Eric Freire Gomes (born 22 September 1972), known as Gaúcho, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a striker. He amassed

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totals of 278 matches and 103 goals during ten seasons, mainly at the service of

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Football career

Born in

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, Gaúcho spent most of his career as a prolific goalscorer in

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, mainly with C.F. Estrela da Amadora for whom he played in five

seasons. In 1999–2000, his 21 league goals – third-best in the competition – propelled the

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outskirts team to a final eighth place. Gaúcho, who represented five other clubs in the country, also had brief spells in

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and

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. In the 1998–99 campaign, loaned by Estrela, he only scored twice as

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at ' ...

suffered second level relegation; he played almost until his 40s, retiring after a stint in amateur football in his country.

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