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Fernando Gomes
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Portuguese footballer (1956–2022)
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Fernando Gomes, born on 22 November 1956 in Porto, was a Portuguese association football player who played as a forward. His career ran from 1974 to 1991, during which he played for FC Porto, Sporting CP, and Sporting de Gijón, and represented Portugal at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1984. He spoke Portuguese and died of pancreatic cancer on 26 November 2022 in Porto.
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Key facts
- 1974
- Portugal U18
- Full name
- Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes
- Date of birth
- ( 1956-11-22 ) 22 November 1956
- Place of birth
- Porto , Portugal
- Date of death
- 26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) (aged 66)
- Place of death
- Porto, Portugal
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Striker
- 1972 1974
- Porto
- Years
- Team
- 1974 1980
- Porto
- 1980 1982
- Sporting Gijón
- 1982 1989
- Porto
- 1989 1991
- Sporting CP
- 1974 1977
- Portugal U21
- 1975 1988
- Portugal
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Marsaxlokk
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fernando
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Porto
- Place of death
- Porto
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1984
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Portugal men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Height
- 174
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1956-11-22
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- end of work period
- 1991-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 1
- name in native language
- Fernando Gomes
- date of death
- 2022-11-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes (22 November 1956 – 26 November 2022) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a striker.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fernando Gomes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.