Toni Gomes
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Toni Correia Gomes[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[2] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Hadera | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2017 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Arouca | 9 | (2) |
2020 | Haras El Hodoud | 17 | (3) |
2020–2021 | Tala'ea El Gaish | 3 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Menemenspor | 29 | (3) |
2022 | Tuzlaspor | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Zira | 24 | (3) |
2023– | Hapoel Hadera | 14 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Portugal U17 | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
2022–[4] | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022[2] |
Toni Correia Gomes (born 16 November 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Israeli club Hapoel Hadera and the Guinea-Bissau national team.[5] He also holds Portuguese citizenship and has represented Portugal at youth level.[6]
Club career
[edit]Gomes visited his father in Lisbon, Portugal aged 15 and after a recommendation from a scout, Liverpool invited him to England for a trial in September 2014. He signed for the club in 2015; when he arrived in Liverpool he did not speak any English and was placed with house parents whilst attending Liverpool's academy.[7]
Between 2015 and 2017 he appeared for Liverpool's Under-18 team,[8] as well as the Under-23 teams. He ended the 2016–17 season scoring a hat-trick as Liverpool Under-23's beat Mansfield Town's Under-23 team.[9]
On 31 August 2017 he joined Forest Green Rovers on a season-long loan,[10] and made his Football League debut as a substitute on 2 September, playing the entire second half.[11]
Gomes was released by Liverpool at the end of the 2017–18 season.[12]
On 4 June 2018, Gomes signed a three-year deal with LigaPro side Arouca.[13]
In January 2020, he moved to Egypt to join Haras El Hodoud, he later signed for Tala'ea El Gaish in November 2020.[14]
On 24 August 2023 signed for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Hadera.[15]
International career
[edit]Gomes has represented Portugal at youth international level.[10] He made his senior debut for Guinea-Bissau on 17 November 2022 in a 1-3 friendly loss to Gabon.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 24 September 2018
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 2017–18[16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2017–18[16] | League Two | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Arouca | 2018–19[3] | LigaPro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Career total | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
- ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy.
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2016 and 31/07/2016" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ a b Toni Gomes at Global Sports Archive
- ^ a b Toni Gomes at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ a b "DJURTUS PERDEM COM GABÃO EM AMISTOSO NA TURQUIA".
Still making his debut with the national colors, Toni Correia Gomes, forward from Zira FC of Azerbaijan, who entered in the second half.
- ^ "SEM NOVIDADES, CANDÉ TRAZ TRÊS REGRESSOS".
On the other hand, Tito Júnior, Justiniano, Jardel, Prosper and Toni Correia will have the opportunity to debut in an official game ahead of them, bearing in mind that they only participated in the Djurtus' friendly matches.
- ^ "Jogador - toni gomes - FPF".
- ^ "From Guinea-Bissau to Liverpool FC, the rise of exciting Reds starlet Toni Gomes". Liverpool Echo. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool striking sensation Toni Gomes smashes hat-trick as U18s rout Sunderland 5-0". Liverpool Echo. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Andy Kelly (13 May 2017). "'Perfect' hat-trick for young Liverpool striker Toni Gomes to end season". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Toni Gomes: Forest Green Rovers sign Liverpool striker on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ James Pearce (18 May 2018). "Liverpool set to release three players as they close in on the signing of Chelsea star". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Cláudia Oliveira (4 June 2018). "Toni Gomes, ex-Liverpool, é reforço do Arouca" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: El-Gaish complete signing of ex-Liverpool youngster". kingfut.com. 5 November 2020.
- ^ Habaz, Tomer (24 August 2023). "הפועל חדרה הודיעה על החתמת טוני גומס" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Games played by Toni Gomes in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- 1998 births
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
- Naturalised citizens of Portugal
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- F.C. Arouca players
- Haras El Hodoud SC players
- Tala'ea El Gaish SC players
- Menemen F.K. footballers
- Tuzlaspor players
- Zira FK players
- Hapoel Hadera F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Egyptian Premier League players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Azerbaijan Premier League players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Bissau-Guinean football biography stubs