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| Full name | Amigo Alfred Benjamin Junior Gomis[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ziguinchor, Senegal | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Palermo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Torino | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Torino | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | →Crotone (loan) | 39 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | →Avellino (loan) | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | →Cesena (loan) | 38 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | →Bologna (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | →Salernitana (loan) | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →SPAL (loan) | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | SPAL | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Dijon | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Rennes | 47 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Rennes B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | →Como (loan) | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | →Lorient (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Palermo | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Senegal | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:25, 4 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amigo Alfred Benjamin Junior Gomis (born 5 September 1993) is a Senegalese professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forSerie B clubPalermo and theSenegal national team.[3]
Born inZiguinchor, Senegal, he moved toCuneo, Italy, with his family soon afterwards. He has two brothers who are also footballers:Lys andMaurice.[4] He is a dual citizen of Italy and Senegal.[5] He is of Bissau-Guinean descent through his maternal family.[6]
Gomis grew up in theTorino youth system, and on 3 July 2013, he was officially loaned to Calabrian clubCrotone inSerie B.[7] On 14 September, he made his debut againstSpezia, which ended 1–0 for theRossoblu. Despite his young age and lack of experience, Gomis played as a starter and collected 39 appearances, plus one appearance in the playoffs, as well as one inCoppa Italia.[8][9]
At the end of the season, he was recalled by Torino, who decided to loan him again, but only after he was made available for the preliminaries of theEuropa League as second-choice goalkeeper, behindDaniele Padelli, againstBrommapojkarna on 31 July 2014.
On 11 August 2014, Alfred was officially loaned toAvellino in Serie B with a buyout clause plus a buyback clause in favour of Torino. He made his official debut with the team on 17 August 2014, during the second round of Coppa Italia, which saw him maintain a clean sheet, the match ending 2–0 for Avellino. His league debut took place on 30 August, during the first day of the championship againstPro Vercelli, finishing 1–0 in favour of Vercelli. On 28 October 2014, he parried a penalty kicked byRodrigo Taddei in the final minutes of a match againstPerugia, ending 0–0. He played 31 matches in the league and finished first in the Top 15 of the goalkeepers in Serie B according to a list compiled by theLega Serie B.[10]
On 30 July 2015, he was loaned to newly relegated Serie B clubCesena with a buyout clause and a buy-back clause in favour of Torino.[11][12]
On 31 August 2016, he was loaned toBologna as an emergency signing to replaceAntonio Mirante, who was diagnosed with a heart problem.[13] However, Gomis himself was injured soon after his arrival.[14] He made his debut for Bologna inCoppa Italia againstVerona.[15][16] Gomis was dropped out again after the cup match, including the league and the round 16 of the cup.[17] He was recalled by Torino, and on 18 January 2018 he was loaned toSalernitana in Serie B.[18][19]
On 8 July 2017, Gomis joinedSPAL on loan with an obligation to buy at the end of the loan period.[20] The permanent deal for undisclosed fee was announced on 20 June 2018.[21]
On 20 August 2019, Gomis joinedDijon FCO from SPAL for an undisclosed fee on a four-year-contract.[22]
On 29 September 2020, Gomis joined fellowLigue 1 sideRennes on a five-year deal, replacing the outgoingÉdouard Mendy.[23]
On 27 January 2023, Gomis returned to Italy and joinedComo inSerie B for the rest of the season.[24]
On 6 July 2024, Serie B clubPalermo announced the signing of Gomis on a two-year contract.[25] On his league season debug againstBrescia, he suffered a severe knee injury that forced him to undergo a patellar tendon reconstruction surgery just a few days later.[26]
Gomis was called up toItaly under-20 in 2013 byLuigi Di Biagio, but did not make any appearances.[27] In the same year, he was also called up to theItaly under-21 Serie B representative team by Massimo Piscedda, against the representative team fromRussian Football National League.[28] He was summoned by Piscedda for another game against the Italyunder-21 played at thePartenio inAvellino. A starter on this occasion, he remained on the field for 68 minutes without conceding a goal.[29]
Gomis was then called up by theSenegal national team, making his senior international debut on 14 November 2017, starting in a 2–1 victory againstSouth Africa in the last qualifying match for the2018 FIFA World Cup. In May 2018 he was named in Senegal's 23 man squad for the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[30] He participated in the2021 AFCON.[31]
He was appointed aGrand Officer of the National Order of the Lion byPresident of SenegalMacky Sall following the nation's victory at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[32]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crotone (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Torino | 2014–15 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Avellino (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie B | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Cesena (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Bologna (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Salernitana (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| SPAL (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| SPAL | 2018–19 | Serie A | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Dijon | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Rennes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Como (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 263 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 286 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
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