Eurico Gomes

Eurico
Personal information
Full name	Eurico Monteiro Gomes
Date of birth	29 September 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth	Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1970–1975	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1979	Benfica
1979–1982	Sporting CP
1982–1987	Porto
1987–1989	Vitória Setúbal
Total
International career
1978–1985	Portugal
Managerial career
1989–1990	Rio Ave
1990–1991	Torreense
1990–1991	Varzim
1991	Nacional
1992	Ovarense
1992–1993	Maia
1993–1996	Tirsense
1996–1997	União Leiria
1997–1999	Paços Ferreira
2000–2001	Tirsense
2003–2004	Santa Clara (assistant)
2005–2006	Maia
2006	JSM Béjaïa
2006–2007	MC Oran
2008–2009	Ethnikos Piraeus
2009–2010	Al Wehda
2010–2011	Al-Raed
2015	Louletano
2018	Cova Piedade
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eurico Monteiro Gomes (born 29 September 1955), known simply as Eurico in his playing days, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender and is now a manager.

He started out at Benfica and later played for Sporting and Porto, 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).^[1] He amassed Primeira Liga 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, Vila Real District, Eurico made his professional debut with S.L. Benfica at the age of 19, being regularly used in four Primeira Liga seasons and winning back-to-back national championships with the club (he also reached two domestic cup finals). In 1979 he switched to Lisbon rivals Sporting CP, only missing one league game during his three-year spell and winning a total of three titles, including the double in 1981–82.^[2]

Aged 27, Eurico signed with another team from the country's Big Three, FC Porto, again rarely missing one match until suffering a severe injury early into the 1985–86 campaign. He started in the final of the 1983–84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a 1–2 loss against Juventus FC in Basel.^[2]

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 European Cup – Eurico signed with Vitória F.C. still in the top level, retiring from football at the age of nearly 34.^[2]

Gomes took up coaching in 1989, managing a host of teams in Portugal. He helped F.C. Tirsense promote to the top division in 1994, 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 U.D. Leiria, suffering another top flight relegation (he was one of the club's three managers during the campaign).^[2]

In 2006 and 2007, Gomes worked in Algeria with JSM Béjaïa and MC Oran. The following year, on 10 October, he was appointed at Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. in Greece (second division), failing to win promotion.

International career

Eurico earned 38 caps for Portugal, scoring three goals. His first appearance with the national side was a 1–0 win over the United States in a friendly match, on 20 September 1978, and his final game was played on 3 April 1985 in another exhibition game, now a 0–2 loss with Italy.

Selected for UEFA Euro 1984 in France, Eurico played in all the matches and minutes as Portugal reached the semi-final stage of the competition.^[3]

**Eurico Gomes: International goals**
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 1978	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Belgium	1–0	1–1	Euro 1980 qualifying
2	9 June 1984	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–1	1–2	Friendly
3	5 September 1984	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal	Bulgaria	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Player

Benfica

Primeira Divisão: 1975–76, 1976–77

Sporting

Porto

Manager

Tirsense

Segunda Divisão: 1993–94

References

^ "Futebol: Maniche faz o pleno dos três grandes em Portugal" (in Portuguese). Jornal Mundo Português. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ a b c d "Foi o primeiro futebolista a ser campeão nacional por três clubes e ainda é o único a ter ganho o campeonato pelos três grandes. Nasceu no Benfica, cresceu no Sporting e no FC Porto e tornou-se nome seguro na seleção nacional" [He was the first footballer to be national champion for three clubs and is still the only one to have won the championship with the Big Three. He was born in Benfica, grew up in Sporting and became a national team mainstay in FC Porto.] (in Portuguese). António Tadeia. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

External links

Eurico Gomes at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Eurico Gomes manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Eurico Gomes at National-Football-Teams.com
Eurico Gomes at EU-Football.info

[1] "Futebol: Maniche faz o pleno dos três grandes em Portugal" (in Portuguese). Jornal Mundo Português. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[AT-2] "Foi o primeiro futebolista a ser campeão nacional por três clubes e ainda é o único a ter ganho o campeonato pelos três grandes. Nasceu no Benfica, cresceu no Sporting e no FC Porto e tornou-se nome seguro na seleção nacional" [He was the first footballer to be national champion for three clubs and is still the only one to have won the championship with the Big Three. He was born in Benfica, grew up in Sporting and became a national team mainstay in FC Porto.] (in Portuguese). António Tadeia. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[3] "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.