On the last day of the 2000 January transfer window, Gouveia was loaned by C.F. Os Belenenses to Montpellier HSC in the French Ligue 1, alongside teammate Rui Pataca. At the end of the campaign he returned to Portugal, joining Boavista FC; he contributed eight substitute appearances in his first year, as the Chequereds won their first and only national championship.
