# José Gomes (footballer, born 1999)

José Gomes (born 8 April 1999), known as Zé Gomes, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for AF Elbasani. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he represented Portugal at youth level.

## Club career

Born in Bissau, Gomes, after participating in a 2011 youth tournament in Portugal, returned to the country a year later to join Benfica's youth academy at the age of 13.
Gomes made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Cova da Piedade on 6 August 2016. 22 days later, he scored his first goal for the reserve team in a 2–1 away win at Vizela. He debuted for the first-team, playing only 128 seconds, in a 2–1 win at Arouca in Primeira Liga on 9 September, becoming Benfica's third youngest player to debut for the main team.
Gomes was loaned to fellow top-flight team Portimonense for 2019–20. Having made only one substitute appearance against Gil Vicente, he headed to Lechia Gdańsk of the Polish Ekstraklasa in February 2020, for the rest of the season. He managed only one goal during his time on the Baltic Sea coast, in a 3–2 loss away to Lech Poznań on 12 July.
On 15 February, Gomes moved to Bulgaria, signing with Cherno More.
On 4 February 2022, Gomes signed with Italian Serie C club Seregno
In January 2023, Gomes joined rivals Universitate Cluj on loan until the end of the season with the option to purchase.
On 22 June 2023, Gomes signed a one-year contract with recently-promoted to Cypriot First Division club Ethnikos Achna.

## International career

At the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Gomes was crowned both Golden Player and top scorer.

## Club statistics

    As of 19 August 2023
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Benfica B | 2016–17 | LigaPro | 23 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 7 |
| Benfica B | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 24 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 3 |
| Benfica B | 2018–19 | LigaPro | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 3 |
| Benfica B | 2019–20 | LigaPro | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Benfica B | 2020–21 | LigaPro | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Benfica B | Total | Total | 78 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | 13 |
| Benfica | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Benfica | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Portimonense (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 |
| Cherno More | 2020–21 | First Professional Football League | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 3 |
| Cherno More | 2021–22 | First Professional Football League | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 2 |
| Cherno More | Total | Total | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 5 |
| Seregno | 2021–22 | Serie C | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| CFR Cluj | 2022–23 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Universitatea Cluj (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga I | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 |
| Ethnikos Achna | 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 153 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 24 |
* ↑ Appearances in Serie C-Relegation play-outs

## Honours

Benfica
* Primeira Liga: 2016–17
* Taça de Portugal: 2016–17
Lechia Gdańsk
* Polish Cup runner-up: 2019–20
Universitatea Cluj
* Cupa României runner-up: 2022–23
Portugal U17
* UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2016
Portugal U19
* UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2018
Individual
* 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Top goalscorer (7 goals)
* 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament
* 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship - Golden Player Award