Nuno Gomes

Nuno Gomes
Personal information
Full name	Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro
Date of birth	5 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Amarante, Portugal
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1987–1990	Amarante
1990–1994	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1997	Boavista
1997–2000	Benfica
2000–2002	Fiorentina
2002–2011	Benfica
2011–2012	Braga
2012–2013	Blackburn Rovers
Total
National team
1990	Portugal U15
1991–1992	Portugal U16
1992–1993	Portugal U17
1993–1994	Portugal U18
1995–1996	Portugal U20
1995–1997	Portugal U21
1996	Portugal U23
1996–2011	Portugal
Honours
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Championship
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro OIH (born 5 July 1976), known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He started his career from Boavista in 1994. In 1997, he went to Benfica. In the 2000–01 season, he went to Fiorentina and in the 2002–03 season he returned to Benfica.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]^[4]
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Boavista	1994–95	Primeira Liga	17	1	1	0	–		4	1	22	2
	1995–96	Primeira Liga	28	7	2	1	–		0	0	30	8
	1996–97	Primeira Liga	34	15	5	4	–		6	2	45	21
	Total		79	23	8	5	–		10	3	97	31
Benfica	1997–98	Primeira Liga	33	18	6	4	–		1	0	40	22
	1998–99	Primeira Liga	34	24	2	3	–		7	7	43	34
	1999–2000	Primeira Liga	34	18	2	1	–		5	1	41	20
	Total		101	60	10	8	–		13	8	124	76
Fiorentina	2000–01	Serie A	30	9	3	4	–		0	0	33	13
	2001–02	Serie A	23	5	1	0	–		6	2	31¹	7
	Total		53	14	4	4	–		6	2	64	20
Benfica	2002–03	Primeira Liga	28	9	1	0	–		0	0	29	9
	2003–04	Primeira Liga	21	7	3	0	–		5	5	29	12
	2004–05	Primeira Liga	23	7	5	2	–		6	3	34	12
	2005–06	Primeira Liga	29	15	4	1	–		8	0	42²	17²
	2006–07	Primeira Liga	24	6	3	3	–		14	4	41	13
	2007–08	Primeira Liga	25	7	3	1	0	0	8	1	36	9
	2008–09	Primeira Liga	24	7	1	0	2	1	6	1	33	9
	2009–10	Primeira Liga	13	3	2	0	2	0	6	1	23	4
	2010–11	Primeira Liga	6	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	8	5
	Total		193	65	23	7	5	2	53	15	275	90
Braga	2011–12	Primeira Liga	20	6	2	0	2	0	5	0	29	6
Blackburn Rovers	2012–13	Championship	18	4	2	0	0	0	–		20	4
Career total			464	172	49	24	7	2	87	28	609	227

↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
↑ Includes Taça da Liga, Football League Cup

¹ includes one match in the Italian Supercup.
² includes one match and one goal in the Portuguese Supercup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]^[6]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	1996	1	0
	1997	2	0
	1998	2	0
	1999	3	0
	2000	9	4
	2001	9	9
	2002	7	1
	2003	3	3
	2004	11	4
	2005	7	2
	2006	7	3
	2007	7	1
	2008	7	2
	2009	2	0
	2010	0	0
	2011	2	0
Total		79	29

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gomes goal.

