Cape Verdean footballer
Ricardo Jorge Pires Gomes (born 18 December 1991) is aCape Verdean professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forQatari Second Division clubAl-Khor .
Born inSanta Maria ,Ilha do Sal , Gomes moved to Portugal at the age of 17, starting playing football withF.C. Vizela and going on to spend four seasons in thethird division . In 2013 he signed withVitória de Guimarães , being initially assigned tothe reserves who also competed at that level.[ 2]
Gomes made hisPrimeira Liga debut with the first team on 17 August 2013, coming on as a second-halfsubstitute in a 2−0 home win againstS.C. Olhanense .[ 3] C.D. Nacional also at theEstádio D. Afonso Henriques .[ 4]
In mid-January 2016, Gomes was loaned to precisely Nacional, until June.[ 5] Madeirans .[ 6]
After no goals in2016−17 , which ended in relegation,the following campaign Gomes led theLigaPro scoring charts at 22 to help the team achieve immediate promotion as champions.[ 7]
On 8 June 2018, Gomes signed with Serbian clubFK Partizan .[ 8] SuperLiga goal for them, helping to a 3−1 away defeat ofFK Mačva Šabac .[ 9] Red Star Belgrade in theEternal Derby , being subsequently voted byMozzart Sport as his side's best player.[ 10]
Gomes finished hisonly season with 26 goals in all competitions, which made him the joint-best foreigner in Partizan's history.[ 11]
In August 2019, Gomes joinedUAE Pro League championsSharjah FC , helping towin theUAE Super Cup onpenalties shortly after his arrival.[ 12] Al-Ittihad Kalba SC until the end ofthe season .[ 13]
On 25 June 2021, Gomes returned to Partizan and signed a three-year contract.[ 14] FK Proleter Novi Sad andFK Kolubara .[ 15] [ 16] the campaign for the runners-up, being voted the league's best player and scorer while breakingMateja Kežman 's 2000 record.[ 17]
International career [ edit ] Gomes earned his firstcap forCape Verde on 31 March 2015, playing the last ten minutes of the 2–0friendly win overPortugal inEstoril .[ 18] São Tomé and Príncipe in the2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers .[ 19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year[ 20] National team Year Apps Goals Cape Verde 2015 1 0 2016 4 1 2017 1 0 2018 4 3 2019 2 0 2020 2 0 Total 14 4
Cape Verde score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gomes goal. [ 20] International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition 1 4 June 2016 12 de Julho ,São Tomé , São Tomé and Príncipe3 São Tomé and Príncipe 1–0 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 2 1 June 2018 July 5, 1962 Stadium ,Algiers , Algeria7 Algeria 1–1 3–2 Friendly 3 12 October 2018 Estádio Nacional ,Praia , Cape Verde9 Tanzania 1–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 4 2–0
Vitória Guimarães
Nacional
Partizan
Sharjah
Individual
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São Tomé and Príncipe
Algeria
Tanzania