Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes (born 19 August 1985) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Portugal

Born in

Vila Franca de Xira Vila Franca de Xira (), officially the City of Vila Franca de Xira (), is a city and municipality in the Lisbon District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 137,659, in an area of 318.19 km2. Situated on both banks of the Tagus River, ...

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, Gomes was part of the

S.L. Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...

youth system for a few years, and his first professional seasons were also spent in the

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area, with

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

Clube Oriental de Lisboa Clube Oriental de Lisboa is a Portuguese football club based in Lisbon. Founded in 1946, it currently competes in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema'', with an 8,500 capacity. History In January 19 ...

and Odivelas FC. He made his debut in

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

with another team from the capital,

C.F. Estrela da Amadora Club Football Estrela Amadora SAD (), sometimes just Estrela da Amadora, is a Portuguese professional sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon. The team is currently competing in the Primeira Liga, after winnin ...

, first appearing against

Associação Naval 1º de Maio Associação Naval 1º de Maio or Associação Naval 1893, commonly known as Naval, was a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it last played in the Division of Honour i ...

on 27 August 2006, and was a permanent fixture throughout the entire campaign, playing alongside another Benfica youth product, namesake Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes.

Steaua and Hércules

On 29 May 2008, after a two-month spell in

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

in which he failed to make an official appearance due to delays in the arrival of his international transfer, Gomes joined

FC Steaua București Fotbal Club FCSB (), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as FC Steaua București, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the Liga I, the top flight of th ...

on loan from Estrela, with the

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n club retaining an option to buy him at the end of the season. In mid-July 2009, he was sold to

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

in Spain for

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400,000 upon signing a three-year contract. He appeared in 37

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games and scored six goals in his first season, in a return to

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after a 13-year absence. Gomes was again regularly used in

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. On 24 April 2011 he netted his first Spanish top-flight goal in a 1–0 home win over

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

, adding a second two games later against

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

in a 2–3 home loss, but the team from

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was eventually relegated after only one year.

Blackpool

On 24 July 2012, Gomes signed a one-year deal with

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club Blackpool after his contract with Hércules expired. He made his competitive debut on 18 August by starting and playing 56 minutes in a 2–0 victory at

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. He finished his first and only season with 27 overall appearances (no goals).

APOEL

On 14 June 2013, Gomes moved teams and countries again, penning a two-year contract with

APOEL FC APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

from

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. He made his debut against

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on 31 July, in a 1–1

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draw in the

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of the

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. In the 2013–14 season he appeared in three games in the group stage of the

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, and helped his side conquer

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and

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. Gomes scored his first official goal for APOEL on 21 March 2015, in his team's 2–2 home draw with

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

in the league playoffs. In his second year, he played every game in his team's Champions League campaign. On 25 May 2015, one day after winning his second consecutive

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, Gomes left the club as it was announced his contract would not be renewed.

International career

Gomes made two appearances for

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at under-21 level, his first call-up being in March 2007.

Club statistics

Honours

APOEL *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is ...

: 2013

References

External links

APOEL official profile
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Tiago 1985 births Living people Footballers from Vila Franca de Xira Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players G.D. Estoril Praia players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players Odivelas F.C. players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Liga I players FCSB players La Liga players Segunda División players Hércules CF players English Football League players Blackpool F.C. players Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Doxa Katokopias FC players Malaysia Super League players Melaka United F.C. players Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen