Eurico Monteiro Gomes (born 29 September 1955), known simply as Eurico in his playing days, is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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, and is a

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. He started out at Benfica and later played for Sporting and

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, becoming the second player to have represented the Big Three in his country and the only to have been champion in all three clubs (twice with each). He amassed

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totals of 313 matches and seven goals during 14 seasons, and won 12 major titles. He subsequently embarked on a lengthy managerial career. Eurico played nearly 40 times with the Portugal national team, appearing at Euro 1984.

Club career

Born in Santa Marta de Penaguião,

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, Eurico made his professional debut with

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at the age of 19, being regularly used in four

seasons and winning back-to-back national championships with the club (he also reached two domestic cup finals). In 1979 he switched to

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rivals

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, only missing one league game during his three-year spell and winning a total of three titles, including the double in 1981–82. Aged 27, Eurico signed with another team from the country's Big Three,

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, again rarely missing one match until suffering a severe injury early into the 1985–86 campaign. He started in

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of the 1983–84

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, a 1–2 loss against Juventus F.C. in

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. After only one league appearance in his last two seasons at Porto combined, due to a run-in with manager Artur Jorge – he still managed to take part in the side's victorious run in the

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– Eurico signed with Vitória F.C. still in the top level, retiring from football at the age of nearly 34. Gomes took up coaching in 1989, managing a host of teams in Portugal. He helped F.C. Tirsense promote to the top division in

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, then coached them in a further two full seasons, the latter one ending in relegation. Early into 1996–97 he agreed to terminate his contract with the northerners and joined

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, suffering another top flight relegation (he was one of the club's three managers during the campaign). In 2006 and 2007, Gomes worked in

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with

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and

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. The following year, on 10 October, he was appointed at

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in Greece (

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), failing to win promotion.

International career

Eurico earned 38

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for

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, scoring three goals. His first appearance with the national side was a 1–0 win over the

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in a

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, on 20 September 1978, and his final game was played on 3 April 1985 in another exhibition game, now a 0–2 loss with

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. Selected for

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in France, Eurico played in all the matches and minutes as Portugal reached the semi-final stage of the competition.

Honours

Player

Benfica * Primeira Divisão: 1975–76, 1976–77 Sporting * Primeira Divisão: 1979–80, 1981–82 *

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: 1981–82 Porto * Primeira Divisão: 1984–85, 1985–86 *

: 1983–84 *

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Manager

Tirsense *

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: 1993–94

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eurico Gomes 1955 births Living people People from Santa Marta de Penaguião Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players S.L. Benfica footballers Sporting CP footballers FC Porto players Vitória F.C. players Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers UEFA Euro 1984 players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Saudi Professional League managers Rio Ave F.C. managers Varzim S.C. managers C.D. Nacional managers F.C. Maia managers U.D. Leiria managers F.C. Paços de Ferreira managers JSM Béjaïa managers MC Oran managers Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) managers Al-Raed FC managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Algeria Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Sportspeople from Vila Real District