Nuno Miguel dos Santos Gomes (born 6 December 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Gomes was born in Porto. A Boavista F.C. youth graduate who never played for its first team – or in the country's Primeira Liga – he plied the vast majority of his trade in the lower leagues of Portugal, Spain and Greece. His only two top-division experiences came with Marsaxlokk F.C. in the Maltese Premier League and FC Vaslui, appearing in just two Liga I games in his only season with the latter club. Gomes retired from football at the age of only 28. External links 1979 births Living people Footballers from Porto Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Boavista F.C. players U.S.C. Paredes players F.C. Marco players C.D. Aves players Gondomar S.C. players Tercera División players Maltese Premier League players Marsaxlokk F.C. players Liga I players FC Vaslui players Portugal youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Malta Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece