Dálcio

{{Short description|Bissau-Guinean footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dálcio

| image = Dálcio (cropped).jpg

| full_name = Euciodálcio Gomes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Almada, Portugal

| height = 1.80 m{{cite web |url=https://www.crvenazvezdafk.com/zvezda-tim/dasilo-gomes |title=Dálcio Gomes|website=crvenazvezdafk.com}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Ankaragücü
(on loan from Red Star Belgrade)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs1 = Beira Mar Almada

| youthyears2 = 2007–2008

| youthclubs2 = Foot-21

| youthyears3 = 2008–2010

| youthclubs3 = Sporting CP

| youthyears4 = 2010–2011

| youthclubs4 = Foot-21

| youthyears5 = 2011–2012

| youthclubs5 = Ginásio Corroios

| youthyears6 = 2012–2015

| youthclubs6 = Belenenses

| years1 = 2014–2015

| clubs1 = Belenenses

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015–2019

| clubs2 = Benfica B

| caps2 = 50

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2015

| clubs3 = → Belenenses (loan)

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = → Rangers (loan)

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2018–2019

| clubs5 = → Belenenses SAD (loan)

| caps5 = 23

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2019–2021

| clubs6 = Panetolikos

| caps6 = 61

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = Ionikos

| caps7 = 31

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2022–2024

| clubs8 = APOEL

| caps8 = 65

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2024–

| clubs9 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps9 = 13

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2025–

| clubs10 = → Ankaragücü (loan)

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2015

| nationalteam1 = Portugal U19

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2016

| nationalteam2 = Portugal U20

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2022–

| nationalteam3 = Guinea-Bissau

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 22 December 2024

| nationalteam-update = 25 September 2022

| upright = 0.8

| caption = Dálcio with Red Star Belgrade in 2024

}}

Euciodálcio Gomes (born 22 May 1996), known as Dálcio, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ankaragücü on loan from Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade. Born in Portugal, he represents the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

On 18 January 2015, Dálcio made his professional debut with Belenenses in a 2014–15 Primeira Liga match against Gil Vicente.{{cite web|date=18 January 2015|title=Belenenses 2-0 Gil Vicente|url=https://www.thefinalball.com/jogo.php?id=3597274|website=Zerozero|access-date=13 July 2015}}

In the 2015–16 season he joined defending champions Benfica,{{cite web |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/benfica/interior/conheca-os-novos-reforcos-do-benfica-4648648.html |title=Conheça os 10 novos reforços do Benfica |language=Portuguese |trans-title=Meet the 10 new Benfica players |last=Ruela |first=João |date=27 June 2015 |publisher=Diário de Notícias |access-date=28 June 2015}} but stayed at Belenenses on a one-year loan deal.{{cite web |url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Belenenses/interior.aspx?content_id=958566 |title=Dálcio: "Quero impressionar o míster Sá Pinto" |language=Portuguese |trans-title=Dálcio: "I want to impress mister Sá Pinto" |date=29 June 2015 |publisher=Record |access-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707223247/http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Belenenses/interior.aspx?content_id=958566 |archivedate=7 July 2015}} In January 2016, he returned to Benfica, joining its reserve team in the Segunda Liga.{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/ii-liga/08-01-2016/benfica-dalcio-ja-foi-inscrito-na-equipa-b|website=Maisfutebol|title=Benfica: Dálcio já foi inscrito na equipa B|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Benfica: Dálcio was already registered with the B team|date=9 January 2016|access-date=13 June 2017}}

On 6 June 2017, Dálcio joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan deal.{{cite news|date=6 June 2017|title=Rangers: Portuguese winger Dalcio signs season-long loan deal|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40157150|website=BBC Sport|access-date=6 June 2017}} He made his debut for Rangers against Progrès Niederkorn in the first qualifying round of Europa League on 29 June 2017,{{cite news|title=Rangers 1-0 Progres Niederkorn|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40410727|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Sport|date=29 June 2017 }} and also featured in the second leg on 4 July. He made his only league appearance for Rangers after coming on in added time against Hamilton Academical in a 4–1 away win on 29 September.{{cite web|title=Rangers Player Euciodálcio Gomes, Games Played|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player_games.php?playerid=8091|website=FitbaStats|accessdate=24 September 2017}}

After a loan to Belenenses SAD for the 2018–19 season, Dálcio made a permanent move from Benfica to Panetolikos in Superleague Greece.{{cite news|date=30 June 2019|title=Dálcio muda-se para a Grécia|trans-title=Dálcio moves to Greece|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/agora/noticias/2018-2019/06/30/futebol-benfica-dalcio-transferencia-panetolikos-grecia|language=pt|work=S.L. Benfica|access-date=30 June 2019}} On 25 August 2019, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 away loss against PAOK.{{cite news|title=ΠΑΟΚ - Παναιτωλικός 2-1: Έπαιξε όσο χρειαζόταν για το τρίποντο |url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/SuperLeague/paok-panaitwlikos-2-1-epaikse-oso-xreiazotan-gia-to-triponto.5583506.html |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=25 August 2019}}

On 3 July 2021, he joined Ionikos FC on a free transfer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/superleague/2021368/o-ionikos-anakoinose-ton-ntalsio-vid|title=Ο Ιωνικός ανακοίνωσε τον Ντάλσιο (vid)|access-date=3 July 2021|language=el}}

International career

Born in Portugal, Dálcio is of Bissau-Guinean descent. He was called up to represent the Guinea-Bissau national team for a pair of friendlies in March 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.odemocratagb.com/?p=36690|title=Jogos amistosos: MAMADI CAMARÁ É NOVIDADE, PELÉ E JONAS MENDES FORA DA CONVOCATÓRIA DE MISTER CANDÉ}} He debuted with Guinea-Bissau in a friendly 3–0 win over Equatorial Guinea on 23 March 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://ogologb.net/2022/03/23/baciro-cande-aposta-em-oito-estreias-no-onze-dos-djurtus-contra-guine-equatorial/|title=BACIRO CANDÉ APOSTA EM OITO ESTREIAS NO ONZE DOS DJURTUS CONTRA GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL|date=23 March 2022}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 22 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=Dálcio|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/dalcio-gomes/394664/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=24 September 2017}}

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

!colspan="2"|League cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Belenenses

|2014–15

|Primeira Liga

|16

00021colspan="2"|—181
2015–16

|Primeira Liga

|3

000104080
2018–19

|Primeira Liga

|23

01040colspan="2"|—280
colspan="2"|Total

!42

01071colspan="2"|—541
rowspan="3"|Benfica B

|2015–16

|LigaPro

|17

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—170
2016–17

|LigaPro

|33

10000colspan="2"|—330
colspan="2"|Total

!50

20000colspan="2"|—502
Rangers

|2017–18

|Scottish Premiership

|1

000002030
rowspan="3"|Panetolikos

|2019–20

|Super League Greece

|30

141colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—342
2020–21

|Super League Greece

|31

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—330
colspan="2"|Total

!61

161colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—672
Ionikos

|2021–22

|Super League Greece

|30

231colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—333
rowspan="3"|APOEL

|2022–23

|Cypriot First Division

|34

242colspan="2"|—60444
2023–24

|Cypriot First Division

|31

300colspan="2"|—60373
colspan="2"|Total

!65

542colspan="2"|—120817
Red Star Belgrade

|2024–25

|Serbian SuperLiga

|13

010colspan="2"|—70210
colspan="3"|Career total

!262

101547125030915

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