Francisco Nuno Fernandes (born 1 April 1969 in Porto, Portugal) is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in pole vaulting. [1] He represented Portugal at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, each time failing to qualify for the final.
His personal record was 5.66 metres outdoors and 5.62 metres indoors, both set in 1996. Those marks stood as national records until being broken by Edi Maia in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro, known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Portugal competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 54 times since its debut at the 1964 contest. Since then it has missed five contests. The contest is broadcast in Portugal by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). Portugal won the contest for the first time in 2017 and hosted the 2018 contest in Lisbon.
Nuno André da Silva Coelho is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Álvaro Fernandes, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer from Madeira, in the service of Henry the Navigator. He captained two important expeditions, which expanded the limit of the Portuguese discovery of the West African coast, probably as far as the northern borderlands of modern Guinea-Bissau. Álvaro Fernandes's farthest point would not be surpassed for ten years, until the voyage of Alvise Cadamosto in 1456.
Nuno Miguel Gomes Bentes Lampreia, known as Gomes, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defender.
Portugal competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It was the nation's twenty-second consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Portugal was represented by a delegation of 129 people, of which 77 were competitors participating in 16 sports. Nelson Évora, the 2007 triple jump world champion, was chosen as the flag bearer during the opening ceremony; he won the triple jump event, giving Portugal its fourth ever Olympic gold medal.
Jorge Luiz Fernandes Leite is a former international freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1980.
Clube Desportivo Instituto D. João V is a former futsal team from Pombal, Portugal created by the Instituto D. João V school. They played in the Liga Portuguesa de Futsal but dissolved in 2011 due to lack of sponsors.
The 2006–07 European football season was the 103rd season of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's existence and the club's 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. The season ran from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007; Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal. The club also participated in the UEFA Champions League as a result of finishing third in the Primeira Liga in the previous season.
Ricardo Nuno Pinto Fernandes is a Portuguese futsal player who plays as a winger for Póvoa Futsal and the Portugal national team.
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United, which he captains, and the Portugal national team. Fernandes is known for his passing ability, vision, creativity, and penalty technique.
The 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the twenty seventh edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions. The match was contested between the 2004–05 Primeira Liga winners, Benfica and the 2004–05 Taça de Portugal winners, Vitória de Setúbal.
Nuno Fernandes Torneol was a Galician-Portuguese trovador. He probably worked in the middle of the thirteenth century at the courts of Ferdinand III and Alfonso X of Castile. In "De longas vias, mui longas mentiras", the only cantiga de escárnio that he wrote, he mentions many Castilian place names. He is the also the author of the only known alborada in the Galician-Portuguese tradition: "Levad', amigo, que dormides as manhanas frías".
Pedro Nuno Fernandes Ferreira, known as Pedro Nuno, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabail.
Jorge Filipe Oliveira Fernandes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vitória S.C. as a central defender.
The 2017–18 Primeira Liga was the 84th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. Benfica were the defending champions for a fourth consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Porto became the new champions with two matches to spare, clinching their 28th league title. This was their first trophy in four years.
Nuno Alexandre Tavares Mendes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Portugal national team.
Nuno Gonçalo Rocha Moreira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for F.C. Vizela.
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