Saná Gomes (footballer, born 1999)

Saná Gomes
Personal information
Date of birth	10 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Omonia Aradippou
Number	92
Youth career
2010–2013	Fontainhas
2013–2014	Estoril
2014–2015	Chaves
2015–2016	Leiria
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Leiria
2017–2019	Braga
2017–2018	→ Montalegre (loan)
2018	→ 1º Dezembro (loan)
2019–2020	Sertanense
2020–2022	Noah
2022–2023	Debrecen
2023	→ Beroe Stara Zagora (loan)
2023	Belenenses
2024	Anadia
2024–	Omonia Aradippou
International career‡
2022–	Guinea-Bissau
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 July 2023

Saná Gomes (born 10 October 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Cypriot club Omonia Aradippou and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Gomes is a youth product of the academies of Fontainhas, Estoril, Chaves, and Leiria. He began his senior career with Leiria in 2016.^[1] He moved to Braga in 2017, and had short loan stints with Montalegre and 1º Dezembro before moving to Sertanense in 2019.^[2] He moved to Armenia with Noah in 2020.^[3] Gomes made his professional debut with Noah in a 4–2 Armenian Premier League win over Pyunik on 7 March 2020.^[4]

On 30 January 2023, Saná joined Bulgarian side Beroe Stara Zagora on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.^[5]

On 8 July 2023, Saná signed a one-year contract with recently promoted Liga Portugal 2 side Belenenses.^[6] Five months later, the club terminated his contract.^[7]

International career

Gomes debuted with Guinea-Bissau in a friendly 3–0 win over Equatorial Guinea on 23 March 2022.^[8]

Honour

Noah

References

^ "Sana Gomes". 4 June 2020.
^ "Saná Gomes chega a Montalegre emprestado pelo Sp. Braga". www.record.pt.
^ "Noah has extended the contract with Portuguese defender Sana Gomes". fcnoah.org.
^ "Noah vs. Pyunik - 7 March 2020 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
^ ""Дебрецен" преотстъпи Сана на "Берое"" [Debrecen loaned Sana to Beroe] (in Bulgarian). Beroe Stara Zagora. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Internacional guineense Saná Gomes chega da Bulgária para a defesa azul" [Bissau-Guinean international Saná Gomes arrives from Bulgaria for the blue's defense] (in European Portuguese). CF Os Belenenses. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ "Belenenses começa a reformular o plantel e dispensa Clé e Saná Gomes" [Belenenses begins to reformulate the squad and dismisses Clé and Saná Gomes]. Record (in European Portuguese). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "BACIRO CANDÉ APOSTA EM OITO ESTREIAS NO ONZE DOS DJURTUS CONTRA GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". 23 March 2022.

External links

Saná Gomes at Soccerway

[1] "Sana Gomes". 4 June 2020.

[2] "Saná Gomes chega a Montalegre emprestado pelo Sp. Braga". www.record.pt.

[3] "Noah has extended the contract with Portuguese defender Sana Gomes". fcnoah.org.

[4] "Noah vs. Pyunik - 7 March 2020 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.

[5] ""Дебрецен" преотстъпи Сана на "Берое"" [Debrecen loaned Sana to Beroe] (in Bulgarian). Beroe Stara Zagora. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

[6] "Internacional guineense Saná Gomes chega da Bulgária para a defesa azul" [Bissau-Guinean international Saná Gomes arrives from Bulgaria for the blue's defense] (in European Portuguese). CF Os Belenenses. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[7] "Belenenses começa a reformular o plantel e dispensa Clé e Saná Gomes" [Belenenses begins to reformulate the squad and dismisses Clé and Saná Gomes]. Record (in European Portuguese). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[8] "BACIRO CANDÉ APOSTA EM OITO ESTREIAS NO ONZE DOS DJURTUS CONTRA GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". 23 March 2022.

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