Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 2 September 1978 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Portalegre, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Benfica B (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
1987–1990 | Estrela de Portalegre | |||||||||||||||
1990–1997 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1997–1998 | → SL Olivais (loan) | |||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Portimonense | 27 | (4) | |||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Benfica B | 65 | (20) | |||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Seixal | 33 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Barreirense | 30 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Torreense | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Oriental | 28 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2005–2012 | AD Oeiras | |||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Follo 2 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Follo | 28 | (1) | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | Portugal U15 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Portugal U16 | 12 | (3) | |||||||||||||
1995 | Portugal U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Portugal U18 | 11 | (6) | |||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Ski (youth) | |||||||||||||||
2022– | Benfica B (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro (born 2 September 1978) is professional football coach and former player. He played as a midfielder, predominantly in Portugal's lower leagues. He had a briefly spell in the Norwegian football before retiring.
Cordeiro was born in Portalegre and started playing aged 7 hometown's Estrela de Portalegre. In 1991, he moved to S.L. Benfica youth system. [1] In the 1997–98 season he was loaned to SL Olivais.
After one season in Portimão, Cordeiro returned to Benfica to play in the reserves team in 1999. On 4 October 2000, he was called by first-team coach José Mourinho for a friendly match against Olympique de Marseille. [2] In November, he received another call, this time to a Primeira Liga match against Vitória de Guimarães, but eventually did not leave the bench, subsequently returning to the B-side. [3]
On 30 May 2012, Cordeiro signed for Norwegian side Follo FK. [1] [4]
In 1995, Cordeiro helped the under-16s winning that year's UEFA European Championship. He scored three goals, including the solo winning goal against host Belgium in the quarterfinals and one in the semi-final against Germany.
Later that year, he was named in the squad for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship and played four games in an eventual quarter-final exit.
In 1997, he represented the Portugal under-18 team in the UEFA European Under-18 Championship, held in Iceland. Portugal reached the final and lost 1-0 in the against France.
Four categories comprised, Cordeiro amassed 34 caps and scored 11 goals. [5]
While playing for AD Oeiras, Cordeiro he earned his UEFA 'C' and 'B' Licences. While he was playing for Follo, he started coaching the under-14s of his local team, Ski IL. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Follo 2 | 2012 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | |
2013 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 7 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | ||
Follo | 2012 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
2013 | 14 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
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