Albino Gomes

Albino Gomes (born 7 February 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC.[1]

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Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994
Place of birth Nuvem, Goa, India
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Kerala Blasters
Number 32
Youth career
Sporting Clube de Goa
Salgaocar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Salgaocar - (-)
2015 → Mumbai City (loan) 1 (0)
2016 Mumbai City 4 (0)
2016–2017 → Aizawl (loan) 18 (0)
2017–2019 Delhi Dynamos 8 (0)
2019–2020 Odisha 0 (0)
2020– Kerala Blasters 16 (0)
National team‡
2016-2017 India U23
2017-2019 India
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:40, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Early life and youth career

Born in Goa, India, Albino began playing football at the age of 12. He played as a striker but later became a goalkeeper due to his height advantage. Albino began his youth career in Sporting Clube de Goa[2] before moving to Salgaocar.[3][4]

Salgaocar

Gomes was promoted to the Salgaocar first-team in before the 2012–13 season. He was included in the squad and was benched in the I-League match against Shillong Lajong on 9 February 2013.[5]

Mumbai City

On 10 July 2015, during the 2015 Indian Super League draft, Gomes was picked by Mumbai City FC as their final pick in the draft.[6] He made his professional debut for the club during their opening game of the season against Pune City on 5 October 2015. He started and played the whole match but conceded three goals as Mumbai City fell 3–1.[7]

Aizawl FC

In 2016, Gomez was signed by Aizawl F.C for the 2016-17 I-League season. He was a crucial part of the team, as he won the I-League with Aizawl FC in the 2016-17 season and was also awarded with the best goalkeeper of the season. He was called up for the Indian national team after the season.[8]

Injury and hiatus

Gomes' performance in the I-League prompted Delhi Dynamos to buy him in the 2017-18 ISL Players Draft.[9] He made his debut for the Dynamos against Pune City on 22 November 2017. He later went on to play for the club in the next three games. Unfortunately he later suffered back-to-back injuries and went into a hiatus for almost three seasons.[10]

Odisha FC

Albino was included in the squad of renamed Delhi Dynamos FC, Odisha FC for the 2019-20 Indian Super League season[11] but was left out of every matches due to his injury that occurred during the pre-season.[12]

Kerala Blasters

On 8 June 2020, Albino signed for Kerala Blasters.[13] He made his debut for Kerala Blasters against the newly formed ATK Mohun Bagan which ended 1–0 in the favor of ATK Mohun Bagan.[14] On the match against Chennaiyin FC on 29 November 2020, Albino played a pivotal role in securing a point for Kerala Blasters by saving a penalty and saving several shots from the opposition thereby claiming the Man of the Match award and finishing the match with a clean-sheet. The match ended 0–0.[15] During the match against Mumbai City Albino saved a penalty in the 78th minute becoming the only goalkeeper to save 3 penalties in a single Indian Super League season since 2015.[16] Albino assisted for the first time in his career for the goal scored by Jordan Murray against SC East Bengal on 15 January 2021 which ended in a 1-1 draw.[17] Thus he became the first Indian goalkeeper and second in overall goalkeepers to have an assist in Indian Super League, second to former Delhi Dynamos goalkeeper, Toni Doblas.[18]

International career

Gomes was selected by Stephen Constantine for the India U23 side that took part in the 2016 AFC U23 qualifiers.[19][20] Albino was called up for the national team on several occasion but was left out on the bench.[21][22]

Personal life

Albino is a fan of current Juventus goalkeeper veteran Gianluigi Buffon and a fan of Indian international and current Hyderabad FC goalkeeper Subrata Pal.[23]

Career statistics
As of 15 January 2021[24][25]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Salgaocar 2012–13 I-League 0 — — — — — — — 0 0
Mumbai City (loan) 2015 ISL10——————10
Salgaocar 2015-16 I-League 0 — — — — — — — 0 0
Mumbai City 2016 ISL40——————40
Aizawl (loan) 2016−17 I-League180——————180
Delhi Dynamos 2017−18 ISL40——————40
Delhi Dynamos 2018−1940——————40
Odisha FC 2019−2000——————00
Kerala Blasters FC 2020−21110——————110
Career total 420000000420

Honours

Aizawl

I-League: 2016–17

References
  1. "First Team - Kerala Blasters FC". Kerala Blasters Official Website. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. "Albino Gomes - Indian Super League Profile and Biography". www.indiansuperleague.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. "I want to break into the national team: Kerala Blasters goalkeeper Albino Gomes". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. "Albino Gomes - Biography". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. "Salgaocar 2-0 Shillong Lajong". Soccerway.
  6. "As it happened: Indian Super League players auction and draft". Times of India. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. "Pune City 3-1 Mumbai City". Soccerway.
  8. "Albino Gomes - I wanted to join Kerala Blasters because of their fans | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. "ISL 2017-18 Player Draft: From big-money moves to smart signings, complete list of players picked up". Firstpost. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  10. "Kerala Blasters bring in Albino Gomes to solve goalkeeping woes - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. "Odisha FC » Squad 2019/2020". World Football. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  12. Ojha, Chiranjit (4 December 2019). "Albino Gomes races against time to recover from injury & return to Odisha FC". The Fan Garage. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  13. "Kerala Blasters bring in Albino Gomes to solve goalkeeping woes". The New Indian Express. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  14. "Kerala Blasters vs ATK Mohun Bagan | Match 01 | Indian Super League 2020-21". www.indiansuperleague.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  15. "Chennaiyin FC vs Kerala Blasters FC | Match 11 | Indian Super League 2020-21". www.indiansuperleague.com. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  16. "ISL 2020-21 news: Kerala Blasters' Albino Gomes makes third penalty save". Sportstar. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  17. "SC East Bengal vs Kerala Blasters FC | Live Score Update, Commentary and more". www.indiansuperleague.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  18. "Albino Gomes - The 1st Indian and only the 2nd goalkeeper in Hero ISL to provide an assist!". Indian Super League (Twitter). 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  19. "Constantine names 32 probables for FIFA World Cup qualifier". Rediff. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  20. "ISL: Goalkeeper Albino Gomes signs for Kerala Blasters FC". ANI. (The sentence is given in the source). 9 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. "Albino Gomes: I need to win the ISL trophy with Kerala Blasters". Khel Now. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  22. "Albino Gomes - Player Info". GSA. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  23. "ISL 2017-18: Delhi Dynamos' Albino Gomes has proven calibre, but recovering from injury poses tough challenge". Firstpost. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  24. Albino Gomes at Soccerway
  25. "Albino Gomes - Player Info". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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