Toti Gomes

Tote António "Toti" Gomes (born 16 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he plays for the Portugal national team.

Toti Gomes

Gomes playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Tote António Gomes[1]
Date of birth	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number	24
Youth career
2014–2016	Fontainhas
2016–2017	GDS Cascais
2017–2018	Estoril
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Estoril	3	(0)
2020–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	61	(2)
2020–2022	→ Grasshoppers (loan)	50	(3)
International career‡
2019	Portugal U20	1	(0)
2023–	Portugal	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 5 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Gomes made his LigaPro debut for Estoril on 5 May 2019 in a game against Académico Viseu.^[3]

On 2 September 2020, Gomes was signed by English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers and immediately loaned out to Swiss Challenge League side Grasshopper Club Zürich for the 2020–21 season.^[4][5] His first appearance for the Swiss club was a start in the opening game, against Winterthur, which Grasshopper won. He scored his first goal for the Swiss side during a 5–2 loss against Kriens.

After a successful campaign with the Swiss club, which saw them promoted to the Swiss Super League, Gomes returned to Grasshoppers on another season-long loan.^[6] 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.^[7]

With Romain Saïss away at the Africa Cup of Nations, 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 Premier League victory over Southampton at Molineux.^[8] On 21 March 2022, Gomes signed a new contract with Wolves until 2027.^[9] Toti scored his first goal for Wolves, and his first goal in the Premier League, on 6 May 2023 against Aston Villa at Molineux: it turned out to be the only goal of the game as Wolves won 1–0.^[10]

Toti made his 50th competitive appearance for Wolves in a 4–2 win away to Chelsea in the Premier League on 4 February 2024.^[11]

On 8 February 2024, Wolves announced Toti had signed a five-and-a-half-year contract extension keeping him at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 2029.^[12]

International career

Eligible for both Guinea-Bissau 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 Euro 2024 qualifiers against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iceland.^[13]

Gomes made his senior debut for Portugal on 16 November 2023, starting and playing the full match in a 2–0 away victory over Liechtenstein, during qualifying for UEFA Euro 2024.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 October 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Estoril	2018–19[15]	LigaPro	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2019–20[15]	LigaPro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2020–21[15]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2021–22[15]	Premier League	4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
	2022–23[15]	Premier League	17	1	2	0	1	0	—		20	1
	2023–24[15]	Premier League	35	1	5	0	2	1	—		42	2
	2024–25[15]	Premier League	5	0	0	0	1	0	—		6	0
	Total		61	2	8	0	4	1	0	0	73	3
Grasshoppers (loan)	2020–21[15]	Swiss Challenge League	34	2	2	0	—		—		36	2
	2021–22[15]	Swiss Super League	16	1	1	0	—		—		17	1
	Total		50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	53	3
Career total			114	5	11	0	4	1	0	0	129	6

References

1. "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
2. "Toti". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
3. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 5 May 2019.
4. "Comunicado – Toti Gomes" (in Portuguese). Estoril. 2 September 2020.
5. "New signing heads out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 4 September 2020.
6. "Gomes to remain out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 29 June 2021.
7. "Gomes checks in at Compton". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 4 January 2022.
8. Mann, Mantej (22 January 2022). "Wolves 3–1 Southampton: Adama Traoré's first goal of season seals win". BBC Sport.
9. "Toti commits future to Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
10. Howarth, Matthew (6 May 2023). "Wolves 1–0 Aston Villa: Wolves edge out Villa to banish relegation fears". BBC Sport.
11. Poole, Harry (4 February 2024). "Chelsea 2-4 Wolves". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
12. Senior, Jamie (8 February 2024). "Toti signs new long-term deal | Men's First-Team | News". Wolves. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
13. "Roberto Martinez convoca para Bósnia e Islândia". fpf.pt (in European Portuguese). 29 May 2023.
14. "Toti Gomes após a estreia na Seleção: "Selecionador pediu-me para fazer o que sempre fiz"" [Toti Gomes after National Team debut: «The manager asked me to do what I've always done»] (in European Portuguese). Record. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
15. "Toti Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Profile at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website
• Toti Gomes national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Toti Gomes – UEFA competition record (archive)