Carlos António do Carmo Costa Gomes (18 January 1932, in Barreiro – 18 October 2005, in

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) was a Portuguese

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who played as a

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. He was also a football manager.

Career

He started his career in Barreirense, before being transferred to Sporting, in 1950, aged 18, where he was the substitute of another legendary goalkeeper, João Azevedo. In just a year, he was the number 1 of the Sporting team, where he played until 1957/58, and was a four-time national champion (1951/52, 1952/53, 1953/54 and 1957/58) also winning the

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in 1958. During the golden years of his career, he played 18 times for the National Team. His first game, on 22 November 1953, was a friendly match against South Africa, which Portugal won 3–1. His last game, on 7 May 1958, was a 1–2 defeat by England; another friendly match. After his demands were refused by Sporting, he moved to Spain, where he represented

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and

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. He returned to Portugal, to play for Atlético, in 1961/62. He was a known opponent of the fascist regime and it is believed, like he claimed, that the allegations of rape against him were a set-up, created by the political police of the regime to force him to leave football. After a simulated injury in an Atlético game with

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, he escaped to Spain. Later, he escaped to Morocco and played with Tangier FC, USP Tangier and

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. In 1969, he went to Algeria, played with JS Djijel and became a manager. In 1971, he managed

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and won the championship. He went to Tunisia before returning to Portugal in the 1980s. He moved again to Spain and Austria, returning finally to Portugal in July 2005, suffering from

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. He died soon after, at age 73.

Honours

* Won the Portuguese

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for 4 times in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1958 with

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. * Won the

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once in 1954 with

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. * Won the

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once in 1966 with COD Meknes * Won the Algerian Ligue 1 once in 1971 with

(as manager).

External links

Carlos Gomes Tribute (Portuguese)
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