Dálcio
Euciodálcio Gomes (born 22 May 1996), known as Dálcio, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club APOEL. Born in Portugal, he represents the Guinea-Bissau national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Euciodálcio Gomes | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Pragal, Almada, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | APOEL | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Beira Mar Almada | ||
| 2007–2008 | Foot-21 | ||
| 2008–2010 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2010–2011 | Foot-21 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Ginásio Corroios | ||
| 2012–2015 | Belenenses | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Belenenses | 17 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Benfica B | 50 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Belenenses (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Rangers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Belenenses SAD (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Panetolikos | 61 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Ionikos | 31 | (4) |
| 2022– | APOEL | 40 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Portugal U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2016 | Portugal U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2022– | Guinea-Bissau | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022 | |||
Club career
On 18 January 2015, Dálcio made his professional debut with Belenenses in a 2014–15 Primeira Liga match against Gil Vicente.[1]
In the 2015–16 season he joined defending champions Benfica,[2] but stayed at Belenenses on a one-year loan deal.[3] In January 2016, he returned to Benfica, joining its reserve team in the Segunda Liga.[4]
On 6 June 2017, Dálcio joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan deal.[5] He made his debut for Rangers against Progrès Niederkorn in the first qualifying round of Europa League on 29 June 2017,[6] and also featured in the second leg on 4 July. He made his only league appearance for Rangers after coming on in added time against Hamilton Academical in a 4–1 away win on 29 September.[7]
After a loan to Belenenses SAD for the 2018–19 season, Dálcio made a permanent move from Benfica to Panetolikos in Superleague Greece.[8] On 25 August 2019, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 away loss against PAOK.[9]
On 3 July 2021, he joined Ionikos FC on a free transfer.[10]
International career
Born in Portugal, Dálcio is of Bissau-Guinean descent. He was called up to represent the Guinea-Bissau national team for a pair of friendlies in March 2022.[11] He debuted with Guinea-Bissau in a friendly 3–0 win over Equatorial Guinea on 23 March 2022.[12]
Club statistics
- As of match played 5 July 2023[13]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Belenenses | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 54 | 1 | |||
| Benfica B | 2015–16 | LigaPro | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 50 | 2 | |||
| Rangers | 2017–18[7] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Panetolikos | 2019–20 | Super League Greece | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 67 | 2 | ||||
| Ionikos | 2021–22 | Super League Greece | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| APOEL | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 34 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| Career total | 218 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 251 | 12 | ||
References
- "Belenenses 2-0 Gil Vicente". Zerozero. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- Ruela, João (27 June 2015). "Conheça os 10 novos reforços do Benfica" [Meet the 10 new Benfica players] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- "Dálcio: "Quero impressionar o míster Sá Pinto"" [Dálcio: "I want to impress mister Sá Pinto"] (in Portuguese). Record. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- "Benfica: Dálcio já foi inscrito na equipa B" [Benfica: Dálcio was already registered with the B team]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 9 January 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- "Rangers: Portuguese winger Dalcio signs season-long loan deal". BBC Sport. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- "Rangers 1-0 Progres Niederkorn". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 June 2017.
- "Rangers Player Euciodálcio Gomes, Games Played". FitbaStats. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- "Dálcio muda-se para a Grécia" [Dálcio moves to Greece]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- "ΠΑΟΚ - Παναιτωλικός 2-1: Έπαιξε όσο χρειαζόταν για το τρίποντο". www.sport24.gr. 25 August 2019.
- "Ο Ιωνικός ανακοίνωσε τον Ντάλσιο (vid)" (in Greek). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- "Jogos amistosos: MAMADI CAMARÁ É NOVIDADE, PELÉ E JONAS MENDES FORA DA CONVOCATÓRIA DE MISTER CANDÉ".
- "BACIRO CANDÉ APOSTA EM OITO ESTREIAS NO ONZE DOS DJURTUS CONTRA GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". 23 March 2022.
- "Dálcio". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
External links
- Stats and profile at LPFP
- Dálcio at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Dálcio at Soccerway
- Dálcio – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Dálcio national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)