Maurice Gomis (born 10 November 1997) is a professional

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er who plays for Cypriot side

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. Born in Italy, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Torino

He is a product of Torino youth teams, just as his older brothers Lys Gomis and

Alfred Gomis Amigo Alfred Junior Gomis (born 5 September 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Como on loan from the French club Rennes, and the Senegal national team. Early life Born in Ziguinchor, Seneg ...

are, they are also both goalkeepers. He was included on their Under-19 squad for the first time at the age of 16 in the 2014–15 season. He did not make any appearances for that squad that season, serving as back-up for

Andrea Zaccagno Andrea Zaccagno (born 27 May 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Torres. Club career Born in Padua, he began his career with Padova. In 2014, he was signed by Torino, with whom he won the Campionato P ...

and Nicholas Lentini. In the next 2015–16 season he was sent on loans to

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teams, first Delta Rovigo and then

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. On 19 July 2016, he joined his hometown team

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on a permanent basis, also in the

. He became the first-choice goalkeeper for the club in the subsequent 2016–17 season. On 29 August 2017, he moved to yet another

club, this time Nocerina. At Nocerina, Gomis also was the first-choice goalkeeper.

SPAL

On 6 July 2018, he signed a three-year contract with

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club

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, where he became the back-up to his own brother

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Loan to Siracusa

On 26 July 2018, he joined

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club Siracusa on a season-long loan. On 9 September 2018, he suffered minor injuries in a car accident which also killed the driver of the car, 27-year-old Siracusa club employee Davide Artale. Upon his recovery, he made his Serie C debut for Siracusa on 15 October 2018 in a game against

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Loan to Kukësi

On 31 January 2019, he moved to Albania on a new loan to Kukësi.

International career

Gomis was called up by

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

in late May 2021. He debuted with them in a 0–0

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tie with

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on 11 January 2022.

Personal life

Gomis' older brothers, Lys and

, have represented

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

internationally. He is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomis, Maurice 1997 births Living people People from Cuneo Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers Italian men's footballers Bissau-Guinean people of Senegalese descent Italian people of Bissau-Guinean descent Italian people of Senegalese descent Citizens of Guinea-Bissau through descent Men's association football goalkeepers FK Kukësi players Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Footballers from Piedmont AC Cuneo 1905 players ASD Nocerina 1910 players SPAL players Siracusa Calcio players Serie C players Serie D players Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Albania 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo