José Manuel Gomes da Silva (born 24 September 1976), commonly known as Zé Gomes, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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, currently

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of Indonesian club Arema.

Playing career

Born in

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km2. The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of ...

, Gomes appeared in 165

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

matches over seven seasons, scoring a total of five goals for hometown club Rio Ave F.C. (six years) and

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

(one). In 2007–08, he was loaned by the latter to

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

of the Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

. Gomes retired at

GD Bragança Grupo Desportivo de Bragança ''(abbreviated as GD Bragança)'' is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Bragança Municipality, Bragança in the district of Bragança. Background GD Bragança currently plays in the Terceira ...

in 2013 at the age of 36, and had his first managerial job at the third-division team in June 2016.

Coaching career

On 25 April 2017, Gomes reached a mutual agreement to leave Bragança after three successive defeats dented their promotion hopes. After working at Rio Ave's reserve and under-23 teams, he was hired at

Académico de Viseu F.C. Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube, commonly known as Académico de Viseu, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Viseu. Founded in 1914 as ''Clube Académico de Futebol'', the club went through several changes ...

of the

Liga Portugal 2 The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Pr ...

on 28 February 2021, taking over a side in 16th. He lost 2–1 at

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã or Sp. Covilhã, is a Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the third-tier Liga 3 (Portugal), Liga 3. The club was founded on ...

on his professional debut. Having kept the team up in 14th place, Gomes renewed his contract for one more year in June 2021. The 2021–22 campaign started with the Beira side in fifth after ten games, but a run of one point from a possible 18 cost him his job before the turn of the year. Gomes was appointed at Académica de Coimbra on 4 March 2022, becoming the club's fourth manager of the season. He was not able to prevent second-tier relegation as last. On 4 January 2025, Gomes became the new head coach of

Arema F.C. Arema Football Club is an Indonesian professional football club based in Malang, East Java. The club competes in the Liga 1, the top flight of Indonesian Football. They are considered one of the best and most successful football clubs in t ...

in the

Liga 1 (Indonesia) Liga 1 (), officially known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top professional football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Liga 1 is contested by 18 clubs and operate ...

Personal life

Gomes' younger brother

Vítor Vítor is a Portuguese and Brazilian masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Víctor in Spanish. Footballers * Vítor Gonçalves (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1965), Portuguese * Vítor Silva (1909–1982), Portuguese * Ví ...

was also a professional footballer, and they played together at Rio Ave.

Managerial statistics

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Jose 1976 births Living people 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Vila do Conde Men's association football fullbacks Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players G.D. Ribeirão players GD Bragança players C.D.C. Montalegre players S.C. Braga B players A.D. Ovarense players Rio Ave F.C. players C.S. Marítimo players Süper Lig players Konyaspor footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese football managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Académico de Viseu F.C. managers Académica de Coimbra (football) managers Liga 1 (Indonesia) managers Arema FC managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia