José Gomes

Born in Bissau, Gomes, after participating in a 2011 youth tournament in Portugal, returned to the country a year later to join Benfica's youth academy at the age of 13. Gomes made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Cova da Piedade on 6 August 2016. 22 days later, he scored his first goal for the reserve team in a 2–1 away win at Vizela. He debuted for the first-team, playing only 128 seconds, in a 2–1 win at Arouca in Primeira Liga on 9 September, becoming Benfica's third youngest player to debut for the main team. Gomes was loaned to fellow top-flight team Portimonense for 2019–20. Having made only one substitute appearance against Gil Vicente, he headed to Lechia Gdańsk of the Polish Ekstraklasa in February 2020, for the rest of the season. He managed only one goal during his time on the Baltic Sea coast, in a 3–2 loss away to Lech Poznań on 12 July. On 15 February, Gomes moved to Bulgaria, signing with Cherno More. On 4 February 2022, Gomes signed with Italian Serie C club Seregno In January 2023, Gomes joined rivals Universitate Cluj on loan until the end of the season with the option to purchase. On 22 June 2023, Gomes signed a one-year contract with recently-promoted to Cypriot First Division club Ethnikos Achna.

At the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Gomes was crowned both Golden Player and top scorer.

Benfica

Primeira Liga: 2016–17 Taça de Portugal: 2016–17 Lechia Gdańsk

Polish Cup runner-up: 2019–20 Universitatea Cluj

Cupa României runner-up: 2022–23 Portugal U17

UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2016 Portugal U19

UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2018 Individual

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Top goalscorer (7 goals) 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship - Golden Player Award