_(30860213285)_(cropped).jpg) Gomes in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1976[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amarante, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Amarante | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Boavista | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Boavista | 79 | (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Benfica | 101 | (60) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Fiorentina | 53 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2011 | Benfica | 192 | (65) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Braga | 20 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 463 | (158) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Portugal U15 | 3 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Portugal U17 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Portugal U18 | 15 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Portugal U21 | 14 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Portugal U23 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2011 | Portugal | 79 | (29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro OIH (born 5 July 1976), known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after Fernando Gomes,[3] and was regarded as one of the country's most recognisable attacking players in the 1990s and 2000s; he consistently scored for both club and country, and was also capable of being a good link-up player, accumulating a number of assists throughout his career,[4] which was spent mainly with Benfica, for which he netted 166 goals in 398 games over the course of 12 seasons.[5][6]
Gomes represented Portugal in two World Cups and three European Championships. He helped the national team finish second at Euro 2004 and third at Euro 2000, and won 79 senior caps.[7]
- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Nuno Gomes". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Vinagre, Hugo (2 January 2019). "Nuno Gomes: "Tive propostas de Itália e Inglaterra. Respondi que só falavamos depois de me reunir com o Benfica"" [Nuno Gomes: "I had offers from Italy and England. I replied that there would only be conversations after I met with Benfica"] (in Portuguese). Playboy. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Magrini, Matteo (26 June 2009). "Esclusiva TMW – Nuno Gomes, il Livorno ci pensa" [TMW exclusive – Nuno Gomes, Livorno are contemplating him] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Nuno Gomes: na história, de qualquer forma" [Nuno Gomes: in history, anyway] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Hart, Simon (4 October 2012). "Nuno Gomes: Foreigners are not cheats, we just like to jump out of the way". The Independent. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Nuno Gomes quer equipa nacional inspirada" [Nuno Gomes wants inspired national team] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2024.