Fernando Gomes (Portuguese footballer)

Fernando Gomes

Gomes with Porto in the 80s
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]
Date of death	26 November 2022(2022-11-26) (aged 66)
Place of death	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
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	183	(163)
1989–1991	Sporting CP	63	(31)
Total		431	(331)
International career
1974	Portugal U18	6	(1)
1974–1977	Portugal U21	14	(6)
1975–1988	Portugal	48	(13)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship 1984 France
*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.