Nuno Miguel Gomes Bentes Lampreia (born 27 September 1978), known as Gomes, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defender. He amassed Segunda Liga totals of 230 games and 27 goals over 11 seasons, mainly with Varzim.

Playing career

Gomes was born in

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. An unsuccessful youth graduate from Sporting CP's famed youth system, he made his professional debut with

F.C. Felgueiras Futebol Clube de Felgueiras was a Portuguese football club from Felgueiras. The club was founded on 16 August 1936 and ended in 2005 due to financial problems. The club played at the Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos which was their home since the c ...

, moving in January 2001 to

S.C. Campomaiorense Sporting Clube Campomaiorense, more commonly known as Campomaiorense, is a Portuguese football club from Campo Maior, Portalegre District. The club was founded on the 1 July 1926. The club currently plays at the Estádio Capitão Cesar Correia whi ...

in what would be his first

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

experience, with relegation. Gomes then returned for the following seven seasons to the Segunda Liga, with

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese football club from Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves. Their home kit is red-and-bl ...

(two years) and

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football team based in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto in the north of the country. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club si ...

. At the end of 2008–09, in which he scored seven league goals for the latter side, he had an unsuccessful trial with Luton Town of the English Football League Two, but eventually signed with U.D. Leiria which had recently returned to the second division. After no competitive appearances for Leiria in the 2009–10 campaign, Gomes was released and joined second-tier club S.C. Covilhã. He retired at the age of 35, after two years in the Cypriot Second Division with as many teams.

Coaching career

Gomes began working as a youth manager in Cyprus, returning to Portugal in 2017 to take charge of C.D. Cova da Piedade's under-17 squad.Do Cova da Piedade aos bancos da MLS: a história de Nuno Gomes (From Cova da Piedade to the MLS benches: the story of Nuno Gomes)
Mais Futebol, 29 August 2018 (in Portuguese) The following year, he joined Chicago Fire FC as an assistant, later revealing that he got the job through his friend and former Varzim teammate Aleksandar Sarić, who worked at the American club as goalkeeper coach. In December 2018, Gomes was appointed assistant manager at Chaves. On 8 September 2020, in the same capacity, he moved to Reading of the

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. Gomes subsequently worked in the

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under Veljko Paunović, at C.D. Guadalajara and Tigres UANL.Veljko Paunovic confirma su regreso a México: es anunciado como nuevo Director Técnico de Tigres (Veljko Paunovic confirms his return to Mexico: he is announced as Tigres' new Head Coach)

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, 9 June 2024 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Nuno 1978 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP footballers F.C. Felgueiras players S.C. Campomaiorense players G.D. Chaves players Varzim S.C. players U.D. Leiria players S.C. Covilhã players Cypriot Second Division players Akritas Chlorakas players AEK Kouklia players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United States Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Reading F.C. non-playing staff