André Gomes

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Tavares and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

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André Gomes
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Gomes playing for Portugal U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name André Filipe Tavares Gomes
Date of birth (1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Grijó, Portugal
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 21
Youth career
2005–2008 Porto
2008–2009 Pasteleira
2009–2011 Boavista
2011–2012 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Benfica B 17 (8)
2012–2015 Benfica 14 (2)
2014–2015 → Valencia (loan) 33 (4)
2015– Valencia 30 (3)
International career‡
2010 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2010–2011 Portugal U18 6 (1)
2011–2012 Portugal U19 9 (3)
2012–2013 Portugal U20 14 (1)
2013– Portugal U21 6 (1)
2014– Portugal 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2016

André Filipe Tavares Gomes (born 30 July 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Valencia CF as a central midfielder.

He played three years at Benfica, where he won the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season. In July 2014, he joined Valencia.

Gomes gained 37 caps for Portugal all youth levels accounted for, including six for the under-21s. He represented the nation at Euro 2016.

Club career

Benfica

Born in Grijó, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Gomes joined S.L. Benfica's youth system at the age of 18, playing his last year as a junior with the Lisbon club. On 28 July 2012, he appeared in his first game with the first team, in a friendly with Gil Vicente FC,[1] and spent his first season as a senior with the reserve side, competing in the second division.

Gomes scored his first goals with Benfica B in league matches against S.C. Braga B (2–2 home draw)[2] and C.F. Os Belenenses (6–0, also at home).[3] On 18 October 2012 he made his official debut with the main squad, playing 25 minutes after coming on as a substitute for Eduardo Salvio and netting in a 4–0 win at S.C. Freamunde, for the campaign's Taça de Portugal.[4]

Gomes' momentum in Benfica's first team continued on 27 October 2012, as he started and scored in a 3–0 away win over Gil Vicente in his first Primeira Liga appearance.[5] However, he continued to be mainly associated with the B-team.

On 31 January 2014, Benfica (and Benfica Stars Fund) sold 100% of Gomes' economic rights to a private company, Meriton Capital Limited, for €15 million, plus 25% of a future transfer fee.[6] He remained with the Eagles until the end of the season.[7][8]

On 16 April 2014, Gomes played the full 90 minutes in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup, scoring the final 3–1 after a brilliant individual effort to help his team – who played with one man less for 60 minutes against FC Porto – win the tie 3–2 on aggregate.[9][10] He ended the season with 23 games all competitions comprised, helping the club win the first treble in its history (league, cup and Taça da Liga).

Valencia

On 17 July 2014, Gomes agreed to a one-season loan deal with Valencia CF,[11][12] joining a host of compatriots including manager Nuno Espírito Santo. Although his economic rights were owned by Peter Lim, a loan deal was arranged to take him and Rodrigo to the Spanish club due to Lim's purchase of the latter.[13]

Gomes made his La Liga debut on 23 August 2014, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Sevilla FC.[14] He scored his first goal in the competition on 22 September, netting the second of a 3–0 away win against Getafe CF.[15]

On 12 June 2015, Benfica and Valencia announced they had reached an agreement on Gomes' federative rights. Subsequently, he signed a contract with the Spaniards until 30 June 2020.[16][17]

International career

Gomes represented Portugal at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[18] At the age of 19 he received his first call-up to the senior team, for a friendly against Ecuador on 6 February 2013,[19] but remained unused in the 2–3 home loss.[20]

Gomes made his full international debut on 7 September 2014, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 loss to Albania at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers.[21]

Club statistics

As of match played 30 May 2016[22]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2012–13 9 3 — 9 3
2013–14 8 5 — 8 5
Total 17 8 — 17 8
Benfica 2012–13 7 1 4 1 2 0 5 0 18 2
2013–14 7 1 4 1 3 0 9 0 23 2
Total 14 2 8 2 5 0 14 0 41 4
Valencia 2014–15 33 4 4 0 — — 37 4
2015–16 30 3 4 0 — 7 2 41 5
Total 62 6 8 0 — 7 2 77 9
Career total 92 16 16 2 5 0 21 2 134 21

Honours

Club

Benfica

Individual

References

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