*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2024
Oswaldo Gomes (30 April 1886 – 5 July 1963), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward for Fluminense FC. Oswaldo Gomes is the scorer of the first goal in the history of the Brazil national football team, against Exeter City F.C., on 21 July 1914.
Oswaldo Gomes was part of the squad that won the first ever Campeonato Carioca, in 1906, when Fluminense FC started a sequence of four titles in a row. There he and remained until 1922, making 197 appearances and scoring 42 goals for Fluminense FC. He is the all-time record holder in Campeonato Carioca titles, with 8 in total. In 1911, he showed loyalty to his beloved club and was one of the athletes who refused to form the football department of CR Flamengo, who was creating then their football department. Until 1922, he his career exclusively to Fluminense FC.
Gomes was also president of the Brazilian Sports Confederation (current CBF), from 1922, the year he retired as an athlete, until 1924.[1][2][3]
Oswaldo Gomes was responsible for the first goal in Brazil's history, in the 28th minute of the game, against Exeter City.[4] He also played two more matches against clubs (Columbian FC and Sportivo Barracas), in addition to the first two Full A matches, against Argentina, in the 1914 Copa Roca and in a friendly match. He also had the responsibility of being Brazil's coach in the 1920 South American Championship, alongside Agostinho Fortes, the team captain.[5]
