Jorge Miguel Dias Gonçalves

Jorge Gonçalves

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Miguel Dias Gonçalves
Date of birth	October 31, 1983 (1983-10-31)
Place of birth	Pedroso, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Vitória Setúbal
Number	19
Youth career
1997–1999	Porto
2000–2002	Leixões
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002	Avanca
2003–2004	Pedras Rubras	41	(13)
2004–2008	Leixões	115	(20)
2008–2010	Racing Santander	10	(0)
2009–2010	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)	17	(0)
2010–2011	Olhanense	29	(0)
2011–	Vitória Setúbal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Jorge Miguel Dias Gonçalves (born 31 October 1983 in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória de Setúbal. Usually a winger, he and can also operate as a forward.

Football career

After having finished his youth career with Leixões SC, Gonçalves went on to have stints with modest clubs, before returning to the Matosinhos outfit in 2004. He would be an instrumental part in the club from the very beginning, helping it promote from the second level into the top flight in 2006–07, as he contributed with 26 matches and five goals.

In the 2007–08 season, Gonçalves scored seven league goals for Leixões, a squad-best, as the team avoided relegation in the last matchday. On September 1, 2008, on the last day of the summer transfer deadline, he signed for €1 million with La Liga outfit Racing de Santander, being rarely used throughout the season.

In June 2009, Gonçalves was loaned back to Portugal, with Vitória de Guimarães, in a season-long loan. As the Minho outfit finished in sixth position, he was irregularly used, not managing to score one goal in official matches; he was subsequently released by Racing but stayed in Portugal, joining S.C. Olhanense.

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• BDFutbol profile