Diana Gomes (footballer)

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

Diana Gomes
Personal information
Full name Diana Catarina Ribeiro Gomes
Date of birth (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998
Place of birth Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre-back/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 S.C. Braga
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– S.C. 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

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 played any match in the competition and Portugal was eliminated in the tournament first stage.

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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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