Maurice Gomis

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Maurice Gomis

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|11|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cuneo, Italy

| image =

| height = 1.93 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Paradiso

| clubnumber = 13

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Cuneo

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2015| youthclubs2 = Torino

| years1 = 2015–2016 | clubs1 = Torino | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = → Delta Rovigo (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = → Mestre (loan) | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2017 | clubs4 = Cuneo | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = Nocerina | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018–2021 | clubs6 = SPAL | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = → Siracusa (loan) | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2019 | clubs8 = → Kukësi (loan) | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2021–2022 | clubs9 = Ayia Napa | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 0

| years10= 2024– | clubs10= Paradiso | caps10= 4 | goals10= 0

| nationalyears1 = 2022–

| nationalteam1 = Guinea-Bissau

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 22 June 2025

| ntupdate = 21:09, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

}}

Maurice Gomis (born 10 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Promotion League club Paradiso. Born in Italy, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

=Torino=

He is a product of Torino youth teams, just as his older brothers Lys Gomis and Alfred Gomis are, they are also both goalkeepers.{{cite web|publisher=Il Gazzettino|url=https://ilgazzettino.it/pay/rovigo_pay/gomis_porta_al_delta_arriva_dynasty-1179346.html|title=Gomis, in porta al Delta arriva una dynasty|date=5 August 2015|language=Italian}} He was included on their Under-19 squad for the first time at the age of 16 in the 2014–15 season.{{cite web|publisher=Torino|url=http://torinofc.it/en/giovanili/2014-2015/primavera/rosa_5937|title=Primavera Tim 2014-2015 Girone A|accessdate=24 October 2018}} He did not make any appearances for that squad that season, serving as back-up for Andrea Zaccagno and Nicholas Lentini. In the next 2015–16 season he was sent on loans to Serie D teams, first Delta Rovigo and then Mestre.{{cite web|publisher=La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre|url=http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/sport/2016/01/09/news/mestre-ecco-maurice-gomis-e-daniel-ciave-1.12747940?refresh_ce|title=Mestre: ecco Maurice Gomis e Daniel Ciave|date=9 January 2016|language=Italian}}

On 19 July 2016, he joined his hometown team Cuneo on a permanent basis, also in the Serie D.{{cite web|publisher=Cuneo|url=http://www.cuneocalcio.it/news/cuneo-calcio/2549-i-primi-tesseramenti-per-la-nuova-stagione-sportiva.html|title=I primi tesseramenti per la nuova stagione sportiva|date=19 July 2016|language=Italian}} He became the first-choice goalkeeper for the club in the subsequent 2016–17 season.{{cite web|publisher=TuttoCalciatori|url=https://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Gomis_Maurice|title=Profile by TuttoCalciatori|accessdate=24 October 2018|language=Italian}}

On 29 August 2017, he moved to yet another Serie D club, this time Nocerina.{{cite web|publisher=Nocerina Live|url=http://www.nocerinalive.it/2017/08/29/nocerinaconosciamo-meglio-il-portiere-maurice-gomis/|title=CONOSCIAMO MEGLIO IL PORTIERE MAURICE GOMIS|date=29 August 2017|language=Italian}} At Nocerina, Gomis also was the first-choice goalkeeper.

=SPAL=

On 6 July 2018, he signed a three-year contract with Serie A club SPAL, where he became the back-up to his own brother Alfred.{{cite web|publisher=SPAL|url=https://www.spalferrara.it/maurice-gomis-un-giocatore-della-spal/|title=MAURICE GOMIS E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SPAL|date=6 July 2018|language=Italian}}

==Loan to Siracusa==

On 26 July 2018, he joined Serie C club Siracusa on a season-long loan.{{cite web|publisher=SPAL|url=https://www.spalferrara.it/la-spal-cede-prestito-al-siracusa-calcio-portiere-maurice-gomis/|title=LA SPAL CEDE IN PRESTITO AL SIRACUSA CALCIO IL PORTIERE MAURICE GOMIS|date=26 July 2018|language=Italian}} On 9 September 2018, he suffered minor injuries in a car accident which also killed the driver of the car, 27-year-old Siracusa club employee Davide Artale.{{cite web|publisher=Siracusa|url=http://www.siracusacalciosrl.it/produzione/2018/09/09/siracusa-lacrime-davide/|title=Siracusa, in lacrime per Davide|date=9 September 2018|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025082538/http://www.siracusacalciosrl.it/produzione/2018/09/09/siracusa-lacrime-davide/|archive-date=25 October 2018}}

Upon his recovery, he made his Serie C debut for Siracusa on 15 October 2018 in a game against Reggina.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/10/15/italy/serie-c1/reggina-calcio/us-siracusa/2919698/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=15 October 2018}}

==Loan to Kukësi==

On 31 January 2019, he moved to Albania on a new loan to Kukësi.{{cite web|publisher=Kukësi|url=http://fk-kukesi.al/2019/02/01/zyrtare-maurice-gomis-huazohet-tek-fk-kukesi/|title=ZYRTARE/MAURICE GOMIS HUAZOHET TEK FK KUKËSI|language=Albanian|date=31 January 2019}}

International career

Gomis was called up by Guinea-Bissau in late May 2021.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spalferrara.it/maurice-gomis-convocato-dalla-nazionale-della-giunea-bissau/|title=MAURICE GOMIS CONVOCATO DALLA NAZIONALE DELLA GUINEA-BISSAU|website=S.P.A.L.|language=it|accessdate=31 May 2021}} He debuted with them in a 0–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tie with Sudan on 11 January 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243269/match-report|title=CAFOnline.com|first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du|last=Football|website=CAFOnline.com}}

Personal life

Gomis' older brothers, Lys and Alfred, have represented Senegal internationally. He is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent.{{Cite news|url=https://www.laguida.it/2021/05/29/maurice-gomis-nella-nazionale-della-guinea-bissau/|title=Maurice Gomis nella nazionale della Guinea Bissau|language=it|date=29 May 2021|accessdate=31 May 2021}}