 Gomes withWolverhampton Wanderers in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Victor Gomes da Silva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-02-12)12 February 2001 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position | 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 | 88 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Brazil | 10 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2025 | |||
João Victor Gomes da Silva (born 12 February 2001) is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as acentral midfielder forPremier League clubWolverhampton Wanderers and theBrazil national team.
After figuring on the bench on 16 October 2020,[3] João Gomes made his first debut on 1 November 2020, starting forFlamengo in theSérie A at a 4–1 home defeat againstSão Paulo.[4]
On 30 January 2023, João Gomes signed forWolverhampton Wanderers in thePremier League for €18.7 million, after a drawn out battle between Wolves andLigue 1 clubLyon for his signature.[5][6]
Gomes scored the winning goal in a 2–1 comeback victory for Wolves atSouthampton 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 aMario Lemina red card in the first half.[7]
Gomes was sent off after only nine minutes of his debut appearance in theFA Cup away toBrentford on 5 January 2024.[8]
Gomes scored his second and third goals for Wolves (his first in just over a year, and first of the2023–24 season) in the same game, giving his team a 2–1 away victory overTottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on 17 February 2024.[9]
Gomes's first goal of the2024–25 season salvaged a point for Wolves in a 2–2 draw atMolineux versusCrystal Palace on 2 November 2024.[10] Gomes then scoredWolves second goal in a 4–1 win againstFulham as the club moved out of the relegation zone for the first time all season.[citation needed] On 1 April 2025, Gomes signed a new five-year contract with Wolverhampton, with the option of a further year.[11]
On 23 March 2024, Gomes debuted for theBrazilian senior squad in afriendly match againstEngland.[12]
Gomes has been a long-time practitioner ofBrazilian jiu-jitsu, and was promoted to blue belt in the sport on 30 June 2023.[13]
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | League cup[c] | 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[d] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Série A | 19 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | Série A | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 12[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 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 | Premier League | 34 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 36 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 4 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 88 | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 98 | 7 | |||||
| Career total | 147 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 220 | 11 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
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