Toti Gomes

Tote António "Toti" Gomes (born 16 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is António and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.
Toti Gomes
Toti Gomes playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2023
Personal information
Full name Tote António Gomes[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 24
Youth career
2014–2016 Fontainhas
2016–2017 GDS Cascais
2017–2018 Estoril
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Estoril 3 (0)
2020– Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 (1)
2020–2022 → Grasshoppers (loan) 50 (3)
International career
2019 Portugal U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:49, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Gomes made his LigaPro debut for Estoril on 5 May 2019 in a game against Académico Viseu.[3]

On 2 September 2020, Gomes was signed by English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers and immediately loaned out to Swiss Challenge League side Grasshopper Club Zürich for the 2020–21 season.[4][5] His first appearance for the Swiss club was a start in the opening game, against Winterthur, which Grasshopper won. His scored first goal for the Swiss side during a 5–2 loss against Kriens.

After a successful campaign with the Swiss club, which saw them promoted to the Swiss Super League, Gomes returned to Grasshoppers on another season-long loan.[6] 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.[7]

With Romain Saïss away at the Africa Cup of Nations, Wolverhampton recalled Gomes at the same time as signing his Grasshoppers team mate, Hayao Kawabe. Gomes made his Wolverhampton Wanderers début in Saïss's position on 15 January 2022 in a 3–1 Premier League victory over Southampton at Molineux.[8] On 21 March 2022, Gomes signed a new contract with Wolves until 2027.[9] Toti scored his first goal for Wolves, and his first goal in the Premier League, on 6 May 2023 against Aston Villa at Molineux: it turned out to be the only goal of the game as Wolves won 1–0.[10]

International career

Eligible for both Guinea-Bissau and Portugal, Gomes represented Portugal at under-20 level. On 29 May 2023, Gomes was called up to the Portugal national team for the first time, for Euro 2024 qualifiers against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iceland.[11]

Career statistics
As of match played 21 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Estoril 2018–19[12] LigaPro 3000000030
2019–20[12] LigaPro 0000000000
Total 3000000030
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2020–21[12] Premier League 000000—00
2021–22[12] Premier League 4010——50
2022–23[12] Premier League 1712010—201
2023–24[12] Premier League 600021—81
Total 271303100342
Grasshoppers (loan) 2020–21[12] Swiss Challenge League 34220——362
2021–22[12] Swiss Super League 16110——171
Total 503300000533
Career total 804603100905

    References
    1. "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
    2. "Toti". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
    3. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 5 May 2019.
    4. "Comunicado – Toti Gomes" (in Portuguese). Estoril. 2 September 2020.
    5. "New signing heads out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 4 September 2020.
    6. "Gomes to remain out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 29 June 2021.
    7. "Gomes checks in at Compton". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 4 January 2022.
    8. Mann, Mantej (22 January 2022). "Wolves 3–1 Southampton: Adama Traoré's first goal of season seals win". BBC Sport.
    9. "Toti commits future to Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
    10. Howarth, Matthew (6 May 2023). "Wolves 1–0 Aston Villa: Wolves edge out Villa to banish relegation fears". BBC Sport.
    11. "Roberto Martinez convoca para Bósnia e Islândia". fpf.pt (in Portuguese). 29 May 2023.
    12. "Toti Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
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