Eurico Gomes

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Monteiro and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.
Eurico
Personal information
Full name Eurico Monteiro Gomes[1]
Date of birth (1955-09-29) 29 September 1955 (age 69)[1]
Place of birth Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1970–1975 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 Benfica 90 (1)
1979–1982 Sporting CP 89 (2)
1982–1987 Porto 89 (4)
1987–1989 Vitória Setúbal 45 (0)
Total 313 (7)
International career
1974 Portugal U18 6 (0l)
1975–1977 Portugal U21 8 (0)
1978–1985 Portugal 38 (1)
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
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Fraonce
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eurico Monteiro Gomes (born 29 September 1955), known mononymously as Eurico as a player, is a Portuguese former professional football central defender and manager.

He began his career at Benfica, later appearing for Sporting CP and Porto; he became the second player to have represented the Big Three in his country, and the only one to have been champion in all three clubs (twice with each).[2][3] He totalled 313 matches and seven goals across 14 seasons in the Primeira Liga, winning ten major titles.

Eurico played nearly 40 times with the Portugal national team, appearing at Euro 1984. After retiring, he embarked on a lengthy managerial career.

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 Taça de Portugal 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.[4][5][6]

Aged 27, Eurico signed with another team from the country's Big Three, FC Porto, again being ever-present 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 2–1 loss against Juventus FC in Basel.[5]

After only one league appearance over his last two seasons at Porto, due to a run-in with manager Artur Jorge – he was thus not a part of the side's victorious run in the European Cup[7]– Eurico signed with Vitória F.C. still in the top division, retiring from football at the age of 33.[8][5]

Gomes took up coaching in 1989, being in charge of a host of teams in Portugal. He helped F.C. Tirsense to promote to the top flight in 1994, then coached them in a further two full seasons, the latter one ending in relegation.[9] 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.[5]

In 2006 and 2007, Gomes worked in Algeria with JSM Béjaïa and MC Oran.[10][11] On 10 October 2008, he was appointed at Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. in Greece (second division), failing to win promotion.[12]

International career

Eurico earned 38 caps for Portugal, scoring once.[13] His first appearance with the national side was a 1–0 win over the United States in a friendly on 20 September 1978, and his final one was on 3 April 1985 in another exhibition game, now a 2–0 loss with Italy.

Selected for UEFA Euro 1984 in France, Eurico played all the matches and minutes as Portugal reached the semi-finals of the competition.[14][15]

Eurico Gomes: International goal
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition[16][17]
1 9 June 1984 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–1 1–2 Friendly

Honours

Player

Benfica

Sporting CP

Porto

Manager

Tirsense

References

  1. ^ a b c Eurico Gomes at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Futebol: Maniche faz o pleno dos três grandes em Portugal" [Football: Maniche goes all the way in Portugal's big three] (in Portuguese). Mundo Português. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Entre o prestígio e o orgulho ou entregar o título ao Benfica" [Between prestige and pride or handing out title to Benfica]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ^ "100 anos: Eurico Gomes" [100 years: Eurico Gomes]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 April 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Big Mal & Companhia. Os bastidores da dobradinha do Sporting em 1981/82" [Big Mal & Company. Backstage of Sporting's double in 1981/82]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 August 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  7. ^ Cunha, Pedro Jorge (27 May 2017). "Baixas em Viena: "Fraturei a tíbia e o perónio, mas marquei golo"" [Out for Vienna: "I fractured both the tibia and the fibula, but I scored"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. ^ Pereira, David (19 January 2018). "Trocaram de clube mas continuaram de verde e branco" [They changed club but remained in green and white]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  9. ^ a b Oliveira, Vasco (29 January 2022). "Os leões negros do palácio jesuíta" [The black lions of the jesuit palace]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  10. ^ Selmi, Rafik (5 March 2007). "L'ère Bira va commencer" [The age of Bira will begin]. L'Expression (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Made In: depois de Joaquim Teixeira, Eurico Gomes também se despede da Argélia" [Made In: after Joaquim Teixeira, Eurico Gomes also says goodbye to Algeria] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  12. ^ Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (21 April 2018). "Marco Ferreira: "Há uma frase do Eurico que me ficou: 'És um homenzinho. O futebol dá-te mulheres, mas as mulheres não te dão futebol"" [Marco Ferreira: "These words by Eurico stuck with me: 'You're a grown man now. Football gives you women, but women do not give you football"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Onde andam os heróis do Euro84?" [Where are the Euro84 heroes?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  16. ^ Eurico Gomes national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
  17. ^ Eurico Gomes at EU-Football.info
  18. ^ a b c ""A máfia do futebol roubou-me a carreira de treinador", revela Eurico Gomes" ["The football mafia robbed me of my coaching career", Eurico Gomes reveals] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  19. ^ "Histórico da Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira" [Supercup Cândido de Oliveira all-time record] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2025.