Eduardo Luís

Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes (born 6 December 1955), known as Eduardo Luís, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender, and a coach.

Eduardo Luís
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes
Date of birth (1955-12-06) 6 December 1955
Place of birth Loures, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1971–1972 Olivais Sul
1972–1974 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1975 Marítimo 0 (0)
1975–1976 Benfica 3 (0)
1976–1982 Marítimo 150 (5)
1982–1989 Porto 99 (1)
1989 Toronto First Portuguese
1989–1990 Rio Ave 5 (0)
1990–1992 Ovarense 20 (0)
Total 277 (6)
National team
1980–1987 Portugal 8 (0)
Teams managed
1992–1994 Ovarense
1995–1996 Aves
1996–1998 Maia
1999 União Madeira
2000–2001 Vilanovense
2001–2002 Bragança
2002–2003 Benfica Castelo Branco
2003–2004 Nogueirense
2005–2006 Vila Meã
2006–2007 Lourosa
2007–2008 Arrifanense
2008–2009 Vila Meã
2009–2010 Candal
2010–2012 Maia Lidador
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Loures, Eduardo Luís started playing professionally for C.S. Marítimo after unsuccessfully emerging through S.L. Benfica's youth system. He re-signed with the latter for the 1975–76 season, but only appeared in three Primeira Liga games and subsequently returned to the Madeira club, helping it promote from the second level at the first attempt and proceeding to only miss two league matches in the following four top flight campaigns combined.

In 1981, Marítimo was once again in division two, and Eduardo Luís appeared in all the games for them en route to another promotion. In the ensuing off-season he joined FC Porto, being regularly used in two of his seven years with the northern side; his best output was in 1986–87 as he appeared in 27 contests (one goal) for the second-placed team, which also reached the semifinals of the Portuguese Cup, and added the season's European Cup, with the player appearing the full 90 minutes of the 2–1 final win against FC Bayern Munich.[1]

In 1989, aged 33, Eduardo Luís left Porto and signed for Rio Ave F.C. in the second tier. In the summer of 1989 he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto First Portuguese.[2] He then dropped down to the third division to join A.D. Ovarense, helping to promotion in the first year and retaining of league status in the following, after which he retired from football.

Eduardo Luís started managing one year after retiring, starting with his last team as a player. In the following years, he was in charge of more than ten teams in all three major levels of Portuguese football, his biggest achievement being leading C.D. Aves to the fourth position of the second tier in 1995–96 (no promotion though).

International career

Making his debut for Portugal on 24 September 1980 in a 1–3 friendly loss in Italy, Eduardo Luís went on to win eight caps in nearly seven years. He was selected to the squad that appeared at UEFA Euro 1984, being an unused member for the eventual semifinalists.

References
  1. "1988/89: FC Porto sem troféus e dez campeões europeus a chorar" [1988/89: FC Porto without trophies and ten European champions crying] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. "Six soccer stars sign up to join First Portuguese". Toronto Star. April 13, 1989. p. B8.
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