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Kévin Mickael Junior Gomis (born 20 January 1989) is a French former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
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.


Football career

Born in
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, Gomis started his professional career with
En Avant de Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, ), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a French professional football club based in the commune of Guingamp, in France's Brittany region. The club was founded in 1912 and play in Ligue 2, ...
, but only played officially with the reserves. In summer 2009 he signed a two-year contract at Portuguese club
Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, was a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it last played in the Division of Honour i ...
, being joined by countryman manager
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the following year. Gomis appeared in his first
Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
match on 29 August 2009, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against
FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...
. He finished his first season with 23 games (all starts), as the
Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz (), officially Figueira da Foz City (), often called simply Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coa ...
side ranked in a best-ever eighth position. In late 2011, after his link to Naval expired, Gomis returned to his country and signed for three years with
OGC Nice Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice (), commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional association football, football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of Footb ...
. He made his
Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...
debut on 6 August, coming on as a second half substitute in a 1–3 home defeat against
Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. With origins dating back to 1899, they were founded in 1950 and p ...
. Gomis joined
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...
in January 2014, on loan for the remainder of the campaign. He made his only appearance for the English on 8 March, starting and being booked in a 0–1 loss at
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for the
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, being subsequently left out of the selection reckoning reportedly due to caretaker manager Gary Brazil's opinion that his attitude was unconstructive. On 19 August 2016, Gomis signed for
Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, also known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Scotland and the highest level of the Scottish football league system. Th ...
club
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on a one-year contract. On 19 November 2018, he signed for Grand Quevilly FC, in 6th level in france. He would retire in 2020.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomis, Kevin 1989 births Living people French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Footballers from Paris French men's footballers Senegalese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ligue 1 players En Avant Guingamp players OGC Nice players Primeira Liga players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players English Football League players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Dundee F.C. players French expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal French expatriate sportspeople in England Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England French sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Senegalese people of Bissau-Guinean descent 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen