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Eduardo Luís
Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes
Date of birth	6 December 1955 (age 69)
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
1974–1975	Marítimo
1975–1976	Benfica
1976–1982	Marítimo
1982–1989	Porto
1989	First Portuguese
1989–1990	Rio Ave
1990–1992	Ovarense
Total
International career
1980–1987	Portugal
Managerial career
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
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Luís Marques Kruss Gomes (born 6 December 1955), known as Eduardo Luís, is a Portuguese former football central defender and manager.

Club career

Born in Loures, Lisbon District, Eduardo Luís started playing professionally with 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 to promote from the Segunda Liga at the first attempt and proceeding to only miss a total of two league matches the following four top-flight campaigns.^[1]

In 1981, Marítimo were once again in the second division, and Eduardo Luís appeared in all the games for them en route to another promotion. In summer 1982 he joined FC Porto, being regularly used in two of his seven years with the northern side;^[1] his best output was in 1986–87 as he made 27 appearances (one goal) for the second-placed team, which also reached the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal and added that season's European Cup, with the player featuring the full 90 minutes of the 2–1 final win against FC Bayern Munich.^[2]

In 1989, aged 33, Eduardo Luís left Porto and signed for Rio Ave F.C. in the second tier. He returned to Portugal following a brief spell in the Canadian National Soccer League with Toronto First Portuguese,^[3] moving to division-three club A.D. Ovarense and earning promotion in his first year.

Eduardo Luís started managing one year after retiring. In the following seasons, he was in charge of more than ten teams in the second and third divisions, his biggest achievement being leading C.D. Aves to the fourth position of the former tier in 1995–96 (no promotion though).^[1]

International career

Making his debut for Portugal on 24 September 1980 in a 3–1 friendly loss in Italy, Eduardo Luís went on to win eight caps in nearly seven years.^[4] He was selected to the squad that appeared at UEFA Euro 1984, being an unused member for the eventual semi-finalists.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (4 February 2021). "O campeão europeu que foi titular em Viena e é vigilante de condomínio" [The European champion who started in Vienna and is now a flat surveillant] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^ Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (28 April 2014). "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. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Six soccer stars sign up to join First Portuguese". Toronto Star. 13 April 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^ Nogueira, Carlos (23 May 2016). "Do Euro 1984 ao Euro 2016. Como tudo é diferente" [From Euro 1984 to Euro 2016. How everything has changed]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2022.