Ricardo Gomes

Ricardo Gomes

Gomes in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Gomes Raymundo
Date of birth	(1964-12-13) 13 December 1964 (age 52)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1988	Fluminense	201	(11)
1988–1991	Benfica	83	(19)
1991–1995	Paris Saint-Germain	115	(11)
1995–1996	Benfica	17	(4)
Total		416	(45)
National team
1984–1994	Brazil	45	(4)
Teams managed
1996–1998	Paris Saint-Germain
1999	Sport Recife
1999–2000	Vitória
2001	Guarani
2001	Coritiba
2002	Juventude
2002–2004	Brazil Olympic
2004	Fluminense
2004	Flamengo
2005–2007	Bordeaux
2007–2009	Monaco
2009–2010	São Paulo
2011	Vasco da Gama
2015–2016	Botafogo
2016	São Paulo
Honours Men's football Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ricardo Gomes Raymundo (born 13 December 1964) is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a central defender. In a 14-year professional career, he played for Fluminense (six years), Benfica (four) and Paris Saint-Germain (four). Subsequently, he went on to have a lengthy managerial career, in both his country and France.

Gomes played for Brazil during the 1980s and 1990s, representing the nation at the 1990 World Cup and in two Copa América tournaments.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Gomes started playing professionally with Fluminense Football Club. With the club, he won three consecutive state leagues, adding the 1984 Série A.

In the middle of 1988, he signed with S.L. Benfica of Portugal, alongside compatriot Valdo, a midfielder. Both were important elements in their debut season, as Benfica won the national championship, a feat which was again accomplished in 1991, with the defender scoring an astonishing 17 goals in both conquests combined, due to his superb aerial ability.

Both Gomes and Valdo left for Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in the middle of 1991, and both would return four years later to Lisbon, having won a total of four titles, including the 1993–94 first division title. In his second Benfica spell, he played sparingly, but still managed to score four times in the league, and helped the team win the domestic cup, before retiring from football in June 1996, at only 31.

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