Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira | ||
Date of birth | 13 February 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
Date of death | 22 February 2024 | (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) |
1977 | → Rochester 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
- Primeira Liga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90
- Taça de Portugal: 1987–88, 1990–91
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1986
- European Cup: 1986–87
Paris Saint-Germain
Al Hilal
CSKA Moscow
- 1946 births
- 2024 deaths
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portuguese football managers
- Portuguese expatriate football managers
- Footballers from Porto
- Académica de Coimbra (football) players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- FC Porto managers
- CD Tenerife managers
- La Liga managers
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. managers
- UEFA Euro 1996 managers
- Portugal men's international footballers
- Vitória S.C. managers
- Académica de Coimbra (football) managers
- SBV Vitesse managers
- Portugal national football team managers
- Cameroon national football team managers
- Switzerland national football team managers
- Primeira Liga managers
- PFC CSKA Moscow managers
- MC Alger managers
- Russian Premier League managers
- US Créteil-Lusitanos managers
- FC Porto players
- Primeira Liga players
- Al Hilal SFC managers
- Ligue 1 managers
- UEFA Champions League winning managers
- Expatriate football managers in France
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Expatriate football managers in Switzerland
- Expatriate football managers in Russia
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Al Nassr FC managers
- Portimonense S.C. managers
- Racing Club de France Football managers
- University of Coimbra alumni
- University of Lisbon alumni
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon