Pelé (footballer, born 1991)

Judilson Mamadu Tuncará Gomes (born 29 September 1991), known as Pelé, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club Rio Ave, on loan from AS Monaco FC, and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

For other people named Pele, see Pele (disambiguation).

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Tuncará and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.
Pelé
Personal information
Full name Judilson Mamadu Tuncará Gomes[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991[2]
Place of birth Agualva-Cacém, Portugal[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rio Ave
(on loan from Monaco)
Number 18
Youth career
2006–2009 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Belenenses 32 (0)
2011 Genoa 0 (0)
2011–2015 Milan 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 5 (0)
2013–2014 → Olhanense (loan) 14 (0)
2014–2015 → Belenenses (loan) 29 (6)
2015–2017 Benfica 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Paços Ferreira (loan) 29 (4)
2017 → Feirense (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 Rio Ave 31 (7)
2018– Monaco 8 (0)
2018– Monaco B 1 (0)
2019 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Reading (loan) 31 (1)
2020– → Rio Ave (loan) 5 (0)
National team‡
2009 Portugal U18 3 (1)
2009–2010 Portugal U19 11 (0)
2010–2011 Portugal U20 19 (1)
2011 Portugal U21 3 (0)
2017– Guinea-Bissau 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2020

Club career

Belenenses

Born in Agualva-Cacém to Bissau-Guinean parents, Pelé started his career with local C.F. Os Belenenses. He made his first-team – and Primeira Liga – debut on 11 January 2009, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Rio Ave FC.[3]

Much more used in his first full season (seven starts, 642 minutes of action), Pelé's team would nonetheless suffer relegation, ranking second from bottom.

Italy

On 4 January 2011, after having been linked to the club in September 2010,[4] Pelé was signed by Serie A side Genoa CFC, with the deal being made effective in the summer.[5] However, he only appeared for the under-20 reserves during his spell.

On 30 August 2011, Pelé was exchanged with A.C. Milan's Mario Sampirisi, both in a co-ownership deal.[6] He played as an overage player (only four players born in 1991 were allowed that season) for the B team in his first year.[7]

Loans

On 31 July 2012, Pelé was loaned out to FC Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.[8] He spent the following campaign in the same situation, with S.C. Olhanense back in his homeland.[9]

After a successful loan spell at Belenenses, where he scored seven competitive goals to help his team finish in sixth position and qualify for the UEFA Europa League, Pelé attracted the interest of S.L. Benfica, who signed him for 2015–16.[10] He was immediately loaned to F.C. Paços de Ferreira,[11] and on 31 January 2017, still owned by the former, joined C.D. Feirense also in the Portuguese top flight.[12]

Rio Ave

On 29 June 2017, Pelé signed a five-year contract with Rio Ave.[13] He scored seven league goals in 38 official matches in his first and only season, helping to qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round after a sixth-place finish.[14]

Monaco

Pelé moved to the French Ligue 1 in July 2018, agreeing to a five-year deal at AS Monaco FC – Benfica and Rio Ave shared the €10 million transfer fee in equal parts.[15] He made his debut in the competition on 28 September, starting in a 0–2 away loss to AS Saint-Étienne and being replaced by Benjamin Henrichs late into the second half.[16]

On 31 January 2019, Pelé joined English club Nottingham Forest on loan for the remainder of the season.[17] On 6 August, in the same situation, he moved to Reading also of the Championship.[18] He scored his first goal for the latter on 7 March 2020, in a 3–1 away victory over Birmingham City.[19]

Pelé returned to Rio Ave on 29 September 2020, on yet another loan.[20]

International career

Pelé played twice for Portugal in the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, in both games as a substitute, but was not selected for either the final tournament or the elite qualifying phase. He was then picked for a warm-up friendly before the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[21] a 3–3 draw to France,[22] and appeared in all the matches in the finals in Colombia as the nation finished in second position.[23]

Pelé made his debut for Guinea-Bissau on 10 June 2017, starting in a 1–0 win over Namibia for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[24] He was selected by manager Baciro Candé for the finals in Egypt,[25] playing three games in a group-stage exit.

