Dady

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dady

| image =

| fullname = Eduardo Fernandes Pereira Gomes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|8|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| height = {{height|meter=1.91}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1989–1993

| youthyears2 = 1993–1995

| youthyears3 = 1995–1999

| youthyears4 = 1999–2000

| youthclubs1 = Futebol Benfica

| youthclubs2 = Sporting CP

| youthclubs3 = Futebol Benfica

| youthclubs4 = Boavista

| years1 = 2000–2001

| years2 = 2001–2002

| years3 = 2002–2005

| years4 = 2005

| years5 = 2006–2007

| years6 = 2007–2010

| years7 = 2010

| years8 = 2011–2012

| years9 = 2012–2013

| years10 = 2013

| years11 = 2014

| years12 = 2014–2015

| years13 = 2015–2016

| clubs1 = Sporting B

| clubs2 = Aldenovense

| clubs3 = Odivelas

| clubs4 = Estoril

| clubs5 = Belenenses

| clubs6 = Osasuna

| clubs7 = Bucaspor

| clubs8 = Olhanense

| clubs9 = Apollon Limassol

| clubs10 = Shanghai Shenhua

| clubs11 = Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard

| clubs12 = Atlético

| clubs13 = Futebol Benfica

| caps1 = 19

| caps2 = 21

| caps3 = 93

| caps4 = 14

| caps5 = 38

| caps6 = 54

| caps7 = 5

| caps8 = 30

| caps9 = 10

| caps10 = 27

| caps11 = 5

| caps12 = 16

| caps13 =

| totalcaps = 332

| goals1 = 5

| goals2 = 10

| goals3 = 26

| goals4 = 6

| goals5 = 12

| goals6 = 11

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 8

| goals9 = 2

| goals10 = 9

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 =

| totalgoals = 89

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2012

| nationalteam1 = Cape Verde

| nationalcaps1 = 23

| nationalgoals1 = 5

}}

Eduardo Fernandes Pereira Gomes (born 13 August 1981), known as Dady, is a Cape Verdean former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

During his early years, Lisbon-born Dady played professionally with modest clubs in the Portuguese lower leagues, after unsuccessful stints with Boavista F.C. and Sporting CP. In the 2005–06 season he started with second division side G.D. Estoril Praia but, after solid performances, attracted the attention of Primeira Liga's C.F. Os Belenenses.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Dady's first match in the top level was on 14 January 2006, in a 0–1 home loss against Sporting where he came on as 78th-minute substitute.{{cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2006/01/14/desporto/noticia/sporting-vence-no-restelo-por-01-1244761/amp|title=Sporting vence no Restelo por 0–1|trans-title=Sporting win 0–1 at the Restelo|newspaper=Público|location=Portugal|language=Portuguese|date=14 January 2006|accessdate=27 December 2017}} After an uneventful first half-season he was a key attacking figure in 2006–07 campaign, scoring 12 goals as Belenenses finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup.{{cite news|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/detalhe/dady-quer-ser-o-artilheiro-da-liga|title=Dady quer ser o artilheiro da Liga|trans-title=Dady wants to be the League's gunner|newspaper=Correio da Manhã|language=Portuguese|date=19 May 2007|accessdate=27 December 2017|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228054731/http://www.cmjornal.pt/desporto/detalhe/dady-quer-ser-o-artilheiro-da-liga|url-status=live}}

