Ricardo Jorge Pires Gomes (born 18 December 1991) is a

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an professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club Al-Khor on loan from

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Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Santa Maria, Ilha do Sal, Gomes moved to Portugal at the age of 17, starting playing football with

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and going on to spend four seasons in the third division. In 2013 he signed with

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, being initially assigned to the reserves who also competed at that level. Gomes made his

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debut with the first team on 17 August 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2−0 home win against

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. He scored his first goal in the competition on 4 January 2015, in the 4−0 victory over C.D. Nacional also at the

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Nacional

In mid-January 2016, Gomes was loaned to precisely Nacional, until June. On 8 August, he agreed to a two-year permanent deal with the

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ns. After no goals in 2016−17, which ended in relegation, the following campaign Gomes led the

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scoring charts at 22 to help the team achieve immediate promotion as champions.

Partizan

On 8 June 2018, Gomes signed with Serbian club

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. On 26 August he scored his first SuperLiga goal for them, helping to a 3−1 away defeat of

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. He added another on 23 September in the 1−1 draw with

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in the Eternal Derby, being subsequently voted by ''Mozzart Sport'' as his side's best player. Gomes finished his only season with 26 goals in all competitions, which made him the joint-best foreigner in Partizan's history.

Sharjah

In August 2019, Gomes joined

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champions

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, helping to win the

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on penalties shortly after his arrival. The following February, he was loaned to fellow league club

Al-Ittihad Kalba SC Kalba Football Club (Arabic: نادي كلباء الرياضي الثقافي), more colloquially abbreviated as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club founded in 1972 and based in the city of Kalba, in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United ...

until the end of the season.

Return to Partizan

On 25 June 2021, Gomes returned to Partizan and signed a three-year contract. He scored six goals in his first seven competitive appearances, including braces in 4–0 away league wins against

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and

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. He totalled 38 for the campaign for the runners-up, being voted the league's best player and scorer while breaking Mateja Kežman's 2000 record.

International career

Gomes earned his first

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for

on 31 March 2015, playing the last ten minutes of the 2–0 friendly win over

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. On 4 June 2016 he netted his first goal, in the 2–1 away victory against

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in the

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qualifiers.

Career statistics

International

:''Cape Verde score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gomes goal.''

Honours

Vitória Guimarães *

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runner-up:

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Nacional *

: 2017–18 Partizan *

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: 2018–19 Sharjah *

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Individual *LigaPro top scorer/MVP: 2017–18 *

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top scorer/MVP: 2021–22 (29 goals),

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(19 goals) *Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season:

*Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Month: September 2022

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Ricardo 1991 births Living people People from Sal, Cape Verde 21st-century Cape Verdean sportsmen Cape Verdean men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players F.C. Vizela players Vitória S.C. players Vitória S.C. B players C.D. Nacional players Serbian SuperLiga players FK Partizan players UAE Pro League players Sharjah FC players Kalba FC players Süper Lig players Erzurumspor F.K. footballers Qatar Stars League players Al-Shamal SC players Al-Wakrah SC players Al-Khor SC players Cape Verde men's international footballers Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Qatar