy under-21 Serie B representative team by Massimo Piscedda, against the representative team from Russian Football National League.[21] He was summoned by Piscedda for another game against the Italy under-21 played at the Partenio in Avellino. A starter on this occasion, he remained on the field for 68 minutes without conceding a goal.[22]

Career statistics

Club

Updated 25 May 2016.[23]

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crotone 2013–14Serie B 39 0 1 0— 1 0 41 0
Torino 2014Serie A 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1] 0— 0 0
Avellino 2014–15Serie B 31 0 2 0— — 33 0
Cesena 2015–16Serie B 38 0 0 0— 1 0 39 0
Career Total 10803000201130
  1. ↑ All appearances in UEFA Europa League

    References

    1. ↑ http://www.legab.it/fileadmin/user_upload/newscms/doc/14366941320486.pdf
    2. ↑ Di Fabrizio Turco (2011-12-27). "Dal Senegal fin sotto la Mole tre fratelli portieri per il Toro - Torino - Repubblica.it". Torino.repubblica.it. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
    3. ↑ "Alfred Gomis – 1993 – Senegal". generazioneditalenti.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 July 2014.
    4. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Torino, Gomis ceduto in prestito al Crotone - TMW". Tuttomercatoweb.com. 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
    5. ↑ "Scaglia superstar, Gomis non è più una sorpresa". toronews.net. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
    6. ↑ "SERIE B". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
    7. ↑ http://www.legaserieb.it/it/serie-b/campionato/classifica-ivg?p_p_id=BDC_classifica_ivg_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2
    8. ↑ Torino, ufficiale: Alfred Gomis in prestito con opzione a Cesena toronews.net
    9. ↑ "Alfred Gomis è del Cesena" (in Italian). A.C. Cesena. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
    10. ↑ "Gomis signs for Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    11. ↑ "Gomis expected back in 30 to 40 days following operation". Bologna F.C. 1909. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
    12. ↑ "#LazioBFC: i convocati" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
    13. ↑ "Squad for #BFCAtalanta". Bologna F.C. 1909. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
    14. ↑ "Call-ups for #BFCVerona". Bologna F.C. 1909. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
    15. ↑ "Debut for Gomis, first goal for Krafth". Bologna F.C. 1909. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
    16. ↑ "Squad list for #InterBFC". Bologna F.C. 1909. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
    17. ↑ "Gomis' loan ends". Bologna F.C. 1909. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    18. ↑ "Alfred Gomis è un giocatore della Salernitana" (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    19. ↑ http://torinofc.it/news/08/07/2017/alfred-gomis-alla-spal_14811
    20. ↑ "Anche Alfred Gomis in Nazionale". Infotoro.it. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
    21. ↑ "B Italia: convocato Alfred Gomis". fccrotone.it (in Italian). Football Club Crotone. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
    22. ↑ http://www.generazioneditalenti.it/tabellino-italia-u21-b-italia-3-0-72-e-90-beltrame-82-trotta/
    23. ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/players/alfred-benjamin-gomis/167762/
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