Eurico Gomes

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Personal information
Full name Eurico Monteiro Gomes
Date of birth (1955-09-29) 29 September 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1970–1975 Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1979 Benfica 90 (1)
1979–1982 Sporting CP 89 (2)
1982–1987 Porto 89 (4)
1987–1989 Vitória Setúbal 45 (0)
Total313(7)
International career
1978–1985 Portugal 38 (3)
Managerial career
1989–1990 Rio Ave
1990–1991 Torreense
1990–1991 Varzim
1991 Nacional
1992 Ovarense
1992–1993 Maia
1993–1996 Tirsense
1996–1997 União Leiria
1997–1999 Paços Ferreira
2000–2001 Tirsense
2003–2004 Santa Clara (assistant)
2005–2006 Maia
2006 JSM Béjaïa
2006–2007 MC Oran
2008–2009 Ethnikos Piraeus
2009–2010 Al Wehda
2010–2011 Al-Raed
2015 Louletano
2018 Cova Piedade
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eurico Monteiro Gomes (born 29 September 1955), known mononymously as Eurico when he was a player, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender, and now serves as a manager.

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His career began as a player at Benfica, later playing for Sporting and Porto; he became the second player to have represented the Big Three in his country, and the only one to have been champion in all three clubs (twice with each). [1] During his career as a player in the Primeira Liga, he played a total of 313 matches with seven goals across 14 seasons, winning 12 major titles. He subsequently embarked on a lengthy managerial career.

Eurico played nearly 40 times with the Portugal national team, appearing at Euro 1984. This was Portugal's debut in the tournament, in which they advanced to the semi-finals, losing 3-2 to France in extra time.

Club career

Born in Santa Marta de Penaguião, Vila Real District, Eurico made his professional debut with S.L. Benfica at the age of 19, being regularly used in four Primeira Liga seasons and winning back-to-back national championships with the club (he also reached two domestic cup finals). In 1979 he switched to Lisbon rivals Sporting CP, only missing one league game during his three-year spell and winning a total of three titles, including the double in 1981–82. [2]

Aged 27, Eurico signed with another team from the country's Big Three, FC Porto, again rarely missing one match until suffering a severe injury early into the 1985–86 campaign. He started in the final of the 1983–84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a 1–2 loss against Juventus FC in Basel. [2]

After only one league appearance in his last two seasons at Porto combined, due to a run-in with manager Artur Jorge – he still managed to take part in the side's victorious run in the European Cup – Eurico signed with Vitória F.C. still in the top level, retiring from football at the age of nearly 34. [2]

Gomes took up coaching in 1989, managing a host of teams in Portugal. He helped F.C. Tirsense promote to the top division in 1994, then coached them in a further two full seasons, the latter one ending in relegation. Early into 1996–97 he agreed to terminate his contract with the northerners and joined U.D. Leiria, suffering another top flight relegation (he was one of the club's three managers during the campaign). [2]

In 2006 and 2007, Gomes worked in Algeria with JSM Béjaïa and MC Oran. The following year, on 10 October, he was appointed at Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. in Greece (second division), failing to win promotion.

International career

Eurico earned 38 caps for Portugal, scoring three goals. His first appearance with the national side was a 1–0 win over the United States in a friendly match, on 20 September 1978, and his final game was played on 3 April 1985 in another exhibition game, now a 0–2 loss with Italy.

Selected for UEFA Euro 1984 in France, Eurico played in all the matches and minutes as Portugal reached the semi-final stage of the competition. [3]

Eurico Gomes: International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 October 1978 Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, PortugalFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–01–1 Euro 1980 qualifying
29 June 1984 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–11–2 Friendly
35 September 1984 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, PortugalFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Player

Benfica

Sporting

Porto

Manager

Tirsense

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References

  1. ↑ "Futebol: Maniche faz o pleno dos três grandes em Portugal" (in Portuguese). Jornal Mundo Português. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Foi o primeiro futebolista a ser campeão nacional por três clubes e ainda é o único a ter ganho o campeonato pelos três grandes. Nasceu no Benfica, cresceu no Sporting e no FC Porto e tornou-se nome seguro na seleção nacional" [He was the first footballer to be national champion for three clubs and is still the only one to have won the championship with the Big Three. He was born in Benfica, grew up in Sporting and became a national team mainstay in FC Porto.] (in Portuguese). António Tadeia. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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