Ricardo Gomes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is Raymundo.

Ricardo Gomes

Gomes in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Gomes Raymundo
Date of birth	(1964-12-13) 13 December 1964
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	São Paulo (manager)
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, and the current manager of São Paulo.

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.

Club career

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 the Eagles 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.

International career

During one decade, Gomes won 45 caps for Brazil. He appeared for the nation at two Copa América tournaments, winning the 1989 edition played on home soil, and was present at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he played all the matches and minutes until being sent off in the 85th minute of the round of 16 0–1 loss against Argentina.

Gomes was also selected – again as captain – to the 1994 World Cup, but had to be removed from the squad in the very last hour, due to injury. Additionally, he was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Coaching career

Gomes immediately started coaching, with Paris SG, leaving the French side after two years, finishing second in the 1996–97 season and winning the following season's French Cup. He then returned to his country, managing seven teams until 2004, also having a spell with the Brazilian Olympic team.

In the following four seasons, Gomes worked again in France, first with FC Girondins de Bordeaux then AS Monaco FC, leaving his post at the latter in late May 2009, with the team eventually ranking 11th.

On 20 June 2009, Gomes signed with São Paulo FC, replacing Muricy Ramalho. In early February 2011, he moved to CR Vasco da Gama, leading his hometown club to its first ever Brazilian Cup, a 3–3 aggregate win against Coritiba Football Club.

On 28 August 2011, 46-year-old Gomes suffered a stroke during the match between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama. He was taken to hospital in an ambulance with the game still playing, and was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain hemorrhage that required emergency head surgery.

On 14 November 2012, after more one year far from football, Gomes came back to Vasco da Gama as technical director. On 22 July 2015, he returned to command Botafogo in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Managerial stats

As of 6 August 2010

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
São Paulo	2009	2010	7001730000000000000♠73	7001380000000000000♠38	7001150000000000000♠15	7001200000000000000♠20	7001520500000000000♠52.05
Total			73	38	15	20	52.05

Honours

Player

Club

Fluminense

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1984
• Campeonato Carioca: 1983, 1984, 1985

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1989–89, 1990–91
• Taça de Portugal: 1995–96

Paris Saint-Germain

• Ligue 1: 1993–94
• Coupe de France: 1992–93, 1994–95
• Coupe de la Ligue: 1994–95

Country

Brazil

• Pan American Games: 1987
• Olympic Silver Medal: 1988
• Copa América: 1989

Manager

Paris Saint-Germain

• Coupe de France: 1997–98
• Coupe de la Ligue: 1997–98

Bordeaux

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2006–07

Vasco da Gama

• Copa do Brasil: 2011

Botafogo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2015

External links

• Ricardo Gomes profile at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Ricardo Gomes profile at Soccerway
• Ricardo Gomes at National-Football-Teams.com