Nuno Gomes

**Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro**  (born 5 July 1976), known as **Nuno Gomes**, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He started his career from Boavista in 1994. In 1997, he went to Benfica. In the 2000–01 season, he went to Fiorentina and in the 2002–03 season he returned to Benfica.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Boavista|1994–95|Primeira Liga|17|1|1|0|–|4|1|22|2||
|1995–96|Primeira Liga|28|7|2|1|–|0|0|30|8||||
|1996–97|Primeira Liga|34|15|5|4|–|6|2|45|21||||
|rowspan="4"|Benfica|1997–98|Primeira Liga|33|18|6|4|–|1|0|40|22||
|1998–99|Primeira Liga|34|24|2|3|–|7|7|43|34||||
|1999–2000|Primeira Liga|34|18|2|1|–|5|1|41|20||||
|rowspan="3"|Fiorentina|2000–01|Serie A|30|9|3|4|–|0|0|33|13||
|2001–02|Serie A|23|5|1|0|–|6|2|31<sup>**1**</sup>|7||||
|rowspan="10"|Benfica|2002–03|Primeira Liga|28|9|1|0|–|0|0|29|9||
|2003–04|Primeira Liga|21|7|3|0|–|5|5|29|12||||
|2004–05|Primeira Liga|23|7|5|2|–|6|3|34|12||||
|2005–06|Primeira Liga|29|15|4|1|–|8|0|42<sup>**2**</sup>|17<sup>**2**</sup>||||
|2006–07|Primeira Liga|24|6|3|3|–|14|4|41|13||||
|2007–08|Primeira Liga|25|7|3|1|0|0|8|1|36|9|||
|2008–09|Primeira Liga|24|7|1|0|2|1|6|1|33|9|||
|2009–10|Primeira Liga|13|3|2|0|2|0|6|1|23|4|||
|2010–11|Primeira Liga|6|4|1|0|1|1|0|0|8|5|||
|Braga|2011–12|Primeira Liga|20|6|2|0|2|0|5|0|29|6||
|Blackburn Rovers|2012–13|Championship|18|4|2|0|0|0|–|20|4|||

<sup>**1**</sup> includes one match in the Italian Supercup.

<sup>**2**</sup> includes one match and one goal in the Portuguese Supercup.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16"|Portugal|1996|1|0|
|1997|2|0|||
|1998|2|0|||
|1999|3|0|||
|2000|9|4|||
|2001|9|9|||
|2002|7|1|||
|2003|3|3|||
|2004|11|4|||
|2005|7|2|||
|2006|7|3|||
|2007|7|1|||
|2008|7|2|||
|2009|2|0|||
|2010|0|0|||
|2011|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gomes goal._

## Honours

**Boavista**
- Taça de Portugal: 1996–97

**Fiorentina**
- Coppa Italia: 2000–01

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 2004–05, 2009–10
- Taça de Portugal: 2003–04
- Taça da Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2005

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Championship: Runner-up: 2004; 3rd place 2000
- FIFA U-20 World Cup third place: 1995
- UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1994
- Toulon Tournament (training match tournament) 3rd place: 1996

**Individual**
- UEFA European Championship: Team of the Tournament: 2000
- UEFA European Championship: Most goals in a knock-out phase for Portugal (3) 2000
- UEFA European Championship: Most goals in knock-out phases for Portugal (4) 2000, 2008
- Primeira Liga Player of the Year: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- SJPF Player of the Month: September 2005, October 2005
- Toulon Tournament (training match tournament) Top Scorer: 1996

**Orders**
- Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **playername**: Nuno Gomes
- **image**: Nuno Gomes (1388215345).jpg
- **image size**: 200px
- **fullname**: Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro
- **birth place**: Amarante, Portugal
- **height**: 1.81 m
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1987–1990
- **youthclubs1**: Amarante F.C., Amarante
- **youthyears2**: 1990–1994
- **youthclubs2**: Boavista F.C., Boavista
- **years1**: 1994–1997
- **clubs1**: Boavista F.C., Boavista
- **caps1**: 79
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 1997–2000
- **clubs2**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps2**: 101
- **goals2**: 60
- **years3**: 2000–2002
- **clubs3**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **caps3**: 53
- **goals3**: 14
- **years4**: 2002–2011
- **clubs4**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps4**: 192
- **goals4**: 65
- **years5**: 2011–2012
- **clubs5**: S.C. Braga, Braga
- **caps5**: 20
- **goals5**: 6
- **years6**: 2012–2013
- **clubs6**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **caps6**: 18
- **goals6**: 4
- **totalcaps**: 463
- **totalgoals**: 158
- **nationalyears1**: 1990
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1991–1992
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-16 football team, Portugal U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 4
- **nationalyears3**: 1992–1993
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-17 football team, Portugal U17
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 1993–1994
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national under-18 football team, Portugal U18
- **nationalcaps4**: 15
- **nationalgoals4**: 5
- **nationalyears5**: 1995–1996
- **nationalteam5**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps5**: 13
- **nationalgoals5**: 9
- **nationalyears6**: 1995–1997
- **nationalteam6**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps6**: 14
- **nationalgoals6**: 5
- **nationalyears7**: 1996
- **nationalteam7**: Portugal Olympic football team, Portugal U23
- **nationalcaps7**: 5
- **nationalgoals7**: 1
- **nationalyears8**: 1996–2011
- **nationalteam8**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps8**: 79
- **nationalgoals8**: 29