Fernando Gomes
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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Nationality: Portuguese
Date of birth: 21 February 1952
Executive Committee member since: 2015
UEFA vice-president since: 2017
An economics graduate, Fernando Gomes stepped down from his role of president of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) when he was elected as Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) president in December 2011.
A former basketball player and basketball league president, Gomes had a long career with FC Porto, where he began as the club's basketball director. He became a member of the Porto management board in 2000 and served in areas such as marketing, commercial and financial matters before leaving the club in February 2010.
In May 2013, Gomes was appointed as special advisor to the Executive Committee in charge of relations with all confederations, and as a UEFA EURO 2016 steering group member. In April 2015, Gomes was elected as a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, and was appointed as a UEFA vice-president in 2017. In September of the same year, he was first appointed as a European member of the FIFA Council.