Toni Gomes | |
Fullname: | Toni Correia Gomes[1] |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1998 |
Birth Place: | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
Height: | 1.80m |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Hapoel Hadera |
Clubnumber: | 7 |
Youthyears1: | 2015–2017 |
Youthclubs1: | Liverpool |
Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs1: | Liverpool |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs2: | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) |
Caps2: | 9 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs3: | Arouca |
Caps3: | 9 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 2020 |
Clubs4: | Haras El Hodoud |
Caps4: | 17 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs5: | Tala'ea El Gaish |
Caps5: | 3 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs6: | Menemenspor |
Caps6: | 29 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 2022 |
Clubs7: | Tuzlaspor |
Caps7: | 0 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs8: | Zira |
Caps8: | 24 |
Goals8: | 3 |
Years9: | 2023– |
Clubs9: | Hapoel Hadera |
Caps9: | 14 |
Goals9: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
Nationalteam1: | Portugal U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2016 |
Nationalteam2: | Portugal U18 |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2022–[2] |
Nationalteam3: | Guinea-Bissau |
Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 15 April 2024 |
Ntupdate: | 20 November 2022 |
Toni Correia Gomes (born 16 November 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Israeli club Hapoel Hadera and the Guinea-Bissau national team.[3] He also holds Portuguese citizenship and has represented Portugal at youth level.[4]
Gomes visited his father in Lisbon, Portugal aged 15 and after a recommendation from a scout, Liverpool invited him to England for a trial in September 2014. He signed for the club in 2015; when he arrived in Liverpool he did not speak any English and was placed with house parents whilst attending Liverpool's academy.[5]
Between 2015 and 2017 he appeared for Liverpool's Under-18 team,[6] as well as the Under-23 teams. He ended the 2016–17 season scoring a hat-trick as Liverpool Under-23's beat Mansfield Town's Under-23 team.[7]
On 31 August 2017 he joined Forest Green Rovers on a season-long loan,[8] and made his Football League debut as a substitute on 2 September, playing the entire second half.[9]
Gomes was released by Liverpool at the end of the 2017–18 season.[10]
On 4 June 2018, Gomes signed a three-year deal with LigaPro side Arouca.[11]
In January 2020, he moved to Egypt to join Haras El Hodoud, he later signed for Tala'ea El Gaish in November 2020.[12]
On 24 August 2023 signed for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Hadera.[13]
Gomes has represented Portugal at youth international level.[8] He made his senior debut for Guinea-Bissau on 17 November 2022 in a 1-3 friendly loss to Gabon.[2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Liverpool | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2017–18 | League Two | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Arouca | 2018–19 | LigaPro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Career total | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |