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CARLOS SAVOURS TASTE OF SHRIMPS

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The LeaguePaper Team
4 October 2020

By Peter White

MAKING STRIDES: Morcambe’s Carlos Mendes Gomes holds off Newcastle’s Joelinton in the Carabao Cup
PICTURE: PA Images

BORN in the Senegalese capital and raised in Lanzarote, there were probably more obvious routes into professional football for Carlos Mendes Gomes than the English fourth tier with Morecambe.
The exciting attacker was only 19 when he signed his first Shrimps deal in 2018, but arrived with an intriguing track record and an incredible variety of football experiences. From lining up opposite current Inter Milan star Achraf Hakimi while at the Atleti...

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