Toti Gomes
Tote António "Toti" Gomes (born 16 January 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he plays for the Portugal national team.
| Toti Gomes playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tote António Gomes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, left-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 | 46 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | → Grasshoppers (loan) | 50 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:54, 9 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
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]
Toti made his 50th competitive appearance for Wolves in a 4–2 win away to Chelsea in the Premier League on 4 February 2024.[11]
On 8 February 2024, Wolves announced Toti had signed a five-and-a-half-year contract extension keeping him at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 2029.[12]
International career edit
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 senior national team for the first time, for Euro 2024 qualifiers against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iceland.[13]
Gomes made his senior debut for Portugal on 16 November 2023, starting and playing the full match in a 2–0 away victory over Liechtenstein, during qualifying for UEFA Euro 2024.[14]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 16 March 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Estoril | 2018–19[15] | LigaPro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019–20[15] | LigaPro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2020–21[15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[15] | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23[15] | Premier League | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24[15] | Premier League | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | ||
| Grasshoppers (loan) | 2020–21[15] | Swiss Challenge League | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22[15] | Swiss Super League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 99 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 5 | ||
References edit
- ^ "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Toti". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Comunicado – Toti Gomes" (in Portuguese). Estoril. 2 September 2020.
- ^ "New signing heads out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Gomes to remain out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Gomes checks in at Compton". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 4 January 2022.
- ^ Mann, Mantej (22 January 2022). "Wolves 3–1 Southampton: Adama Traoré's first goal of season seals win". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Toti commits future to Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Howarth, Matthew (6 May 2023). "Wolves 1–0 Aston Villa: Wolves edge out Villa to banish relegation fears". BBC Sport.
- ^ Poole, Harry (4 February 2024). "Chelsea 2-4 Wolves". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Senior, Jamie (8 February 2024). "Toti signs new long-term deal | Men's First-Team | News". Wolves. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Roberto Martinez convoca para Bósnia e Islândia". fpf.pt (in European Portuguese). 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Toti Gomes após a estreia na Seleção: «Selecionador pediu-me para fazer o que sempre fiz»" [Toti Gomes after National Team debut: «The manager asked me to do what I've always done»] (in European Portuguese). Record. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Toti Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
External links edit
- Profile at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website
- Toti Gomes national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Toti Gomes – UEFA competition record ()