Tote António "Toti" Gomes (born 16 January 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he plays for the Portugal national team.

Club career

Gomes made his

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debut for

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on 5 May 2019 in a game against Académico Viseu. On 2 September 2020, Gomes was signed by English

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side

and immediately loaned out to

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side

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zurich (GCZ), commonly referred to as Grasshopper Club or simply just GC, is a professional sports club, multisports club based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. They are nicknamed the ''Grasshoppers'' or sometimes just ''Hopper ...

for the 2020–21 season. His first appearance for the Swiss club was a start in the opening game, against

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, which Grasshopper won. He scored his first goal for the Swiss side during a 5–2 loss against

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. After a successful campaign with the Swiss club, which saw them promoted to the

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, Gomes returned to Grasshoppers on another season-long loan. He spent the first half of the 2021–22 season at Grasshopper but was then recalled by his parent club to spend January training at Wolverhampton before a potential return to Switzerland. With Romain Saïss away at the

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, Wolverhampton recalled Gomes at the same time as signing his Grasshoppers teammate, Hayao Kawabe. Gomes made his Wolverhampton Wanderers début in Saïss's position on 15 January 2022 in a 3–1

victory over

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at Molineux. On 21 March 2022, Gomes signed a new contract with Wolves until 2027. Toti scored his first goal for Wolves, and his first goal in the Premier League, on 6 May 2023 against

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at Molineux: it turned out to be the only goal of the game as Wolves won 1–0. Toti made his 50th competitive appearance for Wolves in a 4–2 win away to Chelsea in the Premier League on 4 February 2024. On 8 February 2024, Wolves announced Toti had signed a five-and-a-half-year contract extension keeping him at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 2029.

International career

Eligible for both

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and Portugal, Gomes represented Portugal at under-20 level. On 29 May 2023, Gomes was called up to the Portugal senior national team for the first time, for

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against

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and

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. Gomes made his senior debut for Portugal on 16 November 2023, starting and playing the full match in a 2–0 away victory over

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, during qualifying for

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Profile
at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Toti 1999 births Living people Footballers from Bissau Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Bissau-Guinean men's footballers 21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Men's association football central defenders G.D. Estoril Praia players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Grasshopper Club Zurich players Liga Portugal 2 players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Super League players Premier League players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen