{{EngvarB|date=June 2025}} {{Short description|Footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Toti Gomes | image = Tote Gomes (cropped) Wolves vs West Ham United Full Time.jpg | caption = Gomes playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2023 | full_name = Tote António Gomes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/3044867 |title=Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League |publisher=Premier League |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|1|16}} | birth_place = Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | height = 1.87 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/teams/mens-first-team/toti/ |title=Toti |publisher=Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> | position = Centre-back, left-back | currentclub = Wolverhampton Wanderers | clubnumber = 24 | youthyears1 = 2014–2016 | youthclubs1 = Fontainhas | youthyears2 = 2016–2017 | youthclubs2 = GDS Cascais | youthyears3 = 2017–2018 | youthclubs3 = Estoril | years1 = 2018–2020 | clubs1 = Estoril | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2020– | clubs2 = Wolverhampton Wanderers | caps2 = 101 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2020–2022 | clubs3 = → Grasshoppers (loan) | caps3 = 50 | goals3 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U20 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2023– | nationalteam2 = Portugal | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 23:57, 27 February 2026 (UTC) | ntupdate = 21 March 2024 (UTC) }} '''Tote António Gomes''' (born 16 January 1999), also known mononymously as '''Toti''', is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for and captains {{English football updater|WolverhW}} club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he plays for the Portugal national team.
==Club career== Gomes made his LigaPro debut for Estoril on 5 May 2019 in a game against Académico Viseu.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/05/05/portugal/liga-de-honra/gd-estoril-praia/academico-viseu-fc/2826491/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=5 May 2019}}</ref>
On 2 September 2020, Gomes was signed by English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers and immediately loaned out to Swiss Challenge League side Grasshoppers for the 2020–21 season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Estoril|url=https://estorilpraia.pt/comunicado-toti-gomes/|title=Comunicado – Toti Gomes|date=2 September 2020|language=Portuguese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New signing heads out on loan|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/under-23/20200904-new-signing-heads-out-on-loan/|date=4 September 2020|publisher=Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C}}</ref> His first appearance for the Swiss club was a start in the opening game, against Winterthur, which Grasshopper won. He scored his first goal for the Swiss side during a 5–2 loss against Kriens.
After a successful campaign with the Swiss club, which saw them promoted to the Swiss Super League, Gomes returned to Grasshoppers on another season-long loan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gomes to remain out on loan|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/academy/20210629-gomes-to-remain-out-on-loan/|date=29 June 2021|publisher=Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C}}</ref> He spent the first half of the 2021–22 season at Grasshopper but was then recalled by his parent club to spend January training at Wolverhampton before a potential return to Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gomes checks in at Compton|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/first-team/20220104-gomes-checks-in-at-compton/|date=4 January 2022|publisher=Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C}}</ref>
With Romain Saïss away at the Africa Cup of Nations, Wolverhampton recalled Gomes at the same time as signing his Grasshoppers teammate, Hayao Kawabe. Gomes made his Wolverhampton Wanderers début in Saïss's position on 15 January 2022 in a 3–1 Premier League victory over Southampton at Molineux.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59918929|title=Wolves 3–1 Southampton: Adama Traoré's first goal of season seals win|work=BBC Sport|first=Mantej|last=Mann|date=22 January 2022}}</ref> On 21 March 2022, Gomes signed a new contract with Wolves until 2027.<ref>{{cite web |title=Toti commits future to Wolves|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220321-toti-commits-future-to-wolves/|publisher=Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> Toti scored his first goal for Wolves, and his first goal in the Premier League, on 6 May 2023 against Aston Villa at Molineux: it turned out to be the only goal of the game as Wolves won 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65433557|title=Wolves 1–0 Aston Villa: Wolves edge out Villa to banish relegation fears|work=BBC Sport|first=Matthew|last=Howarth|date= 6 May 2023}}</ref>
Toti made his 50th competitive appearance for Wolves in a 4–2 win away to Chelsea in the Premier League on 4 February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68120824|title=Chelsea 2–4 Wolves|last=Poole|first=Harry|website=BBC Sport|date=4 February 2024|access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>
On 8 February 2024, Wolves announced Toti had signed a five-and-a-half-year contract extension keeping him at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 2029.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20240208-toti-signs-new-long-term-deal/|last=Senior|first=Jamie|title=Toti signs new long-term deal | Men's First-Team | News |publisher=Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|date=8 February 2024|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
On 16 August 2025, ahead of the club's first match of the season against Manchester City, Toti was named club captain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toti {{!}} 'Everybody was fighting for a good result'|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20250817-toti-everybody-was-fighting-for-a-good-result/|date=17 August 2025|access-date=17 August 2025|publisher=Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|website=wolves.co.uk|quote=The defender, who was revealed as the new club captain pre-match...}}</ref> A week later, in their 1–0 defeat to Bournemouth, Toti was shown his first red card in his Wolves career as he produced a foul on Evanilson leading to a denial of goalscoring opportunity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c3ezw911qjqt|title=Bournemouth 1–0 Wolves|last=Howarth|first=Matthew|website=BBC Sport|date=23 August 2025|access-date=26 August 2025}}</ref>
==International career== Eligible for both Guinea-Bissau and Portugal, Gomes represented Portugal at under-20 level. On 29 May 2023, Gomes was called up to the Portugal senior national team for the first time, for Euro 2024 qualifiers against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iceland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/News/Todas-as-not%C3%ADcias/Not%C3%ADcia/news/40252|title=Roberto Martinez convoca para Bósnia e Islândia|website=fpf.pt|language=pt-PT|date=29 May 2023}}</ref>
Gomes made his senior debut for Portugal on 16 November 2023, starting and playing the full match in a 2–0 away victory over Liechtenstein, during qualifying for UEFA Euro 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=Toti Gomes após a estreia na Seleção: "Selecionador pediu-me para fazer o que sempre fiz" |trans-title=Toti Gomes after National Team debut: «The manager asked me to do what I've always done» |url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/competicoes-de-selecoes/europeu/euro-2024/detalhe/toti-gomes-apos-a-estreia-na-selecao-selecionador-pediu-me-para-fazer-o-que-sempre-fiz |access-date=16 November 2023 |website= |publisher=Record |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 6 March 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup, Swiss Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Estoril |2018–19<ref name="Toti Soccerway">{{cite web |title=Toti Profile |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/tote-antonio-gomes/592450/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |publisher=Soccerway}}</ref> |LigaPro |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- |2019–20<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |LigaPro |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!3!!0 |- |rowspan="7"|Wolverhampton Wanderers |2020–21<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Premier League |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |2021–22<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Premier League |4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- |2022–23<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Premier League |17||1||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||20||1 |- |2023–24<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Premier League |35||1||5||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||42||2 |- |2024–25<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Premier League |31||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- |2025–26<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Premier League |14||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !101!!2!!11!!0!!6!!1!!0!!0!!118!!3 |- |rowspan="3"|Grasshoppers (loan) |2020–21<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Swiss Challenge League |34||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||2 |- |2021–22<ref name="Toti Soccerway"/> |Swiss Super League |16||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !50!!3!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!53!!3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !154!!5!!14!!0!!6!!1!!0!!0!!174!!6 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://www.wolves.co.uk/teams/mens-first-team/toti/ Profile] at the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. website *{{FPF national player}} *{{UEFA player}}
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