Maurício Zacarias Reinaldo Rodrigues Gomes (born 2 November 1954), known simply as Reinaldo, is a former Portuguese

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in Bissau,

Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Guinea ( pt, Guiné), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a West African colony of Portugal from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Gu ...

, Reinaldo spent his entire professional career in

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. After starting out in the lower leagues with

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he played four years in the

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, with F.C. Famalicão and Sport Clube da Régua. Reinaldo signed for top level giants

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', Be ...

in 1978, as the Lisbon side was coached by English John Mortimore, and wasted no time making an impact alongside legendary Nené, scoring 32 league goals in his first two season combined and eventually helping Benfica to the conquest of three major titles, including the double in the 1980–81 campaign; his official debut came in a home game against F.C. Barreirense, on 29 August. After leaving Benfica, with official totals of 116 games and 59 goals, Reinaldo represented Boavista FC,

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, G.D. Estoril Praia (division two) and Varzim SC. He retired from football at nearly 33 years of age.

International career

Guinea-born Reinaldo was

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for

six times, scoring one goal. He made his debut in a friendly with

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on 26 September 1979 (1–1 draw), and his last game was on 8 June 1983 in another exhibition game, with

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(0–4 defeat).

Honours

;Famalicão *

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: 1977–78 ;Benfica * Portuguese League: 1980–81 *

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: 1979–80, 1980–81

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinaldo Gomes 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Bissau Bissau-Guinean footballers Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players F.C. Famalicão players S.L. Benfica footballers Boavista F.C. players S.C. Braga players G.D. Estoril Praia players Varzim S.C. players Portugal international footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate footballers