In August 2007, Dady signed with La Liga club CA Osasuna.{{cite web|url=http://www.osasuna.es/dev/actualidad/ultimasnoticias/principio-de-acuerdo-entre-osasuna-os-belenenses-y-el-delantero-dady|title=Principio de acuerdo entre Osasuna, Os Belenenses y el delantero Dady|trans-title=Agreement in principle between Osasuna, Belenenses and forward Dady|publisher=CA Osasuna|language=Spanish|date=14 August 2007|accessdate=14 August 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223351/http://www.osasuna.es/dev/actualidad/ultimasnoticias/principio-de-acuerdo-entre-osasuna-os-belenenses-y-el-delantero-dady|archivedate=27 September 2007}}{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/osasuna-anuncia-dady|title=Osasuna anuncia Dady|trans-title=Osasuna announce Dady|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=14 August 2007|accessdate=6 September 2019}} Not an undisputed starter in his first season, he still finished as the Navarrese's top scorer, helping it barely avoid relegation;{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/marcador/futbol/2007_08/primera/jornada_9/osa_vad/indexCronica.html|title=Angustioso empate en el Reyno|trans-title=Anxious draw at the Reyno|newspaper=Marca|language=Spanish|date=28 October 2007|accessdate=3 July 2014|archive-date=10 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410011044/https://www.marca.com/marcador/futbol/2007_08/primera/jornada_9/osa_vad/indexCronica.html|url-status=live}} in the following two campaigns he featured even less regularly, due to physical problems – which included the extraction of a benign tumor in his femur{{cite news|url=http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20090409/deportes/dady-operado-tumor-benigno-femur.html?not=2009040901275962&dia=20090409&chnl=20|title=Dady, operado de un tumor benigno en el fémur|trans-title=Dady underwent surgery to benign tumor in femur|newspaper=Diario de Navarra|language=Spanish|date=9 April 2009|accessdate=16 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213050454/http://www.diariodenavarra.es/20090409/deportes/dady-operado-tumor-benigno-femur.html?not=2009040901275962&dia=20090409&chnl=20|archive-date=13 February 2013}}– and the resurrection of veteran player Walter Pandiani.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In the summer of 2010, Dady signed with Bucaspor in Turkey, being released on 30 December and returning to Portugal in the following transfer window, with S.C. Olhanense.{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Olhanense//interior.aspx?content_id=679635|title=Dady regressa a Portugal|trans-title=Dady returns to Portugal|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=16 January 2011|accessdate=16 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117125241/http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Olhanense/interior.aspx?content_id=679635|archive-date=17 January 2011}} He netted seven times in 23 games in his first full season, being crucial as the Algarve team eventually avoided top flight relegation.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

On 17 July 2012, Dady signed for Apollon Limassol of the Cypriot First Division.{{cite news|url=http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=342419|title=Dady assina pelo {{sic|nolink=y|Apoelon}} Limassol|trans-title=Dady signs for Apollon Limassol|newspaper=A Bola|language=Portuguese|date=17 July 2012|accessdate=16 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323045830/http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=342419|archivedate=23 March 2014}} On 28 February of the following year he moved clubs and countries again, joining China's Shanghai Shenhua FC.{{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/13/0301/00/8ORDROVQ00051C89.html|script-title=zh:申花正式宣布签第五外援前西甲高中锋火速加盟|trans-title=Shenhua sign the fifth foreign player, former La Liga center forward joins|publisher=NetEase|language=Chinese|date=1 March 2013|accessdate=2 March 2013|archive-date=6 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906212301/https://sports.163.com/13/0301/00/8ORDROVQ00051C89.html|url-status=live}}

In March 2014, Dady joined another team in the country, China League One's Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard FC.{{cite web|url=http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2014_03/01/34312550_0.shtml|title=我区首家职业足球俱乐部成立|trans-title=|publisher=News Ifeng|language=Chinese|date=1 March 2014|accessdate=2 March 2014|archive-date=2 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045609/http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2014_03/01/34312550_0.shtml|url-status=live}} He returned to Portugal and its second tier in August, with the 33-year-old agreeing to a one-year contract at Atlético Clube de Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/segunda-liga/artigos/dady-regressa-a-portugal-para-representar-o-atletico|title=Dady regressa a Portugal para representar o Atlético|trans-title=Dady returns to Portugal to represent Atlético|publisher=SAPO|language=Portuguese|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=6 September 2019}}