Andre Gomes Everton shirt number revealed

Everton today added Andre Gomes on loan from Barcelona.

The player will wear the #8 shirt for the Toffees, after previously wearing the #21 for both Barcelona and Valencia before that. He wore the #30 for Benfica when he played in Portugal. In his last Portuguese national team appearance in late 2017, he wore the #15 jersey.

The iconic number 8 has been previously worn by the following players at Everton, going back to the ‘70s - Ross Barkley (16/17), Bryan Oviedo (12/13 - 15/16), Louis Saha (09/10 - 11/12), Segundo Castillo (08/09), Andy Johnson(07/08), James Beattie (04/05 - 05/06), Tomasz Radzinski (01/02 - 03/04), Alex Nyarko (00/01), Nick Barmby (97/98 - 99/00), Paul Rideout (95/96 - 96/97), Graham Stuart (93/94 - 94/95), Peter Beardsley (91/92), Stuart McCall (88/89 - 90/91), John Ebbrell (88/89 - 90/91), Peter Reid (88/89), Pat Nevin (88/89), Trevor Steven (88/89), Adrian Heath (81/82 - 87/88), Ian Snodin (87/88), Wayne Clarke (87/88), Gary Lineker (85/86), Graeme Sharp (82/83 - 84/85), Andy Gray (83/84 - 84/85), Paul Wilkinson (84/85), Alan Harper (84/85), Terry Curran (84/85), Andy King (82/83 - 83/84), Steve McMahon(82/83), David Johnson (82/83), Peter Eastoe (80/81 - 81/82), Eamon O’Keefe (81/82), Trevor Ross (81/82), Asa Hartford(80/81), Colin Todd (79/80), Billy Wright (79/80), Gary Stanley (79/80), Martin Dobson (76/77 - 78/79), Joe Harper(73/74), Mike Bernard (73/74), Mick Buckley (73/74).