Edigeison Gomes
.jpg) Gomes (right) heading the ball during 2016 Summer Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Henan Jianye | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| 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– | Henan Jianye | 60 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016 | Denmark Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| 2017– | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2017 | |||
Edigeison Almeida Gomes (born 17 November 1988) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who currently plays for Henan Jianye as a defender in the Chinese Super League. He also holds Portuguese and Danish citizenship.
Early life
Gomes was born in Guinea-Bissau, before moving to Portugal at the age of 6 with his mother. However, when he was 11, his father and Danish stepmother took him to Denmark so he would have a better life.[1]
Club career
Edigeison 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.[2]
Gomes made his professional debut with Esbjerg in the qualifying of the Europa League in a match against Kairat 17 July 2014.[3] Four days later he appeared in his first top level match in the Superliga, in a 1-0 victory against Randers.[4]
On 21 January 2015, Gomes transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[5]
International career
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.[6] He made his international debut on June 10, 2017 and scored the only goal of the match against Namibia.
References
- ↑ FIFA.com (1900-01-01). "Gomes, défenseur de la vie et du Danemark". FIFA.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ↑ "Eddi Gomes". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ "Kairat 1-1 Esbjerg". UEFA.com. 2014-07-17.
- ↑ "Esbjerg fB 1-0 Randers". ZeroZero. 2014-07-21.
- ↑ 建业官方宣布7新援加盟 at sports.sina.com 2015-01-21 Retrieved 2015-01-21
- ↑ "Pelé e Eddi Gomes são novidades nos Djurtus para jogo com Namíbia".
External links
- Edigeison Gomes at TheFinalBall.com
- Edigeison Gomes at Soccerway
- Esbjerg fB profile (in Danish)
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