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

Dálcio
Dálcio with Red Star Belgrade in 2024
Personal information
Full name Euciodálcio Gomes
Date of birth (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Red Star Belgrade
Number 22
Youth career
2006–2007 Beira Mar Almada
2007–2008 Foot-21
2008–2010 Sporting CP
2010–2011 Foot-21
2011–2012 Ginásio Corroios
2012–2015 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Belenenses 17 (0)
2015–2019 Benfica B 50 (2)
2015Belenenses (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2018Rangers (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019Belenenses SAD (loan) 23 (0)
2019–2021 Panetolikos 61 (1)
2021–2022 Ionikos 31 (4)
2022–2024 APOEL 65 (5)
2024– Red Star Belgrade 8 (0)
International career
2015 Portugal U19 8 (2)
2016 Portugal U20 6 (1)
2022– Guinea-Bissau 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022

Club career

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On 18 January 2015, Dálcio made his professional debut with Belenenses in a 2014–15 Primeira Liga match against Gil Vicente.[2]

In the 2015–16 season he joined defending champions Benfica,[3] but stayed at Belenenses on a one-year loan deal.[4] In January 2016, he returned to Benfica, joining its reserve team in the Segunda Liga.[5]

On 6 June 2017, Dálcio joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers on a season-long loan deal.[6] He made his debut for Rangers against Progrès Niederkorn in the first qualifying round of Europa League on 29 June 2017,[7] 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.[8]

After a loan to Belenenses SAD for the 2018–19 season, Dálcio made a permanent move from Benfica to Panetolikos in Superleague Greece.[9] On 25 August 2019, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 away loss against PAOK.[10]

On 3 July 2021, he joined Ionikos FC on a free transfer.[11]

International career

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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.[12] He debuted with Guinea-Bissau in a friendly 3–0 win over Equatorial Guinea on 23 March 2022.[13]

Career statistics

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As of match played 27 May 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belenenses 2014–15 Primeira Liga 16 0 0 0 2 1 18 1
2015–16 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 8 0
2018–19 23 0 1 0 4 0 28 0
Total 42 0 1 0 7 1 54 1
Benfica B 2015–16 LigaPro 17 1 0 0 17 0
2016–17 33 1 0 0 0 0 33 0
Total 50 2 0 0 0 0 50 2
Rangers 2017–18[8] Scottish Premiership 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Panetolikos 2019–20 Super League Greece 30 1 4 1 34 2
2020–21 31 0 2 0 33 0
Total 61 1 6 1 67 2
Ionikos 2021–22 Super League Greece 30 2 3 1 33 3
APOEL 2022–23 Cypriot First Division 34 2 4 2 6 0 44 4
2023–24 31 3 0 0 6 0 37 3
Total 65 5 4 2 12 0 81 7
Career total 249 10 14 4 7 1 18 0 288 15

References

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  1. ^ "Dálcio Gomes". crvenazvezdafk.com.
  2. ^ "Belenenses 2-0 Gil Vicente". Zerozero. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ Ruela, João (27 June 2015). "Conheça os 10 novos reforços do Benfica" [Meet the 10 new Benfica players] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Dálcio: "Quero impressionar o míster Sá Pinto"" [Dálcio: "I want to impress mister Sá Pinto"] (in Portuguese). Record. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Benfica: Dálcio já foi inscrito na equipa B" [Benfica: Dálcio was already registered with the B team]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 9 January 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Rangers: Portuguese winger Dalcio signs season-long loan deal". BBC Sport. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Rangers 1-0 Progres Niederkorn". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 June 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Rangers Player Euciodálcio Gomes, Games Played". FitbaStats. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Dálcio muda-se para a Grécia" [Dálcio moves to Greece]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  10. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ - Παναιτωλικός 2-1: Έπαιξε όσο χρειαζόταν για το τρίποντο". www.sport24.gr. 25 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Ο Ιωνικός ανακοίνωσε τον Ντάλσιο (vid)" (in Greek). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Jogos amistosos: MAMADI CAMARÁ É NOVIDADE, PELÉ E JONAS MENDES FORA DA CONVOCATÓRIA DE MISTER CANDÉ".
  13. ^ "BACIRO CANDÉ APOSTA EM OITO ESTREIAS NO ONZE DOS DJURTUS CONTRA GUINÉ-EQUATORIAL". 23 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Dálcio". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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