André Villas-Boas: “Fernando Gomes is a hero for generations” | OneFootball

On the eve of the world premiere of the documentary that portrays the career of the eternal Bibota, the FC Porto Board of Directors, family, friends, former teammates, and coaches of Fernando Gomes attended the preview of “Born to Score,” a film divided into two 55-minute parts that will be broadcast on FC Porto’s YouTube channel from 9:00 p.m. this Friday and on Porto Canal from 10:30 p.m. next Tuesday.

In the José Maria Pedroto Auditorium, where the preview of “Born to Score” took place, André Villas-Boas fondly remembered “the fourth most capped player in the Club’s history,” someone who “won an unparalleled number of titles and victories,” and stated that there is “nothing more wonderful than the story of Fernando Gomes at FC Porto.”

According to the Porto president, he is “an idol of generations,” “someone who means a lot” to the Club, and “a person who dedicated himself, who was a member, and who went through various departments” after hanging up his Golden Boots. “He was Dragão de Ouro, director of the year, scouting director, youth academy director, and FC Porto owes him a lot,” concluded André Villas-Boas.

A giant in the blue and white history“There is nothing more wonderful than the story of Fernando Gomes at FC Porto, the way he arrived at the Club through our famous scouting, his growth, a member since he was six years old, and then all the legacy he left us. He was the fourth most capped player in FC Porto’s history and won an unparalleled number of titles and victories. Fernando is an idol of generations, certainly of mine, as we used to carry small calendars in our wallets with Fernando Gomes and his two Golden Boots. He brings us great memories, memories that are even more special because I shared the locker room with a great friend of his, Lima Pereira, who told me all the adventures and misadventures of this great duo, and he is someone who means a lot in the history of FC Porto.”

For his son Martim“I would like to give you a small memento, which is your father’s membership card. He would have turned 69 on Saturday, and here is this record of member 1,280, which with the renumbering would now be much lower. This is also part of FC Porto’s history, of a person who dedicated himself, who was a member, who went through various departments and worked with many of the people present here, in addition to his teammates on the field, who sweated the FC Porto shirt with him. He won three Dragões de Ouro, was director of the year, scouting director, youth academy director, and FC Porto owes him a lot, so I sincerely thank you for your presence and the legacy your father left to FC Porto.”

Born to Score“This documentary refreshes our memory and shows us who Fernando Gomes was, what he meant to FC Porto, the striker he was, the spectacle it was to see him score goals and celebrate them with elegance. Besides being an outstanding athlete, Fernando Gomes was a person with great charisma and a very strong personality, a very marked character, and there was no way not to love everything he meant to FC Porto. A member since he was six, he debuted scoring for FC Porto at 17, scored 355 goals in 452 games, and is the man who scored the most goals wearing FC Porto’s colors. It’s important to remember all this, to refresh our memory, and to tell the younger ones that Fernando Gomes was a great inspiration for many people, who transcends time and will forever remain in our hearts.”

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