Rui Jorge

Rui Jorge

Personal information
Full name	Rui Jorge Sousa Dias Macedo Oliveira
Date of birth	March 27, 1973 (1973-03-27)
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Portugal U21 (coach)
Youth career
1981–1991	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1998	Porto	85	(2)
1991–1992	→ Rio Ave (loan)	31	(2)
1998–2005	Sporting CP	192	(5)
2005–2006	Belenenses	15	(0)
National team
1993–1994	Portugal U21	10	(0)
1994–2004	Portugal	45	(1)
Teams managed
2009	Belenenses
2010–	Portugal U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira (born 27 March 1973), known as Rui Jorge, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left defender, and a current coach.

In a 15-year professional career, he appeared in 14 top division seasons, mainly in representation of Porto and Sporting, appearing in 292 league games (seven goals).

Jorge appeared with Portugal at the 2002 World Cup and two European Championships.

Club career

Rui Jorge was born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District. Having emerged through local and national giants F.C. Porto, he made his professional debuts with Rio Ave F.C. in the second division, returning to his first club in 1992, after one season. Never an undisputed starter with Porto - only appeared in more than 20 games twice during his six-year spell - he did help the northern side to five national championships and three domestic cups.

In July 1998, Jorge signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he would remain for the following seven years, being first-choice during most of his stint, and adding two more leagues to his trophy cabinet, with the double being conquered in 2001–02. In the 2005–06 season, he played with another Lisbon team, C.F. Os Belenenses, subsequently retiring from the game - aged 33, with more than 400 official appearances - and joining his final club's youth teams staff.

In May 2009, Rui Jorge was appointed Belenenses' head coach for the final two matches of the season, taking over Jaime Pacheco after a 0–5 home loss against Sporting de Braga, with the club eventually ranking second from bottom (being later reinstated). At the end of the campaign, he returned to the youth ranks.

International career

Rui Jorge played for the Portuguese U-21 side which lost the 1994 European Championship final to Italy (1–2) and the Olympic team who finished fourth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

He also had 45 full caps, two for Porto and 43 for Sporting. His first game was a 0–0 draw with Norway, on 20 April 1994, in a friendly match. He played at UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004.

Rui Jorge: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 September 2001	Camp d'Esports (Lleida), Lleida, Spain	Andorra	1–5	1–7	2002 World Cup qualification

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
1991–92	Rio Ave	Second Division	31	2
1992–93	Porto	Portuguese League	8	0
1993–94			23	0
1994–95			15	0
1995–96			22	2
1996–97			11	0
1997–98			6	0
1998–99	Sporting	Portuguese League	26	2
1999–00			34	2
2000–01			32	0
2001–02			30	0
2002–03			22	1
2003–04			29	0
2004–05			19	0
2005–06	Belenenses	Portuguese League	15	0
Total	Portugal		323	9
Career total			323	9

Honours

• Porto:
  • Portuguese League: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Portuguese Cup: 1990–91, 1993–94, 1997–98
  • Portuguese Supercup: 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997

• Sporting:
  • Portuguese League: 1999–2000, 2001–02
  • Portuguese Cup: 2001–02
  • Portuguese Supercup: 2001

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Rui Jorge at National-Football-Teams.com
• WorldSoccer stats