Weight 85 kg Years Team Height 1.96 m | Number 4 Role Footballer Playing position Name Edigeison Gomes Date joined 2015 | |
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Date of birth (1988-11-17) November 17, 1988 (age 27) Current team Henan Jianye F.C. (Defender) | ||
Edigeison Almeida Gomes (born 17 November 1988) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who currently plays for Henan Jianye as a defender in the Chinese Super League. He also holds Portuguese and Danish citizenship.
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Early life
Gomes was born in Guinea-Bissau, before moving to Portugal at the age of 6 with his mother. However, when he was 11, his father and Danish stepmother took him to Denmark so he would have a better life.
Club career
Edigeison Gomes started his professional football career when he was promoted to the Danish club Herlev IF's senior squad within the 2011–12 league season.
Gomes made his professional debut with Esbjerg in the qualifying of the Europa League in a match against Kairat 17 July 2014. Four days later he appeared in his first top level match in the Superliga, in a 1-0 victory against Randers.
On 21 January 2015, Gomes transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.
International career
Gomes represented Denmark Olympic at the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of the three allowed players with no age limit. At the end of May 2017, he agreed to play officially for Guinea-Bissau. He made his international debut on June 10, 2017 and scored the only goal of the match against Namibia.