Nuno Gomes (IPA pron. ['nunu 'gomɨʃ]) was born Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro, OIH on July 5, 1976 in Amarante. He is a striker who plays for the Portugal national football team and currently plays for Benfica. He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood, after Fernando Gomes, who was the top european goalscorer in 1983 and 1985. A striker who works tirelessly for his team-mates, Nuno Gomes's star shone bright at UEFA Euro 2000. He will also partake in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, proving himself crucial after Pauleta retired. He scored against Finland in Portugal's first qualifier. Nuno Gomes was also on the cover of the game FIFA 2003 in Portugal. Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Order of Infante D. Henrique (Portuguese: Ordem do Infante D. Henrique) is a Portuguese honorific order that distinguishes relevant services for Portugal, in the country or in foreign ones, in the expansion of the Portuguese culture, its history and its values. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amarante is a city and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. ... Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, and formerly inside forwards, are the players on a team in football in the row nearest to the opposing teams goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. ... First international  Spain 3 - 1 Portugal  (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921) Biggest win  Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein  (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994)  Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein  (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999)  Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait  (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003) Biggest defeat Portugal 0 - 10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May... Benfica redirects here. ... Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes (born November 22, 1956 in Porto, Portugal) is a former professional footballer who achieved great success with FC Porto during the late 1970s and 1980s playing as striker. ... In football, the European Golden Boot has been awarded to the highest goalscorer in all the top European divisions each season since 1967/68. ... The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 to 29 June 2008. ... Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, OIH (born April 28, 1973 in Ponta Delgada, Azores), nicknamed Pauleta (pron. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series is a popular series of football (soccer) video games, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993, being one of the most profitable and well known video game franchises. ...

Club

Born in Amarante, in north-west Portugal, he established his reputation with Boavista FC, where he made his debut in the 1994/95 season. Nuno Gomes collected his first silverware as Boavista beat SL Benfica to lift the Portuguese Cup in 1997. He was on target in the final and scored 15 league goals that term - enough to earn a transfer to Benfica. Now, he becomes one of the greatest Benfica player, with over 150 goals for The Eagle. Amarante is a city and municipality of the Porto district, in northern Portugal. ... Boavista Futebol Clube (pron. ... Benfica redirects here. ... The Portuguese Cup or, more correctly, Cup of Portugal (Port. ...

2000: After three seasons at the Estádio da Luz, during which he scored 60 league goals in 101 appearances, Euro 2000 exploits earned him a €17m move to ACF Fiorentina. He won the Coppa Italia in his first season, before Fiorentina's financial collapse precipitated his return to SL Benfica. The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... ACF Fiorentina is an Italian football club based in Florence (Firenze), Tuscany. ... The Coppa Italia Trophy - Coppa in Italian meaning Cup representing the Tournaments title. ... Benfica redirects here. ...

2003-2004: A series of nagging injuries limited Nuno Gomes to 21 matches, of which he completed just 14. However, he grew in strength and confidence as the season progressed and was an impressive performer in the Portuguese Cup final victory against FC Porto. The Portuguese Cup or, more correctly, Cup of Portugal (Port. ... FC Porto emblem (Larger version) Futebol Clube do Porto (short: FC Porto, FCP) is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its football section. ...

2004-2005: After resolving his injury problems, he scored 7 important goals for Benfica to help the Águias (eagles) win the Portuguese SuperLiga. The Portuguese Liga (pron. ...

2005-2006: He enjoyed his best season after returning to his home country. He scored 15 goals in the league (snatching second place in the SuperLiga's goalscorer list) and won the Portuguese SuperCup for Benfica with a superb strike. The Portuguese SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira (Port. ...

2006-2007: Nuno Gomes faced tough competition for a starting place in Benfica's attack, in the likes of newly-signed Mexican Francisco Fonseca, Fabrizio Miccoli, and injury-prone Pedro Mantorras. He scored 6 goals in the Portuguese Liga, 3 goals in Portuguese Cup, 3 in the UEFA Champions League and 1 in UEFA CUP. 2007-2008:He is still the key player in the team, scoring 4 goal before suffer in injury.He scored 2 goals in the match that Benfica crush Boavista with 6 goals.The Portuguese talented international striker will be the leader of the young team. José Fonseca redirects here. ... Fabrizio Miccoli (June 27, 1979) is an Italian football striker who currently is under contract with Juventus. ... Pedro Manuel Torres (born March 18, 1982 in Huambo), is an Angolan soccer player, who is better known as Mantorras. ... European Cup redirects here. ...

