“For the knowledge of FPF members and other interested parties, we inform you that the management of the Portuguese Football Federation determined the observance of a minute of silence in memory of former player Fernando Gomes, in all games of the competitions organized by it, between 11/26 /2022 and 11/28/2022”, wrote the organization, in a short note.
Former Portuguese international forward Fernando Gomes, winner of two Golden Boots and top scorer in the history of FC Porto, a club where he played from the youth levels and represented in 13 seasons in the first division, died today at the age of 66, due to a prolonged illness , revealed the national soccer champions.
The ‘Golden Boot’ of 1982/83 and 1984/85 and current member of the board of directors of FC Porto for training, who was recently admitted to a hospital in Porto, left the club in “mourning for the loss of one of its greatest figures” .
The Portuguese international also represented Sporting and the Spanish Sporting de Gijon, both for two seasons.