Nuno Miguel Gomes Bentes Lampreia (born 27 September 1978), known as Gomes, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nuno Miguel Gomes Bentes Lampreia | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tigres UANL (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Beira-Mar Almada | ||
| 1991–1996 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Lourinhanense | 42 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Felgueiras | 46 | (11) |
| 2001–2002 | Campomaiorense | 44 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Chaves | 32 | (3) |
| 2004–2009 | Varzim | 103 | (11) |
| 2009–2010 | União Leiria | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Covilhã | 17 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Akritas Chlorakas | 25 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | AEK Kouklia | 27 | (5) |
| Total | 336 | (33) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Othellos Athienou (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Cova Piedade (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Chicago Fire (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Chaves (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Estoril (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Reading (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Guadalajara (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Tigres UANL (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He amassed Segunda Liga totals of 230 games and 27 goals over 11 seasons, mainly with Varzim.
Playing career
editGomes was born in Lisbon. An unsuccessful youth graduate from Sporting CP's famed youth system, he made his professional debut with F.C. Felgueiras, moving in January 2001 to S.C. Campomaiorense in what would be his first Primeira Liga experience, with relegation.
Gomes then returned for the following seven seasons to the Segunda Liga, with G.D. Chaves (two years) and Varzim SC. At the end of 2008–09, in which he scored seven league goals for the latter side,[1] he had an unsuccessful trial with Luton Town of the English Football League Two, but eventually signed with U.D. Leiria which had recently returned to the second division.
After no competitive appearances for Leiria in the 2009–10 campaign, Gomes was released and joined second-tier club S.C. Covilhã. He retired at the age of 35, after two years in the Cypriot Second Division with as many teams.
Coaching career
editGomes began working as a youth manager in Cyprus, returning to Portugal in 2017 to take charge of C.D. Cova da Piedade's under-17 squad.[2] The following year, he joined Chicago Fire FC as an assistant, later revealing that he got the job through his friend and former Varzim teammate Aleksandar Sarić, who worked at the American club as goalkeeper coach.[2]
In December 2018, Gomes was appointed assistant manager at Chaves.[3] On 8 September 2020, in the same capacity, he moved to Reading of the EFL Championship.[4]
Gomes subsequently worked in the Liga MX under Veljko Paunović, at C.D. Guadalajara[5] and Tigres UANL.[6]
References
edit- ^ Classificações (Charts); Público, 23 May 2009 (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b Do Cova da Piedade aos bancos da MLS: a história de Nuno Gomes (From Cova da Piedade to the MLS benches: the story of Nuno Gomes); Mais Futebol, 29 August 2018 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Conheça a equipa técnica de Tiago Fernandes (Meet Tiago Fernandes' coaching staff); Comunidade Azul Grená, 12 December 2018 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Quinton Fortune and Nuno Gomes join Reading FC coaching team); Reading Chronicle, 8 September 2020
- ^ Chivas anuncia el cuerpo técnico de Paunović con un exmundialista (Chivas announce Paunović's coaching staff with former World Cup player); TUDN, 7 November 2022 (in Spanish)
- ^ Veljko Paunovic confirma su regreso a México: es anunciado como nuevo Director Técnico de Tigres (Veljko Paunovic confirms his return to Mexico: he is announced as Tigres' new Head Coach); Infobae, 9 June 2024 (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Nuno Gomes at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Nuno Gomes national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Nuno Gomes at Soccerway
