Eduardo Luís

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
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)
1989–1990	Rio Ave	5	(0)
1990–1992	Ovarense	20	(0)
Total		277	(6)
International career
1980–1987	Portugal	8	(0)
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 current coach.

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 Eagles 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.

In 1989, aged 33, Eduardo Luís left Porto and signed for Rio Ave F.C. in the second tier. 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.

External links

• Eduardo Luís at footballzz.co.uk
• Eduardo Luís profile at ForaDeJogo
• Eduardo Luís manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Eduardo Luís at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football