Jorge Gomes (footballer)

Jorge Gomes
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Gomes da Silva Filho
Date of birth	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
1973–1974	Vasco Gama
1975–1976	União Lamas
1976–1979	Boavista
1979–1982	Benfica
1982–1989	Braga
1989–1990	Fafe
1990–1991	Águeda
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Gomes da Silva Filho (born 18 May 1954), known as Gomes, 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

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]

^ "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.
^ Simões, António (2008). Equipamentos com história. Vol. 4. Portugal: A Bola. p. 50. ISBN 972-99134-7-1.
^ 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.