José Gomes
Personal information
Full name José Gomes
Date of birth (1999-04-08) 8 April 1999
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ethnikos Achna
Number 9
Youth career
2012–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Benfica B 78 (13)
2016–2021 Benfica 3 (0)
2019–2020 → Portimonense (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 12 (1)
2021 Cherno More 31 (4)
2022 Seregno 11 (3)
2022–2023 CFR Cluj 0 (0)
2023 → Universitatea Cluj (loan) 16 (1)
2023– Ethnikos Achna 13 (1)
International career
2013 Portugal U15 3 (3)
2013–2014 Portugal U16 3 (1)
2014–2016 Portugal U17 28 (19)
2016–2018 Portugal U19 18 (7)
2017–2019 Portugal U20 13 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner2018 Finland
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2016 Azerbaijan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:05, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

José Gomes (born 8 April 1999), known as Zé Gomes, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot First Division club Ethnikos Achna.[1] Born in Guinea-Bissau, he represented Portugal at youth level.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Gomes, after participating in a 2011 youth tournament in Portugal, returned to the country a year later to join Benfica's youth academy at the age of 13.[2][3][4]

Gomes made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Cova da Piedade on 6 August 2016.[5] 22 days later, he scored his first goal for the reserve team in a 2–1 away win at Vizela.[6] He debuted for the first-team, playing only 128 seconds, in a 2–1 win at Arouca in Primeira Liga on 9 September, becoming Benfica's third youngest player to debut for the main team.[7]

Gomes was loaned to fellow top-flight team Portimonense for 2019–20.[8] Having made only one substitute appearance against Gil Vicente, he headed to Lechia Gdańsk of the Polish Ekstraklasa in February 2020, for the rest of the season.[9] He managed only one goal during his time on the Baltic Sea coast, in a 3–2 loss away to Lech Poznań on 12 July.[10]

On 15 February, Gomes moved to Bulgaria, signing with Cherno More.[11]

On 4 February 2022, Gomes signed with Italian Serie C club Seregno[12]

In January 2023, Gomes joined rivals Universitate Cluj on loan until the end of the season with the option to purchase.[13]

On 22 June 2023, Gomes signed a one-year contract with recently-promoted to Cypriot First Division club Ethnikos Achna.[14]

International career

At the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Gomes was crowned both Golden Player and top scorer.[15][16]

Club statistics

As of 19 August 2023[1]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2016–17 LigaPro 237————237
2017–18 243————243
2018–19 233————233
2019–20 00————00
2020–21 80————80
Total 7813————7813
Benfica 2016–17 Primeira Liga 300000100040
Total 300000100040
Portimonense (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 10—10——20
Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 12121———142
Cherno More 2020–21 First Professional Football League 15310———163
2021–22 16121———182
Total 31431———345
Seregno 2021–22 Serie C 113———2[lower-alpha 1]0133
CFR Cluj 2022–23 Liga I 0020—00—20
Universitatea Cluj (loan) 2022–23 Liga I 16120———181
Ethnikos Achna 2023–24 Cypriot First Division 1000———10
Career total 153229210102016624

Honours

Benfica[1]

Lechia Gdańsk[1]

Universitatea Cluj[1]

Portugal U17[1]

Portugal U19[1]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 José Gomes at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Harrison, Wayne (7 May 2016). "Meet Portugal forward José 'Zé Golo' Gomes". UEFA. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Benfica: quem é José Gomes, o miúdo chamado por Rui Vitória?". Maisfutebol.
  4. ↑ Silva, Hugo Tavares da. ""Zé Golo", o felino a quem pedem paciência" ["Zé Goal", the feline to whom is required patience]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Benfica B 1–1 Cova da Piedade". ForaDeJogo. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "LEDMAN LigaPro - 4ª Jornada - FC Vizela vs SL Benfica B". Liga Portugal.
  7. ↑ "José Gomes no pódio dos jogadores mais novos de sempre". Maisfutebol.
  8. ↑ Anjinho, Jorge (9 August 2019). "Zé Gomes: "Benfica? Tive a oportunidade e não consegui aproveitar"" [Zé Gomes: "Benfica? I had the opportunity and couldn't seize it"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Ferreira, Luís Pedro; Esteves, Adérito (7 February 2020). "Benfica: Zé Gomes deixa Portimonense e segue para a Polónia" [Benfica: Zé Gomes leaves Portimonense and heads for Poland] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. ↑ Lopes, Gervásio (13 July 2020). "Polónia: Zé Gomes estreia-se a marcar na Primeira Liga" [Poland: Zé Gomes scores for first time in Premier League] (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Черно море подписа с Жозе Гомеш". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 15 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Seregno, altro rinforzo in attacco. Arriva Zè Gomes". lacasadic.com (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Bun venit, Zé Gomes!" [Welcome, Zé Gomes!]. www.fcucluj.ro (in Romanian). 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Zé Gomes assina com o Ethnikos Achnas do Chipre" [Zé Gomes signs with Cyprus' Ethnikos Achnas]. Bola na Rede (in European Portuguese). 22 June 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  15. 1 2 3 "José Gomes crowned U17 EURO top scorer". UEFA. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  16. 1 2 Harrison, Wayne. "Golden Player 2016: José Gomes". UEFA. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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