Fernando Soares Gomes da Silva (born 21 February 1952) is a Portuguese football executive serving as Vice-President of the UEFA, the 2nd most important football regulatory in the entire world, only answering to FIFA, which oversees all continents in their football practice.
[2][3] Since December 2011, he has been the President of the Portuguese Football Federation[4][5] (Portuguese: Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, FPF), and as of March 2015 a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, besides other UEFA roles.
[6] He is a former basketball player and League President and had a long career with the FC Porto, where he was a member of the management board from 2000 to 2010.
[7] Gomes holds a degree in economics from the University of Porto.
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