National team

Having represented Portugal at every level from Under-15 upwards, and scoring many goals for Portugal youth teams, he made his full international debut aged 19 in a 1996 friendly against France. He scored for his country at that summer's Atlanta Olympics but had to wait four years for his first senior international goal. The timing couldn't have been better: in Portugal's opening match at Euro 2000 he marked his fourth start with the winner as Portugal came from two goals down to beat England in a 3-2 victory. He scored four goals overall as Portugal reached the last four but earned a seven-month international ban after pushing referee Günter Benkö following the semi-final defeat by France. He struggled to hold down a starting place and appeared twice as a substitute during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Things went better for him in Euro 2004 when, after coming on as a half time substitute, he scored the winning goal against Spain to send Portugal through to the second round. He was also called up for the FIFA World cup 2006 in Germany, where he scored a goal in the third-place play-off match against Germany. He has scored 27 goals in 63 caps for Portugal. He is one of the top goalscorers for the Portugal national football team. Now, after the international retirement of Pauleta, Nuno Gomes is expected to become his successor in the Selecção's striker role. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... The 1996 Summer h Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... First international  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... Günter Benkö (born July 12, 1955 in Oberwart, Burgenland) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Austria, best known for supervising two matches during the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. ... 2002 World Cup redirects here. ... Euro 2004 Logo The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called EURO 2004, was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. ... First international  Spain 3 - 1 Portugal  (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921) Biggest win  Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein  (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994)  Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein  (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999)  Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait  (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003) Biggest defeat Portugal 0 - 10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May... Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, OIH (born April 28, 1973 in Ponta Delgada, Azores), nicknamed Pauleta (pron. ...

He has currently scored 3 goals in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. His first was scored against Finland and earned Portugal a much needed point in Helsinki. The second came in a 2-1 loss to the Poland and the third in a 4-0 win against Belgium. He also added an assist to his name after a long pass to Tiago, which ended in a goal in Belgrade against Serbia. Now, he is the captain of Selecao Das Quinas, leading the team to Euro 2008 next year. The 2008 European Football Championship (EURO 2008) will take place in Austria and Switzerland. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area  - Total 187. ... Tiago Cardoso Mendes (IPA: , born May 2, 1981 in Viana do Castelo, Norte) is a Portuguese professional football player. ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... First international Brazil 2 - 0 Yugoslavia (Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994) First international as Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 2 Azerbaijan (Podgorica, SCG; 12 February 2003) First international as Serbia Czech Republic 1 - 3 Serbia (Uherské HradiÅ¡tÄ›, Czech Republic; 16 August 2006) Biggest win Faroe Islands...

Honours

• Superliga (2005, SL Benfica)
• Portuguese Supercup (2005, SL Benfica)
• Portuguese Cup (1997, 2004, Boavista FC, SL Benfica)
• Coppa Italia (2001, ACF Fiorentina)

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Personal life

He divorced Ismeria in the summer of 2003. With whom he has a daughter Laura. He remarried to Portuguese's former journalist Patricia Aguilar in July 2006.

NOTE ON NAME: Unlike other Portuguese players, such as Ricardo Carvalho or Nuno Valente, Nuno Gomes' name is essentially a nickname, that comes from his admiration for Fernando Gomes, who was at FC Porto in the 80's, rather than a first name and a surname and is always given in full - he is never simply 'Gomes'. Ricardo Alberto Silveira Carvalho, OIH (born May 18, 1978 in Amarante, near Porto), pron. ... Nuno Jorge Pereira Silva Valente, commonly known just as Nuno Valente (pron. ...

External links

• www.PortuGOAL.net | | The definitive Portuguese football site (Player Profile Section)
• (Portuguese) Official site
• UEFA bio

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Baía • 2 J. Costa • 3 A. Xavier • 4 Caneira • 5 F. Couto • 6 P. Sousa • 7 Figo • 8 J.o Pinto • 9 Pauleta • 10 Rui Costa • 11 S. Conceição • 12 H. Viana • 13 J. Andrade • 14 P. Barbosa • 15 Nélson • 16 Ricardo • 17 P. Bento • 18 Frechaut • 19 Capucho • 20 Petit • 21 N. Gomes • 22 Beto • 23 R. Jorge • Coach: A. Oliveira

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 Caneira • 4 R. Costa • 5 Meira • 6 Costinha • 7 Figo • 8 Petit • 9 Pauleta • 10 H. Viana • 11 Simão • 12 Quim • 13 Miguel • 14 N. Valente • 15 Boa Morte • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 C. Ronaldo • 18 Maniche • 19 Tiago • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 P. Santos • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari