Fernando "Nito" de Lacerda Gomes (born 3 February 2002) is a Bissau-Guinean
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Marítimo.
Professional career
Gomes began his senior career with the reserves of the Spanish club
Talavera in 2021, followed by a stint with
Trujillo in the
Tercera División
Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...
. He transferred to
Marítimo B] side on 23 October 2022.
He was promoted to their
C.S. Marítimo, senior team on 19 January 2023. He made his professional debut with Marítimo a couple of days later as a late substitute in a 1–0 Primeira Liga win over
Estoril
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on 22 January 2023.
International career
Gomes represented the
Guinea-Bissau U20s at the
2020 WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament.
References
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FFGBissau profile
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2002 births
Living people
Footballers from Bissau
Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
Guinea-Bissau men's youth international footballers
CF Talavera de la Reina players
Tercera División players
Primeira Liga players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Men's association football defenders
Bissau-Guinean expatriate footballers
Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Bissau-Guinean expatriates in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal