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For another Portuguese footballer, see Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes
Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes
Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes is a Portuguese footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia as a left defender.-Football career:...

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Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes (born 18 August 1985 in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon

Lisbon

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) is a Portuguese

Portugal

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footballer who plays for Hércules CF

Hércules CF

Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1922, it currently plays in the Spanish second division, and holds home games at the Estadio José Rico Pérez, which seats 30,000 spectators.-History:After first...

in Spain

Spain

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, mainly as a central midfielder.

Football career

Gomes was part of the S.L. Benfica youth team for a few years, and his first professional seasons were also spent in the Lisbon

Lisbon

area, with G.D. Estoril Praia, Clube Oriental de Lisboa

Clube Oriental de Lisboa

Clube Oriental de Lisboa is a Portuguese football club based in Lisbon. Founded in 1946, it currently competes in the Portuguese Second Division, holding home games at Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema, with a 8,500-seat capacity.-History:...

and Odivelas Futebol Clube

Odivelas F.C.

Odivelas Futebol Clube is a sporting association in the city of Odivelas, in Greater Lisbon. It was founded in 1939 and has three football fields a gymnasium and other facilities.-External links:*...

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He made his debut in the first division with another capital outfit, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, first appearing against Associação Naval 1º de Maio

Associação Naval 1º de Maio

Associação Naval 1º de Maio, commonly known as Naval, is a Portuguese football club based in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra District. Founded on 1 May 1893, it currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa, with a capacity for 12,630 spectators.Naval is...

on 27 August 2006, and was a permanent fixture throughout the entire campaign, playing alongside another Benfica youth product, namesake Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes

Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes

Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes is a Portuguese footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia as a left defender.-Football career:...

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On 29 May 2008, Gomes joined FC Steaua Bucureşti on loan from Estrela, with the Romania

Romania

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n side retaining a buying option at the season's end. In mid-July 2009, he was sold by the Portuguese to Hércules CF

Hércules CF

for €

Euro

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400.000, penning a three-year with the Spanish

Spain

second division

Segunda División

The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...

team. He appeared in 37 league games and scored six times in his first season

2009–10 Segunda División

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, as the Alicante

Alicante

Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...

outfit returned to La Liga

La Liga

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after a 13-year absence.

Gomes was again regularly used in 2010–11

2010–11 La Liga

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. On 24 April 2011, he scored his first Spanish top flight goal, in a 1–0 home win against Deportivo de La Coruña

Deportivo de La Coruña

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...

, adding a second two rounds later against Racing de Santander

Racing de Santander

Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,400 spectators....

(2–3 loss, home), but Hércules was immediately relegated back.

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