Edigeison Gomes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: The first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is D'Almeida.

Edigeison Gomes
Gomes (right) heading the ball during 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Edigerson Funny Gomes D'Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 HB Køge
Number 3
Youth career
BK Vestia
Herlev IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Herlev IF 0 (0)
2013–2014 HB Køge 32 (3)
2014–2015 Esbjerg fB 13 (1)
2015–2019 Henan Jianye 62 (4)
2018 → FH (loan) 15 (1)
2020– HB Køge 0 (0)
National team‡
2016 Denmark Olympic 4 (0)
2017– Guinea-Bissau 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Edigerson Funny Gomes D'Almeida (born 17 November 1988) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Danish 1st Division club HB Køge. He also holds Portuguese and Danish citizenship.

Early life

Gomes was born in Guinea-Bissau and moved to Portugal at the age of 6 with his mother. However, when he was 11, he moved with his father and Danish stepmother to Denmark.[2]

Club career

Gomes started his professional football career when he was promoted to the Danish club Herlev IF's senior squad within the 2011–12 league season.[3]

Gomes made his professional debut with Esbjerg in the qualifying of the Europa League in a match against Kairat 17 July 2014.[4] Four days later, he appeared in his first top level match in the Superliga, in a 1–0 victory against Randers.[5]

On 21 January 2015, Gomes transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[6]

Left without club, Gomes trained with his former club, HB Køge, in 2020. He signed a short deal with the club on 21 May 2020 for the rest of the season.[7]

International career

Gomes represented Denmark Olympic at the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of the three allowed players with no age limit. At the end of May 2017, he agreed to play officially for Guinea-Bissau.[8] He made his international debut on 10 June 2017 and scored the only goal of the match against Namibia.

References
  1. "Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. FIFA.com (1 January 1900). "Gomes, défenseur de la vie et du Danemark". FIFA.com (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. "Eddi Gomes". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. "Kairat 1-1 Esbjerg". UEFA.com. 17 July 2014.
  5. "Esbjerg fB 1-0 Randers". ZeroZero. 21 July 2014.
  6. 建业官方宣布7新援加盟 at sports.sina.com 21 January 2015 Retrieved 21 January 2015
  7. Eddi Gomes bruger foråret til at komme i form i HB Køge, hbkoge.dk, 21 May 2020
  8. "Pelé e Eddi Gomes são novidades nos Djurtus para jogo com Namíbia". Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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