Jorge Cordeiro

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Jorge Cordeiro
Personal information
Full name Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro
Date of birth (1978-09-02) 2 September 1978 (age 46)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998SL 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
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Men's Football
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Portugal 1995 Team
*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 brief spell in the Norwegian football before retiring.

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Club career

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]

International career

Cordeiro helped the under-16s win the 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]

Coaching career

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 statistics

[6]

ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Follo 2 20123131
20134040
Total7171
Follo 2012 15100151
2013 140140
Total29120291

Honours

Club

Oeiras
Follo

Country

Portugal

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jorge Cordeiro, histórico do Benfica joga e treina na Noruega" [Jorge Cordeiro, Benfica's historic plays and trains in Norway]. mais futebol (in Portuguese). 3 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "Mozer quer jogadores "com Benfica no coração"" [Mozer wants players "with Benfica in the heart"]. TSF (in Portuguese). 4 October 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "Dani suspenso e convidado a sair" [Dani suspended and invited to leave]. Público (in Portuguese). 18 November 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. "Tidligere Benfica-spiller til Follo FK" [Former Benfica player to Follo FK]. oblad (in Norwegian). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. "Jorge Cordeiro". Portuguese Football Federation . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. "Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro". Football Association of Norway . Retrieved 27 July 2016.