Fernando Soares Gomes da Silva (born 21 February 1952 in Oporto,

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

) is a Portuguese football executive serving as Vice-President of the UEFA, the 2nd most important football regulatory in the entire world, only answering to FIFA, which oversees all continents in their football practice. Since December 2011, he has been the President of the

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(Portuguese: Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, FPF), and as of March 2015 a member of the

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Executive Committee, besides other UEFA roles. He is a former basketball player and League President and had a long career with the

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

, where he was a member of the management board from 2000 to 2010. Gomes holds a degree in Economics from the University of Porto.

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1952 births Living people Members of the UEFA Executive Committee University of Porto alumni FC Porto FC Porto basketball players {{portugal-footy-bio-stub