Manuel Pedro Gomes

Pedro Gomes
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Pedro Gomes
Date of birth	(1941-10-16) 16 October 1941
Place of birth	Torres Novas, Portugal
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1957–1960	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1960–1973	Sporting CP	157	(0)
National team
1964–1970	Portugal	9	(0)
Teams managed
1973–1974	Oriental
1974–1975	Marítimo
1975–1976	Farense
1976–1978	Marítimo
1978–1979	Rio Ave
1979–1980	Académica
1980–1981	Leiria
1981	Belenenses
1982	Marítimo
1982–1983	Rio Ave
1983–1984	Nacional
1984–1985	Sporting CP (assistant)
1985	Sporting CP
1985–1986	Torreense
1986–1987	Tirsense
1987	Trofense
1987–1989	Vila Real
1989	Lusitano Évora
1989–1990	Olhanense
1990–1991	União Tomar
1992–1994	Benfica Castelo Branco
1994–1996	Oriental
1996–1997	Atlético
1998–1999	Atlético
2000–2001	Marco
2006	Torreense
2006–2007	Sintrense
2007–2008	Oriental
2008–2009	Torreense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Manuel Pedro Gomes (born 16 October 1941 in Torres Novas, Santarém) is a Portuguese retired football defender and manager.

Playing career

Gomes spent his entire career with Sporting Clube de Portugal, going on to appear in 516 games over the course of 13 seasons (youth, friendlies and official), eighth-best at the time of his retirement. He was a member of the team that won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1963–64.^[1]

In 1970 Gomes won the second national championship of his career, the first with his active participation.^[2] He retired in June 1973 at the age of 31, having gained nine caps for Portugal during six years; his debut came on 31 May 1964 in a friendly against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro (0–2 loss).

Manager career

Immediately after retiring Gomes took up coaching, a career which would last more than three decades. In the top division he was in charge of Clube Oriental de Lisboa, S.C. Farense, C.S. Marítimo, U.D. Leiria, C.F. Os Belenenses, Rio Ave F.C. and Sporting.

Precisely with his only club as a player, he served his last spell in the main category: having started the 1984–85 season as assistant to John Toshack, he took the reins of the team in the last two matches, winning one and losing another in an eventual runner-up finish, behind F.C. Porto.^[3] Before signing with the Lisbon and national giants he worked as C.D. Nacional manager, being responsible for bringing future Sporting legend Oceano to the club.