Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Gomes started his career with Internacional, being a manager of their youth categories and an assistant of the B-team for six years.
In 2013, after a period in charge of São José-RS' under-20 squad, Gomes was named Osmar Loss' assistant at the under-20 team of Corinthians.
Gomes subsequently returned to São José just days after leaving Bragantino, being now appointed first team head coach.
[3] However, he did not stay at the club after accepting an invitation from Paulo Roberto Falcão to work as his assistant at Sport Recife.
[5] After the appointment of Oswaldo de Oliveira, he returned to his assistant role before leaving the club after the end of the year's Campeonato Pernambucano.