Personal information | |||
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Full name | João Victor Gomes da Silva [1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 February 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2020 | Flamengo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020–2023 | Flamengo | 86 | (1) |
2023– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 45 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Brazil | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 |
João Victor Gomes da Silva (born 12 February 2001) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Brazil national team.
After figuring on the bench on 16 October 2020, [2] João Gomes made his first debut on the 1 November 2020, starting for Flamengo in the Série A 4–1 at home defeat against São Paulo. [3]
On 30 January 2023, João Gomes signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League for €18.7m, after a drawn out battle between Wolves and Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais for his signature. [4] [5]
Gomes scored the winning goal in a 2–1 comeback victory for Wolves at Southampton in the Premier League on his debut appearance for the club (as a second-half substitute) on 11 February 2023 — this despite Wolves being reduced to ten men after a Mario Lemina red card in the first half. [6]
Gomes was sent off after only nine minutes of his debut appearance in the F.A. Cup away to Brentford on 5 January 2024. [7] Despite playing for over 80 minutes with 10 men, Wolves drew the match 1–1, assuring a replay.
Gomes scored his second and third goals for Wolves (his first in just over a year, and first of the 2023–24 season) in the same game, giving his team a 2–1 away victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on 17 February 2024. [8]
Gomes made his debut for the senior Brazil national team on 23 March 2024 in a friendly against England. [9]
Club | Season | League | State league | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Flamengo | 2020 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [c] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
2021 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 [c] | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 44 | 2 | |||
2022 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 12 [c] | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | 64 | 2 | |||
Total | 59 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 4 | |||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2022–23 | Premier League | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||||
2023–24 | 34 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | |||||
Total | 45 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 3 | |||||
Career total | 104 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 171 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Brazil | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Gomes has been a long-time practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and was promoted to blue belt in the sport on 30 June 2023. [14]