Edigeison Gomes

Edigerson Gomes D'Almeida (born 17 November 1988) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is D'Almeida.
Edigeison Gomes
Gomes (right) heading the ball during 2016 Summer Olympics, representing Denmark
Personal information
Full name Edigerson Gomes D'Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
BK Vestia
Herlev IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Herlev IF 0 (0)
2013–2014 HB Køge 32 (3)
2014–2015 Esbjerg fB 13 (1)
2015–2019 Henan Jianye 62 (4)
2018 → FH (loan) 15 (1)
2020–2022 HB Køge 34 (2)
International career‡
2016 Denmark Olympic 4 (0)
2017– Guinea-Bissau 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:44, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Early life

Gomes was born in Guinea-Bissau and moved to Portugal at the age of 6 with his mother. However, when he was 11, he moved with his father and Danish stepmother to Denmark.[2]

Club career

Gomes started his professional football career when he was promoted to the Danish club Herlev IF's senior squad within the 2011–12 league season.[3]

Gomes made his professional debut with Esbjerg in the qualifying of the Europa League in a match against Kairat 17 July 2014.[4] Four days later, he appeared in his first top level match in the Superliga, in a 1–0 victory against Randers.[5]

On 21 January 2015, Gomes transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[6]

Left without club, Gomes trained with his former club, HB Køge, in 2020. He signed a short deal with the club on 21 May 2020 for the rest of the season.[7] In July 2020, he signed a new one-year deal with Køge.[8] In May 2021, Gomes once again signed a contract extension with Køge, this time until the end of 2022.[9] However, on 31 January 2022 it was confirmed, that Gomes' contract had been terminated by mutual agreement.[10]

International career

Gomes represented Denmark Olympic at the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of the three allowed players with no age limit. At the end of May 2017, he agreed to play officially for Guinea-Bissau.[11] He made his international debut on 10 June 2017 and scored the only goal of the match against Namibia.

Personal life

Gomes also holds Portuguese and Danish citizenship.

References
  1. "Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. FIFA.com (1 January 1900). "Gomes, défenseur de la vie et du Danemark". FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. "Eddi Gomes". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. "Kairat 1-1 Esbjerg". UEFA.com. 17 July 2014.
  5. "Esbjerg fB 1-0 Randers". ZeroZero. 21 July 2014.
  6. 建业官方宣布7新援加盟 at sports.sina.com 21 January 2015 Retrieved 21 January 2015
  7. Eddi Gomes bruger foråret til at komme i form i HB Køge, hbkoge.dk, 21 May 2020
  8. Eddi Gomes og HB Køge forlænger samarbejdet, hbkoge.dk, 27 July 2020
  9. Eddi Gomes og HB Køge forlænger kontrakt, hbkoge.dk, 7 May 2021
  10. Eddi Gomes ophæver med HB Køge, hbkoge.dk, 31 January 2022
  11. "Pelé e Eddi Gomes são novidades nos Djurtus para jogo com Namíbia". Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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