Gomes playing for Portugal U19 in 2012
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Personal information | |||||||||
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Full name | André Filipe Tavares Gomes | ||||||||
Date of birth | 30 July 1993 | ||||||||
Place of birth | Grijó, Portugal | ||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
Club information | |||||||||
Current team
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Barcelona | ||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||
2005–2008 | Porto | ||||||||
2008–2009 | Pasteleira | ||||||||
2009–2011 | Boavista | ||||||||
2011–2012 | Benfica | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
2012–2014 | Benfica B | 17 | (8) | ||||||
2012–2015 | Benfica | 14 | (2) | ||||||
2014–2015 | → Valencia (loan) | 33 | (4) | ||||||
2015–2016 | Valencia | 30 | (3) | ||||||
2016– | Barcelona | 13 | (0) | ||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||
2010 | Portugal U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
2010–2011 | Portugal U18 | 6 | (1) | ||||||
2011–2012 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (3) | ||||||
2012–2013 | Portugal U20 | 14 | (1) | ||||||
2013– | Portugal U21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||
2014– | Portugal | 17 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2017. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2017.
André Filipe Tavares Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ ˈɡomɨʃ]; born 30 July 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Portugal national team.
He played three years at Benfica, where he won the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season. In July 2014, he joined Valencia.
Gomes gained 37 caps for Portugal all youth levels accounted for, including six for the under-21s. He represented the nation at Euro 2016, winning the tournament.
Born in Grijó, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Gomes joined S.L. Benfica's youth system at the age of 18, playing his last year as a junior with the Lisbon club. On 28 July 2012, he appeared in his first game with the first team, in a friendly with Gil Vicente FC, and spent his first season as a senior with the reserve side, competing in the second division.