Jorge Vieira (Brazilian footballer)

For the Portuguese footballer, see Jorge Gomes Vieira.

Jorge Vieira

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Silva Vieira
Date of birth	(1934-07-18)18 July 1934
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	24 July 2012(2012-07-24) (aged 78)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1956	Madureira
Managerial career
1960–1961	America
1962–1963	Vasco da Gama
1965–1967	Belenenses
1968	Galícia
1968–1969	Vitória de Guimarães
1970	Sport
1970–1971	Vitória de Guimarães
1971	Bahia
1972	Vitória
1974	América Mineiro
1977	Botafogo-SP
1977–1978	Palmeiras
1978	Atlético Mineiro
1979	Corinthians
1979	Botafogo
1982	Portuguesa
1983–1984	Corinthians
1985–1986	Iraq
1987–1990	Club América
1990–1992	Puebla FC
1993–1994	El Salvador
1996	Fluminense
1998	Araçatuba
1999	Toros Neza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Silva Vieira, usually known as Jorge Vieira (18 July 1934 – 24 July 2012), was a Brazilian football player and head coach.

Career

Jorge Vieira was born in Rio de Janeiro. He won the Campeonato Carioca as América's manager, when he was 26 years old. América's line-up was Amaro, Antoninho, Nilo, Jorge, Calazans, Djalma Dias, Quarentinha, Ari, Pompéia, Ivan and Wilson Santos.

Jorge Vieira managed Belenenses, of Portugal, in 1965-66 (26 matches) and in 1966-67 (one match). In 1977, he managed Botafogo-SP, winning that year's Campeonato Paulista first stage, named Taça Cidade de São Paulo. Botafogo-SP's line-up was: Aguillera, Wilson Campos, Nei, Manoel and Mineiro; Mário, Lorico and Sócrates; Zé Mário, Arlindo and João Carlos Motoca.

Vieira managed Palmeiras in 1977 and in 1978, and in 1979, as Corinthians's manager, he, with the help of the midfielder Sócrates, who was a former Botafogo-SP player, won the Campeonato Paulista. Jorge Vieira managed Corinthians again when the club won the Campeonato Paulista 1983, replacing Mário Travaglini, who was hired by Corinthians rival São Paulo. Its rival was defeated in the competition's final. Corinthians' line-up was: Leão; Alfinete, Juninho, Mauro and Wladimir; Paulinho, Biro-Biro, Sócrates and Zenon; Casagrande and Eduardo Amorim.

He then managed several Mexican clubs, and the Iraq and El Salvador national teams. He won two league titles with Mexican side Club América.

Honors

Vieira won the Campeonato Carioca as América's manager in 1960, and won the Campeonato Paulista twice managing Corinthians in 1979 and in 1983.

External links

• Toros Neza stats at Medio Tiemo