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Jorge Gomes (footballer)

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Jorge Gomes
Personal information
Full name Jorge Gomes da Silva Filho
Date of birth (1954-05-18) 18 May 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1974 Vasco Gama
1975–1976 União Lamas
1976–1979 Boavista 51 (14)
1979–1982 Benfica 41 (11)
1982–1989 Braga 170 (36)
1989–1990 Fafe 17 (2)
1990–1991 Águeda 3 (0)
Total 282 (63)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Gomes da Silva Filho (born 18 May 1954) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 262 matches and 61 goals.

Football career

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Gomes played for CR Vasco da Gama before moving to Portugal. After a brief spell at C.F. União de Lamas he signed with Boavista FC, where he spent three seasons before joining fellow Primeira Liga side S.L. Benfica on 11 August 1979; he was the first ever foreign player to sign for the 75-year-old club.[1][2]

During his three-year tenure, Gomes faced stiff competition from César, Zoran Filipović, Nené and Reinaldo, being sparingly used and leaving Lisbon after a disagreement with manager Sven-Göran Eriksson. He subsequently signed for S.C. Braga, going on to score nearly 50 competitive goals; he retired at the age of 37, after one year apiece with AD Fafe and R.D. Águeda (both in the Segunda Liga).[3]

Honours

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Benfica
Boavista

References

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  1. ^ "Jorge Gomes: Do Bessa para a Luz" [Jorge Gomes: From Bessa to Luz]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (19999): 21. 7 July 1979. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. ^ Simões, António (2008). Equipamentos com história. Vol. 4. Portugal: A Bola. p. 50. ISBN 972-99134-7-1.
  3. ^ Isaura Almeida (9 April 2017). "Jorge Gomes, o bom malandro e primeiro estrangeiro do Benfica" [Jorge Gomes, the goodfella and the first foreigner of Benfica]. Diário de Noticias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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