Gomis Alfred
Amigo Alfred Junior Gomis is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Como, on loan from Ligue 1 club Rennes, and the Senegal national team. Born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, he moved in Cuneo, Italy with his family soon afterwards. He has two brothers who are also footballers: Lys and Maurice. He is a dual citizen of Italy and Senegal. He is of Bissau-Guinean descent through his maternal family. Gomis grew up in the Torino youth system, and on 3 July 2013, he was officially loaned to Calabrian club Crotone in Serie B. On 14 September, he made his debut against Spezia, which ended 1–0 for the Rossoblu. Despite his young age and lack of experience, Gomis played as a starter collected 39 appearances, plus one appearance in the playoffs, as well as one in Coppa Italia. At the end of the season he was recalled by Torino, who decided to loan him again, but only after he was made available for the preliminaries of the Europa League as second choice goalkeeper, behind Daniele Padelli, against Brommapojkarna on 31 July 2014.
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This shirt was worn by Alfred Gomis the Fifa World Cup “Qatar 2022” game between Senegal and Netherlands which took place in Doha, “Al Thumama Stadium”, on November 21st 2022. Netherlands defeated Senegal 2-0 and at the end of the game, Gomis gave his shirt to a close friend of him whom we got it from. Gomis didn’t play the game as he was the substitute goalkeeper. This match was also the only World Cup game with the team playing with no match details on chest. Indeed, starting from the game against Qatar played on November 21st, the team played with match details on chest. Due his double citizenship, Italian and Senegalese, Gomis was called up to Italy under-20 in 2013 by Luigi Di Biagio, but did not make any appearances. In the same year, he was also called up to the Italy under-21 Serie B representative team by Massimo Piscedda, against the representative team from Russian Football National League. He was summoned by Piscedda for another game against the Italy under-21 played at the Partenio in Avellino. A starter on this occasion, he remained on the field for 68 minutes without conceding a goal. Gomis was then called up by the Senegal national team, making his senior international debut on 14 November 2017, starting in a 2–1 victory against South Africa in the last qualifying match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In May 2018 he was named in Senegal’s 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[28] He participated in the 2021 AFCON. He was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation’s victory at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
