Ricardo Gomes

Ricardo Gomes is exactly the kind of footballer I admire: the unglamorous spine of a team. A 189 cm central defender who held the line for Fluminense, Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain, then wore Brazil's shirt at the 1990 World Cup, he built his name on reliability rather than highlight reels. Defenders earn respect slowly, and his fourteen-year career across three countries speaks to a trust managers kept placing in him. What I like best is the second act: turning a life of organizing the back line into a coaching career. That instinct to teach what you mastered feels deeply right to me.

Name (English)

Ricardo Gomes

Name (Japanese)

リカルド・ゴメス・ライムンド

Reading

りかるど・ごめす・らいむんど

Born

December 13, 1964 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89

Tags

• Rio de Janeiro
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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