Saná Gomes (born 10 October 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Gomes is a youth product of the academies of Fontainhas,

Estoril Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has host ...

, Chaves, and

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. He began his senior career with

in 2016. He moved to

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in 2017, and had short loan stints with

Montalegre Montalegre () is a municipality in northern Portugal, located in the district of Vila Real, along the border with Spain. The population in 2011 was 10,537, in an area of 805.46 km². History Early construction in Montalegre date back 3500� ...

and 1º Dezembro before moving to

Sertanense Sertanense Futebol Clube (), formerly Sertanense Foot-ball Club, is a Portuguese football club based in Sertã. Founded in 1934, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo de Jogos Dr. Marques dos Santos''. ...

in 2019. He moved to Armenia with

Noah Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...

in 2020. Gomes made his professional debut with Noah in a 4–2

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win over Pyunik on 7 March 2020. On 30 January 2023, Saná joined Bulgarian side

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on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. On 8 July 2023, Saná signed a one-year contract with recently-promoted

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side

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. Five months later, the club terminated his contract.

International career

Gomes debuted with Guinea-Bissau in a friendly 3–0 win over

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on 23 March 2022.

Honour

Noah *

Armenian Cup The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It s ...

: 2019–20 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Sana 1999 births Living people Footballers from Bissau Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Naturalised citizens of Portugal Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks U.D. Leiria players S.C. Braga players C.D.C. Montalegre players S.U. 1º Dezembro players Sertanense F.C. players FC Noah players Debreceni VSC players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players C.F. Os Belenenses players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Armenian Premier League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga Portugal 2 players Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria