João Gomes (footballer, born 2001)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

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 64 (5)
International career‡
2024– Brazil 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2025
‡ 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

Flamengo

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

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] Gomes then scored Wolves 2nd goal in a 4-1 win against Fulham as the club moved out of the relegation zone for the first time all season.

International career

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

Personal life

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

Club

As of match played 11 January 2025[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 19 0 14 1 4 1 — 6[d] 0 1[e] 0 44 2
2022 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 34 2 — 3 0 1 0 — — 38 2
2024–25 19 2 — 1 0 1 0 — — 21 2
Total 64 5 — 4 0 2 0 — — 70 5
Career total 123 5 27 1 17 3 2 0 21 0 2 0 192 9
  1. ^ Includes Campeonato Carioca
  2. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup
  3. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  4. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Supercopa do Brasil

International

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

Flamengo

Individual

References

  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.
  • Profile at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website


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