Albino Gomes

Albino Giovanni Gomes was born on 7 February 1994, in Goa, India. He began playing football at the age of 12. Gomes played as a striker but later became a goalkeeper due to his height advantage. Albino began his youth career in Sporting Clube de Goa before moving to Salgaocar.

Salgaocar

Gomes was promoted to the Salgaocar first-team for 2012–13 season. He was included in the squad and was benched in the I-League match against Shillong Lajong on 9 February 2013. Being a fourth choice keeper, he didn't get many opportunities to play but won the 2012–13 Goa Professional League where he started in the final game against Churchill Brothers which ended in a 2–1 victory. He continued as a third choice keeper for next two seasons which gave him some gametime in Goa League and won the competition again in 2014–15 season. But didn't manage to make an appearance in any major tournament. On 17 July 2015, he extended his contract for another season. He returned from loan at Mumbai for 2015–16 I-League. It was thought that Gomes would finally get his long-awaited proper debut at a major tournament for Salgaocar as he was second choice keeper behind Karanjit Singh but his luck didn't worked and he remained on the bench in all league and Federation Cup games.

Mumbai City

On 10 July 2015, during the 2015 Indian Super League draft, Gomes was picked by Mumbai City FC as their final pick. He made his debut and only appearance of the season against Pune City on 5 October 2015. He started and played the whole match but conceded three goals as Mumbai City fell 3–1. On 12 July 2016, Gomes signed for Mumbai on a permanent deal. He was second choice keeper behind Roberto Volpato but managed to make four starts and keep two cleansheets as Mumbai lost to…

Gomes was selected by Stephen Constantine for the India U23 side that took part in the 2016 AFC U23 qualifiers. Albino was called up for the national team on several occasion but was left out on the bench.

Albino idolised Gianluigi Buffon and former Indian international goalkeeper Subrata Pal.