Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes (born 6 December 1955), known as Eduardo Luís, is a Portuguese former football

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and

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Club career

Born in

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, Eduardo Luís started playing professionally with

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo ( locally ), is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Lig ...

after unsuccessfully emerging through

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's youth system. He re-signed with the latter for the 1975–76 season, but only appeared in three Primeira Liga games and subsequently returned to the Madeira club, helping it promote from the Segunda Liga at the first attempt and proceeding to only miss a total of two league matches in following four top-flight campaigns. In

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, Marítimo were once again in the second division, and Eduardo Luís appeared in all the games for them ''en route'' to another promotion. In summer 1982 he joined FC Porto, being regularly used in two of his seven years with the northern side; his best output was in 1986–87 as he made 27 appearances (one goal) for the second-placed team, which also reached the semi-finals of the

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and added that season's European Cup, with the player featuring the full 90 minutes of the 2–1 final win against FC Bayern Munich. In 1989, aged 33, Eduardo Luís left Porto and signed for Rio Ave F.C. in the second tier. He returned to Portugal following a brief spell in the

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with Toronto First Portuguese, moving to division-three club A.D. Ovarense and earning promotion in his first year. Eduardo Luís started managing one year after retiring. In the following seasons, he was in charge of more than ten teams in the second and third divisions, his biggest achievement being leading

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

to the fourth position of the former tier in 1995–96 (no promotion though).

International career

Making his debut for

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on 24 September 1980 in a 3–1 friendly loss in

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, Eduardo Luís went on to win eight

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in nearly seven years. He was selected to the squad that appeared at

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, being an unused member for the eventual semi-finalists.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eduardo Luis 1955 births Living people People from Loures Sportspeople from Lisbon District Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players C.S. Marítimo players S.L. Benfica footballers FC Porto players Rio Ave F.C. players A.D. Ovarense players Canadian National Soccer League players Toronto First Portuguese players Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers UEFA Euro 1984 players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Canada Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Canada Portuguese football managers Liga Portugal 2 managers C.D. Aves managers F.C. Maia managers CD Candal managers