Yago Gomes

Yago Gomes
Personal information
Full name Yago Gomes do Nascimento
Date of birth (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Beberibe, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cham
Number 22
Youth career
2005–2013 Flums
2013–2017 St. Gallen
2017–2019 Vaduz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Vaduz 39 (0)
2022–2023 St. Gallen U21 31 (0)
2023– Cham 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023

Yago Gomes do Nascimento (born 8 September 2001) is a Swiss-Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cham in the Swiss Promotion League.

Early life

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Gomes was born in Beberibe, Brazil to a Brazilian father and Swiss mother, and holds both nationalities. He moved from Brazil, to the Swiss town Flums at the age of 4.[1]

Career

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Gomes began playing football locally in Flums, before moving to the academies of St. Gallen and Vaduz.[1] Gomes made his professional debut with Vaduz in a 2–0 Swiss Super League loss to FC St. Gallen on 20 January 2021.[2]

On 26 July 2023, SC Cham announced the signings of Yago Gomes and Elias Mesonero, both on a one-year contract.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Junior, Muniz (13 November 2020). "BR no Mundo: Yago Gomes". Medium.
  2. ^ "St. Gallen vs. Vaduz - 20 January 2021 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Kader update 1. Mannschaft" [Roster update 1st team]. sccham.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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