List of international goals scored by Nuno Gomes^[7]^[6]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 June 2000	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	England	3–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 2000
2	24 June 2000	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Turkey	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2000
3	24 June 2000	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Turkey	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2000
4	28 June 2000	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	France	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2000
5	1 September 2001	Camp d'Esports, Lleida, Andorra	Andorra	1–0	7–1	2002 World Cup qualification
6	1 September 2001	Camp d'Esports, Lleida, Andorra	Andorra	3–0	7–1	2002 World Cup qualification
7	1 September 2001	Camp d'Esports, Lleida, Andorra	Andorra	5–1	7–1	2002 World Cup qualification
8	1 September 2001	Camp d'Esports, Lleida, Andorra	Andorra	7–1	7–1	2002 World Cup qualification
9	5 September 2001	Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–1	3–1	2002 World Cup qualification
10	6 October 2001	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Estonia	2–0	5–0	2002 World Cup qualification
11	6 October 2001	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Estonia	4–0	5–0	2002 World Cup qualification
12	14 November 2001	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Angola	2–1	5–1	Friendly
13	14 November 2001	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Angola	4–1	5–1	Friendly
14	25 May 2002	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau, China	China	1–0	2–0	Friendly
15	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	6–0	8–0	Friendly
16	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	7–0	8–0	Friendly
17	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	8–0	8–0	Friendly
18	28 April 2004	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	Sweden	2–2	2–2	Friendly
19	29 May 2004	Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda Municipality, Portugal	Luxembourg	2–0	3–0	Friendly
20	5 May 2004	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Lithuania	3–1	4–1	Friendly
21	20 June 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Spain	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2004
22	26 March 2005	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos Municipality, Portugal, Portugal	Canada	4–1	4–1	Friendly
23	8 October 2005	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro Municipality, Portugal	Liechtenstein	2–1	2–1	2006 World Cup qualification
24	8 July 2006	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	Germany	1–3	1–3	2006 FIFA World Cup
25	6 September 2006	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–1	1–1	Euro 2008 qualifying
26	11 October 2006	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland	Poland	1–2	1–2	Euro 2008 qualifying
27	24 March 2007	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Belgium	1–0	4–0	Euro 2008 qualifying
28	26 March 2008	Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Greece	1–2	1–2	Friendly
29	19 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Germany	1–2	2–3	UEFA Euro 2008

Honours

Boavista

Taça de Portugal: 1996–97^[8]

Fiorentina

Coppa Italia: 2000–01^[9]

Benfica^[10]

Portugal

UEFA European Championship: Runner-up: 2004; 3rd place 2000
FIFA U-20 World Cup third place: 1995
UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1994
Toulon Tournament (training match tournament) 3rd place: 1996

Individual

UEFA European Championship: Team of the Tournament: 2000^[11]
UEFA European Championship: Most goals in a knock-out phase for Portugal (3) 2000^[12]
UEFA European Championship: Most goals in knock-out phases for Portugal (4) 2000,^[13] 2008^[14]
Primeira Liga Player of the Year: 1998–99, 1999–2000
SJPF Player of the Month: September 2005, October 2005
Toulon Tournament (training match tournament) Top Scorer: 1996

Orders

Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

References

↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Nuno Gomes". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
↑ Nuno Gomes at ForaDeJogo
↑ Nuno Gomes at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
↑ Mamrud, Roberto. "Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro "Nuno Gomes" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Nuno Gomes". European Football. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
↑ "Nuno Gomes" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
↑ Ferreira, Luís Pedro (18 February 2022). "Nuno Gomes: «Nesse Boavista-Benfica, ainda alguém disse que tentei chutar para fora»" [Nuno Gomes: "In that Boavista-Benfica, someone even said that I tried to shoot off target"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
↑ "Coppa alla Fiorentina col pareggio più bello" [The cup goes to Fiorentina with the most beautiful of draws]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 June 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
↑ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 60. ISSN 0872-3540.
↑ UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com
↑ UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com
↑ UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com
↑ UEFA Euro 2008 at UEFA.com

[5] Includes Taça de Portugal, Coppa Italia, FA Cup

[6] Includes Taça da Liga, Football League Cup

[1] "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.

[Bio-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Nuno Gomes". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[3] Nuno Gomes at ForaDeJogo

[4] Nuno Gomes at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

[7] Mamrud, Roberto. "Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro "Nuno Gomes" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

[EU-8] 6.0 ^6.1 "Nuno Gomes". European Football. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[9] "Nuno Gomes" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[TACA-10] Ferreira, Luís Pedro (18 February 2022). "Nuno Gomes: «Nesse Boavista-Benfica, ainda alguém disse que tentei chutar para fora»" [Nuno Gomes: "In that Boavista-Benfica, someone even said that I tried to shoot off target"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[COPPA-11] "Coppa alla Fiorentina col pareggio più bello" [The cup goes to Fiorentina with the most beautiful of draws]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 June 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[bi-12] "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 60. ISSN 0872-3540.

[13] UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com

[14] UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com

[15] UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com

[16] UEFA Euro 2008 at UEFA.com

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