Heurelho Gomes

Heurelho Gomes in September 2006

Heurelho da Silva Gomes ( * February 15, 1981 in João Pinheiro ) is a Brazilian football goalkeeper. Currently he is in the Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur under contract.

  • 2.1 club
  • 2.2 national team
  • 2.3 Custom

Career

Association

He started in the neighboring Sete Lagoas at the local Esporte Clube Democrata play with the football. Then he went to Clube de Regatas Brasil and further Guarani FC. Then he moved to the youth department of Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte. There he was discovered by the Dutch scout Piet de Visser and conveys to PSV Eindhoven, where he signed a contract in 2004. On 11 August 2004, he was against Red Star Belgrade his debut for PSV. After initial criticism Gomes developed for secure support. In its first year, the PSV reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. As a goalkeeper, he was with the club between 2005 and 2008 four times in a row by Dutch masters.

With good performances he became a crowd favorite in Eindhoven. In the 2004/05 season Gomes was 971 minutes long tight at the back. In the same year he made it more 817 minutes in a row, allowing a goal. 2006/ 07 he almost broke his own record when he was 956 minutes at a time without conceding again. The record of 1082 minutes, the Heinz Stuy had set up in 1971, but Gomes could not break. At the end of this season only on goal difference decided the championship, in which the PSV to score more in the Plus was as Ajax Amsterdam.

In the winter of 2007/08 season there were some clashes between the Board and the PSV Gomes, so they separated end of the season. On June 26, 2008 Gomes signed a contract with Tottenham Hotspur. In a friendly 19 July 2008 against CD Denia he first played for Tottenham. In August 2008 he won the Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament his first cup with the English. In Tottenham, he went as the number one in the 2008/ 09 season. After Gomes certainly worked in the pre-season games, the team had a bad start to the new season. However, in the subsequent period, the Brazilian became the desired support. In the course of the 2009 /10, Gomes was seriously injured and was temporarily replaced by Carlo Cudicini, the Spurs officers were taken early in the season from Chelsea. After his recovery, he pushed Cudicini again. Through constant good performances he led his team to the Champions League participation 2010/11. This was for the first Tottenham qualifying for this competition since its introduction in 1992. Predecessor Am tournament, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the club had participated in 1962.

On January 31, 2013 Gomes moved to end of the season on loan to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, in which he replaced the weak form, and in the meantime suspended Tim Wiese. Gomes stood up to and including the 28th matchday of the gate in the relegation battle ends located Hoffenheim. In early April he retired in the match against Fortuna Dusseldorf a broken left metacarpal to, had to undergo surgery and fell for the rest of the season.

National

When CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003, a tournament to which Brazil sent a U -23, Gomes made ​​his debut in the Brazilian national football team. In the opening match against Mexico on 13 July 2003 he ran for the first time. During the tournament Gomes graduated five games and reached the final of the competition. There they lost 0-1 against the Mexican selection. The following year, he was the number one of the U-23 team that should qualify for the Olympic Summer Games, but failed. He was called into the squad for the Confederations Cup in 2005, was behind Dida and Marcos but only number three.

For the Soccer World Cup 2006 in the following year he was no longer taken into account by national coach Carlos Alberto Parreira. This preferred further Dida Rogério Ceni and and Julio Cesar. After its replacement by Dunga Gomes came to stakes in the national team. 2007 was the goalkeeper in the squad for the Copa America, which won the Brazilian team. But he was behind Doni again just spectators. In the following three years he was appointed regularly to the squad of the Seleção, without playing. In May 2010, coach Dunga called him into the squad for the World Cup in South Africa, but without getting chances on the trunk space between the posts. The team was eliminated in the quarter- final against the Netherlands, without that Gomes had been used.

Achievements

Association

  • Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol with Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte: 2003
  • Copa do Brasil with Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte: 2003
  • State Championship of Minas Gerais with Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte: 2002, 2003
  • Dutch champion with PSV Eindhoven: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • KNVB Cup with PSV Eindhoven: 2005
  • Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament with Tottenham Hotspur: 2008
  • Premier League Asia Trophy with Tottenham Hotspur: 2009

National

  • Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009
  • Copa America: 2007

Individually

  • Best goalkeepers in the Premier League: 2009
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