Career statistics

Club
As of 2 November 2019[26]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Belenenses 2008–09 Primeira Liga 300000—30
2009–10 Primeira Liga 1301000—145
2010–11 Primeira Liga 1600030—190
Total 3201030—360
Genoa 2010–11 Serie A 000000—00
Milan 2011–12 Serie A 000000—00
Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League 502000—70
Olhanense (loan) 2013–14 Primeira Liga 1301010—150
Belenenses (loan) 2014–15 Primeira Liga 3063150—387
Benfica 2015–16 Primeira Liga 000000—00
Paços Ferreira (loan) 2015–16 Primeira Liga 2941020—324
Feirense (loan) 2016–17 Primeira Liga 100000—10
Rio Ave 2017–18 Primeira Liga 3173030—377
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 80101010110
Monaco B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 10———10
Nottingham Forest (loan) 2018–19 Championship 900000—90
Reading (loan) 2019–20 Championship 1000010—110
Career total 169171211601019818

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Reading" (PDF). English Football League. p. 59. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. "Pelé" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. "Diakité tira Belenenses dos lugares de descida" [Diakité takes Belenenses away from relegation zone]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 12 January 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  4. Gaito, Antonio (25 September 2010). "Genoa, sprint per Pelè del Belenenses" [Genoa, final push for Belenenses' Pelé] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  5. "Il grifo piomba su Luca Antonelli" [The griffin swoops on Luca Antonelli] (in Italian). Genoa C.F.C. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  6. "El Shaarawy 100 per cent Milan". A.C. Milan. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  7. "Le delusioni del campionato primavera 2011–12" [2011–12 campionato primavera's disappointments] (in Italian). Campionato Primavera. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  8. Пеле примерил футболку "Арсенала" [Pelé to wear Arsenal shirt] (in Ukrainian). FC Arsenal Kyiv. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  9. Santos, Daniel (12 July 2013). "Mercado: Pelé e Ricardo Ferreira a caminho do Olhanense" [Market: Pelé and Ricardo Ferreira heading for Olhanense] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  10. Ruela, João (27 June 2015). "Conheça os 10 novos reforços do Benfica" [Meet Benfica's 10 newest additions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  11. "Pelé emprestado ao P. Ferreira" [Pelé loaned to P. Ferreira] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  12. "Pelé é o último reforço de Inverno!" [Pelé is the latest winter addition!] (in Portuguese). C.D. Feirense. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  13. "Pelé assina por 5 anos" [Pelé signs for 5 years] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  14. "Pelé iminente no Monaco" [Pelé to Monaco a near certainty]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  15. "Pelé no Monaco rende 5 milhões a Benfica e Rio Ave" [Pelé in Monaco gives 5 million to Benfica and Rio Ave]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  16. "ASSE-Monaco (2–0): la preuve par neuf" [ASSE-Monaco (2–0): casting out nines]. Le Progrès (in French). 28 September 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  17. "Forest sign Pele". Nottingham Forest F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  18. "Pelé is a Royal". Reading F.C. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  19. "Birmingham City 1–3 Reading". BBC Sport. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  20. Aleixo, Mário (29 September 2020). "Pelé regressa ao Rio Ave por empréstimo do Mónaco" [Pelé returns to Rio Ave on loan from Monaco] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  21. "Jogo de preparação Campeonato do Mundo Colômbia 2011" [2011 Colombia World Cup friendly] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  22. "Estágio preparação para o Campeonato do Mundo Colômbia 2011" [Training camp for 2011 Colombia World Cup] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  23. "Oscar treble wins thrilling final for Brazil". FIFA. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  24. "CAN 2019: Guiné-Bissau vence Namíbia" [CAN 2019: Guinea-Bissau defeat Namibia]. Jornal da Lusofonia (in Portuguese). 10 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  25. Soliman, Seif (12 June 2019). "Ittihad's Toni Silva named in Guinea Bissau's AFCON squad". KingFut. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  26. Pelé at Soccerway
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