Diana Catarina Ribeiro Gomes (born 26 July 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Sevilla FC and the Portugal women's national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diana Catarina Ribeiro Gomes | ||
Date of birth | (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Paços de Ferreira, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sevilla | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
S.C. Freamunde | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | S.C. Freamunde | ||
2016–2017 | Valadares Gaia F.C. | 12 | (0) |
2017–2022 | Braga | 93 | (6) |
2022– | Sevilla | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Portugal U16 | 5 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Portugal U17 | 19 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Portugal U19 | 24 | (0) |
2017– | Portugal | 16 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2022 |
Gomes started playing at the local team S.C. Freamunde in Paços de Ferreira in 2012. Four years later, she moved to Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino's team, Valadares Gaia F.C.[1] In 2017, Gomes signed with S.C. Braga.
Starting in 2013, Gomes represented Portugal at several youth levels.[2] With the Portugal U17 team, she played the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the first time the team qualified for a UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Gomes also played three 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying tournaments for Portugal U19.
On March 3, 2017, Gomes debuted for Portugal senior team in a 6–0 loss for Denmark.[3] On June 19, 2017, she was included by coach Francisco Neto in the 25-women preliminary squad intended to represent Portugal at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, the first time the Portuguese national team qualified for a women's football major tournament.[4] On July 6, 2017, Neto released the 23-women final roster, cutting Gomes and Cristiana Garcia from the team.[5][6] However, in the last training session before the departure for the tournament, Jéssica Silva picked up an injury and on July 14, Gomes was called up by Neto as her replacement.[7][8] Gomes didn't play any match in the competition and Portugal was eliminated in the tournament first stage.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 19 September 2021 | Haberfeld Stadium, Rishon LeZion, Israel | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2. | 26 October 2021 | Stadion Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
3. | 25 November 2021 | Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
4. | 9 July 2022 | Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England | ![]() | 1–2 | 2–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 |
Portugal squads | |||||||||||||
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