Eurico Gomes

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. 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. 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– Eurico signed with Vitória F.C. still in the top division, retiring from football at the age of 33. 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. 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. In 2006 and 2007, Gomes worked in Algeria with…

Eurico earned 38 caps for Portugal, scoring once. 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.

Player

Benfica

Primeira Divisão: 1975–76, 1976–77 Sporting CP

Primeira Divisão: 1979–80, 1981–82 Taça de Portugal: 1981–82 Porto

Primeira Divisão: 1984–85, 1985–86 Taça de Portugal: 1983–84 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1983, 1984

Manager

Tirsense

Segunda Divisão: 1993–94