Virgil Vilela Gomis (born 16 April 1999) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Pouzages Bocage. He came through the FC Mantois academy he joined the youth academy of

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...

, where he signed professional terms in 2018. Gomis failed to make a single first team appearance for the Reds and was loaned out to

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team of the ...

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Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an association football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and from 1891 played home games at Moss Rose. It competed in the short ...

and

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

before being released in 2021. He recently had a short spell with Paris FC B.

Career

Nottingham Forest

After three seasons with the

academy, Gomis joined

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side

on a one-month loan on 31 October 2018, where he scored on his debut with the club. On 31 January 2019, Gomis again moved on loan, this time to Forest's city rivals

, where he would remain for the rest of the 2018-19 season. On 9 August 2019, Gomis joined League Two side

on loan for the season. He scored his first goal for Macclesfield in an

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tie against

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on 13 August 2019. Gomis was recalled from his loan early by Nottingham Forest on 3 January 2020. On 16 October 2020, Gomis joined

on a season-long loan. On 5 January 2021, Grimsby decided to terminate his loan prematurely following only six first team appearances across all competitions. Following the 2020-21 season, Gomis was not listed on Forest's retained player list.

Return to France

Gomis appeared for

Paris FC Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...

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reserve team in September 2021. In 2023, Gomis signed for French regional side Pouzages Bocage FC.https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/pouzauges-bocage-fc/football-r1-virgil-gomis-langlais-a-la-relance-a-pouzauges-ad835ab8-cd17-11ee-9e89-fc917af256b9

References

1999 births Living people French men's footballers Men's association football forwards Nottingham Forest F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in England Paris FC players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub