1. Nuno Gomes was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after Fernando Gomes, and was regarded as one of the country's most recognisable attacking players in the 1990s and 2000s; he consistently scored for both club and country, and was capable of being a good link-up player, accumulating a number of assists throughout his career, which was spent mainly with Benfica, for which he netted 166 goals in 398 games over the course of 12 seasons.
Nuno Gomes helped the national team finish second at Euro 2004 and third at Euro 2000, and won 79 senior caps.
Nuno Gomes ranked joint-fourth top scorer in his last year at the Estadio do Bessa, before moving to Benfica.
On 2 October 2008, Nuno Gomes scored his 150th goal for Benfica in a UEFA Cup game against Napoli with a fine header.
Nuno Gomes was released by Benfica on 30 June 2011, after the club decided not to renew his contract; he was offered a position in the managerial structure, effective immediately or when he eventually retired.
Nuno Gomes represented Portugal at every level, earning 143 caps across all youth levels and scoring at an excellent rate.
Nuno Gomes helped the under-20s to third place in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship by netting four goals in as many games, including two in the third-place match against Spain.
Nuno Gomes made his senior debut at 19, in a 1996 friendly against France.
Nuno Gomes finished the competition with four goals as the national team reached the last four, but earned a seven-month international ban after pushing referee Gunter Benko following the semi-final defeat by France, in which he had opened the score; he was selected to the UEFA team of the tournament.
Nuno Gomes played ten matches and scored three times in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, captained Portugal at the finals and scored against Germany in the quarter-finals, thus becoming the fourth player to achieve the feat at three straight European Championships.
Nuno Gomes spent most of his career in the lower leagues but, from 2004 to 2007, competed in the Segunda Liga with Marco and Olivais e Moscavide, totalling 30 games and one goal.
Nuno Gomes was married twice, first to Ismeria with whom he had a daughter, Laura, born in 1999.
In July 2006 he married lawyer Patricia Aguilar, with whom he fathered another child, Nuno Gomes, born in July 2010.
Nuno Gomes was featured on the cover of the Portuguese edition of FIFA Football 2002.