Diana Gomes (footballer)

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Diana Gomes
Personal information
Full name Diana Catarina Ribeiro Gomes
Date of birth (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Braga
Number 17
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– Braga 37 (2)
National team
2013–2014 Portugal U16 5 (0)
2013–2015 Portugal U17 19 (0)
2015–2017 Portugal U19 24 (0)
2017– Portugal 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Diana Gomes (born 26 July 1998) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre-back and midfielder for Braga in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.

Career[]

Club[]

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.

International[]

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.

References[]

  1. ^ Lopes, Rui. "Diana Gomes representou seleção de futebol de praia". Golpe de Vista. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Portugal – Escócia". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Portugal – Dinamarca". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. ^ "As eleitas para o Europeu". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Diana Gomes e Cristiana Garcia ficam fora da lista final de convocadas". Radio and Television of Portugal. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Diana Gomes e Cristiana Garcia fora do Europeu". Record. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Europeu feminino: Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória". Televisão Independente. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Diana Gomes substitui Jéssica Silva na convocatória de Portugal". SAPO. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

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