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Full name | José Gomes | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 April 1999 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team
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Benfica B | ||||||||||||
Number | 70 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2012– | Benfica | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2016– | Benfica B | 23 | (7) | ||||||||||
2016– | Benfica | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2013 | Portugal U15 | 3 | (3) | ||||||||||
2013–2014 | Portugal U16 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||
2014–2016 | Portugal U17 | 28 | (19) | ||||||||||
2016– | Portugal U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||
2017– | Portugal U20 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 May 2017 |
José Gomes (born 8 April 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica.
Gomes was born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. After participating in a youth tournament in Portugal, in 2011, he returned to the country a year later to join Benfica's youth academy at the age of 13.
He made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Cova da Piedade on 6 August 2016. 22 days later, he scored his first goal for the reserve team, in a 2–1 away win at Vizela. He debuted for the first-team, playing only 128 seconds, in a 2–1 win at Arouca in Primeira Liga on 9 September, becoming Benfica's third youngest player to debut for the main team.
At the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Gomes was crowned as the Golden Player and the top goalscorer.