Fernando Gomes (Portuguese footballer)

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For the Brazilian footballer, see Fernando Gomes (Brazilian footballer).

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Mendes Soares and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

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Fernando Gomes
Personal information
Full name Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes[1]
Date of birth (1956-11-22)22 November 1956[1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal[1]
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Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1972–1974 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1980 Porto 158 (125)
1980–1982 Sporting Gijón 27 (12)
1982–1989 Porto 184 (163)
1989–1991 Sporting CP 63 (31)
Total 432 (331)
International career
1975–1988 Portugal 47 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes (22 November 1956 – 26 November 2022) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a striker.

He achieved great success with Porto, during the late 1970s and 1980s. In the Primeira Liga he represented Sporting CP as well, and also spent two years in Spain with Sporting de Gijón.

The recipient of nearly 50 caps for Portugal, Gomes represented the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Showing great ability since entering FC Porto's youth academy, Porto-born Gomes scored twice in his first-team debut in 1974, scoring twice in a 2–1 win over G.D. CUF.[2] Except for a two-year stint in La Liga with Sporting de Gijón (nearly one year of inactivity due to tendonitis),[3] when most key players left the Estádio das Antas in support of director of football – later president – Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa,[4] he was in all important moments of the rebirth of the club: the 20-year Primeira Liga drought end in the 1978–79 season, the first UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final against Juventus F.C. in 1984 and, while he missed the 1987 final of the European Cup against FC Bayern Munich after breaking a leg in training days before, he netted five times in the side's victorious campaign, including once in the semi-finals with FC Dynamo Kyiv;[5] he still recovered in time to play in the European Supercup against AFC Ajax and the Intercontinental Cup against Peñarol, on both occasions captaining the winner and scoring the opening goal in the latter game for a 2–1 victory.[6][7]

In addition, Gomes also won five leagues, three Portuguese Cups and three domestic supercups.[2] Due to personality clashes with Porto's board of directors he signed with Sporting CP,[8] ending his career in 1990–91 after still netting 22 goals in his final season and also helping the Lions to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, aged 34.[9]

Gomes retired with Portuguese League totals of 404 matches and 318 goals.[10] His nickname, "Bi-bota", was given after the two European Golden Boot awards he received, in 1983 and 1985.[11][12] He remained the best goalscorer in the national territory for more than two decades only behind S.L. Benfica's Nené, and later returned to Porto, going on to work with the club in an ambassadorial role.[13]

International career

For the Portugal national team, Gomes scored 13 goals in 47 games from 9 March 1975 until 16 November 1988. His final appearance occurred against Luxembourg for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, netting the only goal at the Estádio do Bessa.[14]

Gomes was part of the squads at both UEFA Euro 1984[15] and the 1986 World Cup, being one of the few players that did not defect from the national side after the latter competition (following the infamous Saltillo Affair) and ending his international career two years later.[16]

Style of play

Apart from being technically a good player, Gomes' talent resided on a fantastic positional sense, which made him very dangerous inside the six-yard box.[3]

Personal life and death

Gomes once quoted: "Scoring a goal is like having an orgasm."[17] Benfica striker Nuno Gomes, who played in the 90s/2000s, chose that nickname in deference to him.[18]

On 17 January 2020, Gomes' daughter Filipa died in mysterious circumstances. She worked in the fashion industry, and was 32.[19][20][21]

On 26 November 2022, Gomes died of pancreatic cancer, four days after his 66th birthday. He had been fighting the disease for the three years prior to his death.[22]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[23][24][1]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto 1974–75 Primeira Divisão 24 14 2 3 2[lower-alpha 1] 1 — 28 18
1975–76 Primeira Divisão 23 10 2 2 3[lower-alpha 1] 1 — 28 13
1976–77 Primeira Divisão 28 26 1 2 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 30 28
1977–78 Primeira Divisão 25 25 2[lower-alpha 2] 1 — 27 26
1978–79 Primeira Divisão 29 27 2[lower-alpha 3] 1 — 31 28
1979–80 Primeira Divisão 29 23 4[lower-alpha 3] 2 — 33 25
Total 158 125 5 7 14 6 — 177 138
Sporting Gijón 1980–81 La Liga 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
1981–82 La Liga 23 11 10 3 — — 33 14
Total 27 12 10 3 — — 37 15
Porto 1982–83 Primeira Divisão 29 36 4[lower-alpha 1] 1 — 33 37
1983–84 Primeira Divisão 24 21 8[lower-alpha 2] 4 — 32 25
1984–85 Primeira Divisão 30 39 2[lower-alpha 2] 2 — 32 41
1985–86 Primeira Divisão 30 20 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 — 34 20
1986–87 Primeira Divisão 26 21 8[lower-alpha 3] 5 — 34 26
1987–88 Primeira Divisão 30 21 4 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 3[lower-alpha 4] 1 38 22
1988–89 Primeira Divisão 15 5 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 — 18 5
Total 184 163 4 0 30 12 3 1 221 176
Sporting CP 1989–90 Primeira Divisão 26 9 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 28 9
1990–91 Primeira Divisão 37 22 10[lower-alpha 1] 5 — 47 27
Total 63 31 12 5 — 75 36
Career total 432 331 19 10 56 23 3 1 510 365

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 1975 3 0
1976 0 0
1977 1 0
1978 4 1
1979 4 0
1980 1 1
1981 0 0
1982 2 1
1983 7 0
1984 9 2
1985 7 4
1986 6 2
1987 1 1
1988 2 1
Total 47 13
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gomes goal.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 11 October 1978 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal  Belgium 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
2 26 March 1980 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1–3 1–4 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
3 10 October 1982 Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal  Poland 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
4 5 September 1984 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal  Bulgaria 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5 12 September 1984 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholms län, Sweden  Sweden 1–0 1–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 10 February 1985 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta 2–0 3–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 10 February 1985 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta 3–1 3–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 12 October 1985 Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal  Malta 1–0 3–2 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 12 October 1985 Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal  Malta 3–2 3–2 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 5 February 1986 Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal  Luxembourg 2–0 2–0 Friendly
11 19 February 1986 Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga, Portugal  East Germany 1–3 1–3 Friendly
12 23 September 1987 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholms län, Sweden  Sweden 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
13 16 November 1988 Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal  Luxembourg 1–0 1–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Porto[2]

Individual

References

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External links

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