Lys Gomis (born 6 October 1989) is a Senegalese retired

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who played as a

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. Born in Italy, he represented the Senegal national team internationally.

Club career

Torino and loans

Gomis began his playing career at

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, where after a series of loans, he made his debut in

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against Albinoleffe. On 28 November 2012 he made his debut in the

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against

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, ending 2–0 in favour of the Tuscans. On 31 January 2013, he was loaned to

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for 6 months. On 6 March 2013, he made his debut with the ''bianconeri'', during a match against

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, won 2–1 by Ascoli. At the end of season collected 6 appearances, conceding 9 goals. Gomis returned to Torino in 2013–14. On 30 November 2013, he debuted in

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, substituting

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in the 52nd minute, against

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(1–1). It would remain his only appearance of the season. On 4 July 2014, he was officially transferred on loan to

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. On 4 October 2014, he made his official debut against

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, won 1–0 by Trapani. In all he played 29 games and finished 5th in the Top 15 of the goalkeepers in Serie B according to a list compiled by the

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Lecce

On 9 July 2016, he moved outright to

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side

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, with whom he signed a one-year contract. He played 11 games for the giallorossi side and then moved to Paganese on 31 January 2017.

Later years and retirement

In 2021, after almost two years of inactivity following an injury while at

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, he confirmed his retirement from active football, while introducing also a new goalkeeping coaching school founded by him.

International career

Gomis was called up by

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

for a friendly match against

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on 5 March 2014, ending 1–1.

Personal life

Gomis is son of Senegalese immigrants in Italy residing in

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and formally obtained Italian citizenship on 11 July 2012. He is of Bissau-Guinean descent through his maternal family. He has two younger brothers that are also goalkeepers:

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and

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, both of whom developed with Torino.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomis, Lys 1989 births Living people Senegalese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers ACS Poli Timișoara players Liga I players Senegal men's international footballers 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Senegalese people of Bissau-Guinean descent People from Cuneo Footballers from Piedmont Italian men's footballers Torino FC players Casale FBC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players SSD FC Trapani 1905 players Frosinone Calcio players US Lecce players Paganese Calcio 1926 players SSD Città di Teramo players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Italian people of Senegalese descent Italian people of Bissau-Guinean descent Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo