José Gomes (born 8 April 1999), sometimes known as Zé Gomes, is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays for
Universitatea Cluj
Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...
on loan from Romanian
Liga I
The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...
side
CFR Cluj
Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vas ...
as a
striker.
Club career
Born in
Bissau
Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...
, 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.
Gomes made his professional debut with
Benfica B in a
2016–17 LigaPro
The 2016–17 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the third season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 22 teams competed in this division, inc ...
match against
Cova da Piedade
Cova da Piedade is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas. The population in 2011 was 19,904, in an area of ...
on 6 August 2016. 22 days later, he scored his first goal for the reserve team in a 2–1 away win at
Vizela
Vizela () is a municipality in the Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 23,736, in an area of 24.70 km².
The present mayor is Vitor Hugo Salgado, elected as an independent. The municipal holiday is March 19.
History
In Au ...
. He debuted for the first-team, playing only 128 seconds, in a 2–1 win at
Arouca in
Primeira Liga
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on 9 September, becoming Benfica's third youngest player to debut for the main team.
Gomes was loaned to fellow top-flight team
Portimonense
Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It al ...
for 2019–20. Having made only one substitute appearance against
Gil Vicente
Gil Vicente (; c. 1465c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often refe ...
, he headed to
Lechia Gdańsk
Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...
of the Polish
Ekstraklasa
Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams.
Contested by 18 cl ...
in February 2020, for the rest of the season. He managed only one goal during his time on the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
coast, in a 3–2 loss away to
Lech Poznań
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on 12 July.
On 15 February, Gomes moved to Bulgaria, signing with
Cherno More.
On 4 February 2022, Gomes signed with
Italian Serie C club
Seregno
Seregno (; lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Seregn ) is a town and ''comune'' of the new Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region of Lombardy. Seregno received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 26 January 1979.
It is ser ...
In January 2023, Gomes joined rivals
Universitate Cluj on loan until the end of the season with the option to purchase.
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International career
At the
2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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, Gomes was crowned both
Golden Player and top scorer.
Club statistics
Honours
Benfica
*
Primeira Liga
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:
2016–17
*
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seaso ...
:
2016–17
Lechia Gdańsk
*
Polish Cup
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runner-up:
2019–20
Portugal U17
*
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.
Spain is the most successful team in this ...
:
2016
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Portugal U19
*
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
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Spain and England ...
:
2018
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Individual
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2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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Top goalscorer (7 goals)
*
2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under- ...
Team of the Tournament
*
2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship - Golden Player Award
References
External links
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1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bissau
Naturalised citizens of Portugal
Portuguese footballers
Portugal youth international footballers
Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
Association football forwards
S.L. Benfica B players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Portimonense S.C. players
Lechia Gdańsk players
PFC Cherno More Varna players
U.S. 1913 Seregno Calcio players
CFR Cluj players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Primeira Liga players
Ekstraklasa players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Serie C players
Portuguese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Poland
Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Black Portuguese sportspeople