Ricardo Jorge Pires Gomes

Ricardo Gomes
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Jorge Pires Gomes
Date of birth (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nacional
Number 23
Youth career
Batuque
2009–2010 Vizela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010−2013 Vizela 73 (12)
2013−2016 Vitória Guimarães 21 (1)
2013−2016 Vitória Guimarães B 53 (13)
2016 → Nacional (loan) 15 (1)
2016− Nacional 24 (0)
National team‡
2015− Cape Verde 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016

Ricardo Jorge Pires Gomes (born 18 December 1991 in Praia) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club C.D. Nacional as a forward.

Club career

Born in Praia, Gomes moved to Portugal at the age of 17, starting playing football with F.C. Vizela and going on to spend four seasons in the third division with that club. In 2013 he signed with Vitória de Guimarães, being initially assigned to the reserves who also competed in that level.

Gomes made his Primeira Liga debut with the first team on 17 August 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2−0 home win against S.C. Olhanense.[1] He scored his first goal in the competition on 4 January 2015, contributing to a 4−0 success over C.D. Nacional also at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.[2]

In mid-January 2016, Gomes was loaned to precisely Nacional, until June.[3] On 8 August, he agreed to a two-year permanent deal with the Madeirans.[4]

International career

Gomes earned his first cap for Cape Verde on 31 March 2015, playing the last ten minutes of the 2–0 friendly win against Portugal in Estoril.[5]

International goals

As of 4 June 2016 (Cape Verde score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gomes goal)[6]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 June 2016 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe  São Tomé and Príncipe 1–0 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ↑ "V. Guimarães bate Olhanense e entra a vencer no campeonato (vídeo)" [V. Guimarães beat Olhanense and have winning championship debut (video)] (in Portuguese). TSF. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "V. Guimarães-Nacional, 4–0 (crónica)" [V. Guimarães-Nacional, 4–0 (match report)]. Mais Futebol. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ricardo Gomes chega por empréstimo do Vitória" [Ricardo Gomes arrives on loan from Vitória]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ricardo Gomes em definitivo" [Ricardo Gomes permanently]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Portugal 0–2 Cape Verde Islands". BBC Sport. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ricardo Gomes – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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