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Guus Hetterscheid

‘I’m probably the only goalkeeper ever to be taken off due to cramp’: Tottenham stopper recalls his eventful debut

Heurelho Gomes training with the Brazil national team.

Former Tottenham and Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes has recalled how his senior debut in Brazil ended early in unique circumstances when he had to be subbed off for cramp. 

Gomes was a familiar face for English football fans during the 2010s, enjoying 12 years between the sticks on these shores, but he was a relative latecomer to goalkeeping, first pulling on the gloves at the age of 17. 

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