Fernando Gomes (football administrator)

{{short description|Portuguese sports administrator (born 1952)}}

{{For|the Portuguese footballer|Fernando Gomes (Portuguese footballer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Fernando Gomes

| image = Fernando Gomes March 2025.jpg

| birth_name = Fernando Soares Gomes da Silva

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|02|21|df=y}}{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=5 April 2017 |title=Fernando Gomes {{!}} Inside UEFA |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0238-0f8e4fd7f43f-13af2e677259-1000--fernando-gomes/

|access-date=20 March 2023 |website=UEFA |language=en}}

| birth_place = Porto, Portugal

| occupation = Sports administrator

| office = President of the Portuguese Football Federation

| termstart1 = 17 December 2011

| termend1 = 18 February 2025

| preceding1 =

| predecessor1 = Gilberto Madail

| successor1 = Pedro Proença

| caption = Gomes in 2025

}}

Fernando Soares Gomes da Silva (born 21 February 1952) is a Portuguese sports administrator. He is a member of the FIFA Council since September 2017. He was President of the Portuguese Football Federation from December 2011 to February 2025, and a Vice-President of UEFA from 2017 to 2023.{{cite web |date=12 December 2011 |title=Fernando Gomes elected new FPF president |url=https://www.uefa.com/news/01f8-0e7c7c239ac1-bf84fc910f2e-1000--fernando-gomes-elected-new-fpf-president/ |access-date=22 November 2016 |publisher=UEFA}}{{cite web |date=8 June 2016 |title=Gomes re-elected in Portugal |url=https://www.uefa.com/news/022e-0e948b73d413-6799850e9427-1000--gomes-re-elected-in-portugal/ |access-date=22 November 2016 |publisher=UEFA}}{{Cite web |title=Ceferin despede-se de Fernando Gomes: «Obrigado, do fundo do meu coração» |url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/ceferin-despede-se-de-fernando-gomes-obrigado-do-fundo-do-meu-coracao |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=www.record.pt |language=pt-PT}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/noticia/a-exestrela-do-basquetebol-que-quer-mandar-no-futebol-1524468|title=A ex-estrela do basquetebol que quer mandar no futebol|publisher=Público|date=10 December 2011|access-date=22 November 2016}}

Gomes holds a degree in economics from the University of Porto.