Maurice Gomis Explained

Maurice Gomis
Birth Date:10 November 1997
Birth Place:Cuneo, Italy
Height:1.93 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Cuneo
Youthyears2:–2015
Youthclubs2:Torino
Years1:2015–2016
Clubs1:Torino
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:2015–2016
Clubs2:Delta Rovigo (loan)
Caps2:4
Goals2:0
Years3:2016
Clubs3:Mestre (loan)
Caps3:10
Goals3:0
Years4:2016–2017
Clubs4:Cuneo
Caps4:32
Goals4:0
Years5:2017–2018
Clubs5:Nocerina
Caps5:27
Goals5:0
Years6:2018–2021
Clubs6:SPAL
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:2018–2019
Clubs7:Siracusa (loan)
Caps7:7
Goals7:0
Years8:2019
Clubs8:Kukësi (loan)
Caps8:1
Goals8:0
Years9:2021–2022
Clubs9:Ayia Napa
Caps9:12
Goals9:0
Nationalyears1:2022–
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:10 May 2021
Ntupdate:21:09, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Maurice Gomis (born 10 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Italy, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Torino

He is a product of Torino youth teams, just as his older brothers Lys Gomis and Alfred Gomis are, they are also both goalkeepers.[1] He was included on their Under-19 squad for the first time at the age of 16 in the 2014–15 season.[2] He did not make any appearances for that squad that season, serving as back-up for Andrea Zaccagno and Nicholas Lentini. In the next 2015–16 season he was sent on loans to Serie D teams, first Delta Rovigo and then Mestre.[3]

On 19 July 2016, he joined his hometown team Cuneo on a permanent basis, also in the Serie D.[4] He became the first-choice goalkeeper for the club in the subsequent 2016–17 season.[5]

On 29 August 2017, he moved to yet another Serie D club, this time Nocerina.[6] At Nocerina, Gomis also was the first-choice goalkeeper.

SPAL

On 6 July 2018, he signed a three-year contract with Serie A club SPAL, where he became the back-up to his own brother Alfred.[7]

Loan to Siracusa

On 26 July 2018, he joined Serie C club Siracusa on a season-long loan.[8] On 9 September 2018, he suffered minor injuries in a car accident which also killed the driver of the car, 27-year-old Siracusa club employee Davide Artale.[9]

Upon his recovery, he made his Serie C debut for Siracusa on 15 October 2018 in a game against Reggina.[10]

Loan to Kukësi

On 31 January 2019, he moved to Albania on a new loan to Kukësi.[11]

International career

Gomis was called up by Guinea-Bissau in late May 2021.[12] He debuted with them in a 0–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tie with Sudan on 11 January 2022.[13]

Personal life

Gomis' older brothers, Lys and Alfred, have represented Senegal internationally. He is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Il Gazzettino. Gomis, in porta al Delta arriva una dynasty. 5 August 2015. Italian.
  2. Web site: Torino. Primavera Tim 2014-2015 Girone A. 24 October 2018.
  3. Web site: La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre. Mestre: ecco Maurice Gomis e Daniel Ciave. 9 January 2016. Italian.
  4. Web site: Cuneo. I primi tesseramenti per la nuova stagione sportiva. 19 July 2016. Italian.
  5. Web site: TuttoCalciatori. Profile by TuttoCalciatori. 24 October 2018. Italian.
  6. Web site: Nocerina Live. CONOSCIAMO MEGLIO IL PORTIERE MAURICE GOMIS. 29 August 2017. Italian.
  7. Web site: SPAL. MAURICE GOMIS E’ UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SPAL. 6 July 2018. Italian.
  8. Web site: SPAL. LA SPAL CEDE IN PRESTITO AL SIRACUSA CALCIO IL PORTIERE MAURICE GOMIS. 26 July 2018. Italian.
  9. Web site: Siracusa. Siracusa, in lacrime per Davide. 9 September 2018. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025082538/http://www.siracusacalciosrl.it/produzione/2018/09/09/siracusa-lacrime-davide/. 25 October 2018.
  10. Web site: Soccerway. Game Report by Soccerway. 15 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Kukësi. ZYRTARE/MAURICE GOMIS HUAZOHET TEK FK KUKËSI. Albanian. 31 January 2019.
  12. News: MAURICE GOMIS CONVOCATO DALLA NAZIONALE DELLA GUINEA-BISSAU. S.P.A.L.. it. 31 May 2021.
  13. Web site: CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du. Football. CAFOnline.com.
  14. News: Maurice Gomis nella nazionale della Guinea Bissau. it. 29 May 2021. 31 May 2021.