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João Gomes (footballer, born 2001)

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João Gomes
Gomes with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2024
Personal information
Full name João Victor Gomes da Silva[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2020 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Flamengo 86 (1)
2023– Wolverhampton Wanderers 57 (5)
International career
2024– Brazil 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2024

João Victor Gomes da Silva (born 12 February 2001) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Brazil national team.

Club career

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Flamengo

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After figuring on the bench on 16 October 2020,[2] João Gomes made his first debut on the 1 November 2020, starting for Flamengo in the Série A 4–1 at home defeat against São Paulo.[3]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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On 30 January 2023, João Gomes signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League for 18.7m, after a drawn out battle between Wolves and Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais for his signature.[4][5]

Gomes scored the winning goal in a 2–1 comeback victory for Wolves at Southampton in the Premier League on his debut appearance for the club (as a second-half substitute) on 11 February 2023 — this despite Wolves being reduced to ten men after a Mario Lemina red card in the first half.[6]

Gomes was sent off after only nine minutes of his debut appearance in the F.A. Cup away to Brentford on 5 January 2024.[7]

Gomes scored his second and third goals for Wolves (his first in just over a year, and first of the 2023–24 season) in the same game, giving his team a 2–1 away victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on 17 February 2024.[8]

Gomes's first goal of the 2024–25 season salvaged a point for Wolves in a 2–2 draw at Molineux versus Crystal Palace on 2 November 2024.[9]

International career

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On 23 March 2024, Gomes debuted for the Brazilian senior squad in a friendly match against England.[10]

Personal life

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Gomes has been a long-time practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and was promoted to blue belt in the sport on 30 June 2023.[11]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 23 November 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamengo 2020 Série A 11 0 0 0 0 0 3[c] 0 14 0
2021 19 0 14 1 4 1 6[c] 0 1[d] 0 44 2
2022 29 0 13 0 9 2 12[c] 0 1[d] 0 64 2
Total 59 0 27 1 13 3 21 0 2 0 122 4
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2022–23 Premier League 11 1 11 1
2023–24 34 2 3 0 1 0 38 2
2024–25 12 2 0 0 1 0 13 2
Total 57 5 3 0 2 0 62 5
Career total 116 5 27 1 16 3 2 0 21 0 2 0 184 9
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ a b Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil

International

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As of match played 6 September 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2024 9 0
Total 9 0

Honours

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Flamengo

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Flamengo 1 x 1 Bragantino - Campeonato Brasileiro rodada 16 - Tempo Real - Globo Esporte". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Flamengo 1 x 4 São Paulo: Tiago Volpi pega dois pênaltis, e SPFC bate Fla no Maracanã". Goal. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Flamengo vende João Gomes para o Wolverhampton on". ge.globo (in Portuguese). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Joao Gomes to Wolves transfer latest after Flamengo star makes stance clear". Birmingham Mail. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ^ Poole, Harry (11 February 2023). "Southampton 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Defeat increases pressure on Nathan Jones". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ^ Smith, Emma (5 January 2024). "Brentford 1–1 Wolves: Tommy Doyle thunderbolt earns replay after Joao Gomes' early red". BBC Sport. BBC.
  8. ^ Emons, Michael (17 February 2024). "Tottenham 1–2 Wolves: Joao Gomes scores twice as Spurs slip out of top four". BBC Sport. BBC.
  9. ^ Anderson, Jess (2 November 2024). "Wolves 2–2 Crystal Palace: Winless Wolves held to entertaining draw by Palace". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  10. ^ Thomé, Victor (26 March 2024). "Manchester United prepara R$ 500 milhões e pode fechar com dupla da seleção brasileira". sonabola.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  11. ^ Blackett, Todd (July 2023). "Premier League Footballer Joao Gomes Promoted To BJJ Blue Belt". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  12. ^ João Gomes at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  13. ^ João Gomes at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ "Gabi Leads Flamengo To Libertadores Title". CONMEBOL Libertadores. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Supercopa: em jogo doido, Flamengo vence o Palmeiras nos pênaltis". One Football (in Portuguese). 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Gomes picks up Monster Player of the Month award". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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  • Profile at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website