Maurice Gomis (born 10 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays for Cypriot side Ayia Napa. Born in Italy, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Cuneo, Italy | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Cuneo | |||
0000–2015 | Torino | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Delta Rovigo (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2016 | → Mestre (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Cuneo | 32 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Nocerina | 27 | (0) |
2018–2021 | SPAL | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Siracusa (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2019 | → Kukësi (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Ayia Napa | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2022– | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:09, 11 January 2022 (UTC) |
He is a product of Torino youth teams, just as his older brothers Lys Gomis and Alfred Gomis are, they are also both goalkeepers.[1] He was included on their Under-19 squad for the first time at the age of 16 in the 2014–15 season.[2] He did not make any appearances for that squad that season, serving as back-up for Andrea Zaccagno and Nicholas Lentini. In the next 2015–16 season he was sent on loans to Serie D teams, first Delta Rovigo[1] and then Mestre.[3]
On 19 July 2016, he joined his hometown team Cuneo on a permanent basis, also in the Serie D.[4] He became the first-choice goalkeeper for the club in the subsequent 2016–17 season.[5]
On 29 August 2017, he moved to yet another Serie D club, this time Nocerina.[6] At Nocerina, Gomis also was the first-choice goalkeeper.[5]
On 6 July 2018, he signed a three-year contract with Serie A club SPAL, where he became the back-up to his own brother Alfred.[7]
On 26 July 2018, he joined Serie C club Siracusa on a season-long loan.[8] On 9 September 2018, he suffered minor injuries in a car accident which also killed the driver of the car, 27-year-old Siracusa club employee Davide Artale.[9]
Upon his recovery, he made his Serie C debut for Siracusa on 15 October 2018 in a game against Reggina.[10]
On 31 January 2019, he moved to Albania on a new loan to Kukësi.[11]
Gomis was called up by Guinea-Bissau in late May 2021.[12] He debuted with them in a 0–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tie with Sudan on 11 January 2022.[13]
Gomis' older brothers, Lys and Alfred, have represented Senegal internationally. He is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent.[14]
Guinea-Bissau squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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