Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)

Artur Jorge
Artur Jorge in 1972
Personal information
Full name Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira
Date of birth (1946-02-13)13 February 1946
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Date of death 22 February 2024(2024-02-22) (aged 78)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Porto 4 (1)
1965–1969 Académica 96 (72)
1969–1975 Benfica 130 (105)
1975–1978 Belenenses 51 (14)
1977Rochester Lancers (loan) 7 (2)
Total 288 (194)
International career
1967–1977 Portugal 16 (1)
Managerial career
1980–1981 Vitória de Guimarães
1981 Belenenses
1981–1983 Portimonense
1984–1987 Porto
1987–1989 Racing Paris
1989–1991 Porto
1990–1991 Portugal
1991–1994 Paris Saint-Germain
1994–1995 Benfica
1995–1996 Switzerland
1996–1997 Portugal
1997–1998 Tenerife
1998 Vitesse
1998–1999 Paris Saint-Germain
2000–2001 Al-Nassr
2001–2002 Al-Hilal
2002–2003 Académica
2003–2004 CSKA Moscow
2004–2006 Cameroon
2006 Al-Nassr
2006–2007 Créteil
2014–2015 MC Alger
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira (13 February 1946 – 22 February 2024), commonly known as Artur Jorge, was a Portuguese football player and manager.

Club career

As a junior player, Artur Jorge started at the junior team of FC Porto. As professional player, he played for Académica de Coimbra and Benfica, before ending his career at Belenenses in the 1977–78 season, due to a serious injury suffered at a training session in the Estádio Nacional where he broke a leg. He also had a stint in the North American Soccer League with the Rochester Lancers.

Managerial career

After his player career, Artur Jorge went to Leipzig, East Germany, to study football and training methodology. He started his managerial career working with Vitória de Guimarães, moving on to Belenenses, Portimonense and then signing with Porto for the 1984–85 season, where he won three national champion titles and two Taça de Portugal titles. His greatest success was to win the European Cup with Porto over favourites Bayern Munich 2–1. Jorge was known as "Rei Artur" ("King Arthur") from then on. He moved to Racing Paris the next season, and returned to Porto in 1989–90. He then moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1991–92, where he won the national championship in 1993–94.

Artur Jorge moved to Benfica in 1994–95, finishing third with his team, and was replaced at the beginning of the following season. He went to become coach of several other clubs including Académica de Coimbra, Vitesse Arnhem, Tenerife and CSKA Moscow. He managed the Portugal national team, initially while still Porto coach during the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons, and again during the 1996–97 season. He also managed the Switzerland team at UEFA Euro 1996, replacing Roy Hodgson under whom they had qualified. From 2004 he managed Cameroon. He failed to lead his team to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He managed Saudi club Al-Nasr for only two cup matches and was sacked following a 4–1 defeat by lowly club Al-Faisaly. He then managed French second division team Créteil in 2006–07.

On 27 November 2014, Artur Jorge joined Algerian club MC Alger, ending a seven-year period without coaching.

Death

Jorge died on 22 February 2024, at the age of 78.

Honours

Player

Benfica

Manager

Porto

Paris Saint-Germain

Al Hilal

CSKA Moscow


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