Vítor Gomes
Encyclopedia
- For another footballer, see Vítor Hugo Gomes Passos (Pélé).
Vítor Hugo Gomes da Silva (born 25 December 1987 in Vila do Conde), known as Gomes, is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
A product of hometown Rio Ave FC's youth system, Gomes first appeared with the main side on 19 March 2006, starting in a 0–1 home loss against S.L. Benfica. In late January 2008, he served an unsuccessful loan spell at Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
's Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
, making no appearances and returning to Rio Ave in July; during that season, he also appeared in 13 games (12 starts) as the Vila do Conde team returned to the first division after an absence of two years.
In the following top flight seasons, Gomes was regularly used by Rio Ave, scoring his first goals in 2009–10, against C.D. Nacional (2–0, home) and S.C. Olhanense (1–5 loss, also at home).
International career
Internationally, Gomes was a member of the Portuguese U-20Portugal national under-20 football team
The Portugal national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal....
squad at the 2007 FIFA World Cup
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup , hosted by Canada from June 30 to July 22, 2007. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth...
. Later that year, in August, he received his first callup to the under-21s
Portugal national under-21 football team
The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation . They are nicknamed "Esperanças." Esperança means hope, thus they are Portugal's hopes for the future...
.
Personal
Gomes' older brother, JoséJosé Gomes
José Manuel Gomes da Silva , aka Zé Gomes, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. as a right defender.-External links:** **...
, is also a footballer. A defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
, he represented several clubs, and the pair shared teams in Rio Ave (2005–06, 2009–12).