Mendes Gomes joined Wanderers from Luton Town in the summer of 2023 to continue a footballing journey that included stays in Atletico Madrid's youth team and West Didsbury and Chorlton in the North-West Counties League.

It was playing in Greater Manchester that the Senegal-born forward was spotted by Morecambe and handed a route into professional football in May, 2018.

Mendes Gomes spent three years with Morecambe and finished as their top scorer as the Shrimps were promoted to League One in 2021. That secured a move to Luton Town and a taste of the Championship before a season-long loan to Fleetwood Town in 2022/23.

Wanderers then paid an undisclosed fee to bring the versatile attacker to the Toughsheet Community Stadium on a three-year deal with Mendes Gomes hoping for better luck with injuries as he entered the final year of that deal.