Tote António "Toti" Gomes (born 16 January 1999) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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

Club career

Gomes made his

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debut for

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on 5 May 2019 in a game against Académico Viseu. On 2 September 2020, Gomes was signed by English

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side

and immediately loaned out to

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side

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

for the 2020–21 season. His first appearance for the Swiss club was a start in the opening game, against

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, which Grasshopper won. His scored first goal for the Swiss side during a 5–2 loss against

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. After a successful campaign with the Swiss club, which saw them promoted to the

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, Gomes returned to Grasshoppers on another season-long loan. He spent the first half of the 2021–22 season at Grasshopper but was then recalled by his parent club to spend January training at Wolverhampton before a potential return to Switzerland. With

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away at the

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, Wolverhampton recalled Gomes at the same time as signing his Grasshoppers team mate,

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. Gomes made his Wolverhampton Wanderers début in Saïss's position on 15 January 2022 in a 3–1

victory over

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at Molineux. On 21 March 2022, Gomes signed a new contract with Wolves until 2027. Toti scored his first goal for Wolves, and his first goal in the Premier League, on 6 May 2023 against

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at Molineux: it turned out to be the only goal of the game as Wolves won 1–0.

International career

Eligible for both

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 ) ...

and Portugal, Gomes represented Portugal at

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level. On 29 May 2023, Gomes was called up to the Portugal senior national team for the first time, for

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against

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and Iceland. Gomes made his senior debut for Portugal on 16 November 2023, starting and playing the full match in a 2–0 away victory over

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, during qualifying for

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Career statistics

References

External links

Profile
at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Toti 1999 births Living people Footballers from Bissau Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Men's association football central defenders G.D. Estoril Praia players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Liga Portugal 2 players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Super League players Premier League players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland