Rui Jorge

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Sousa Dias and the second or paternal family name is Macedo de Oliveira.

Rui Jorge

Personal information
Full name	Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira
Date of birth	(1973-03-27) 27 March 1973
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	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)
Total		323	(9)
International career
1993–1994	Portugal U21	17	(0)
1994–2004	Portugal	45	(1)
Managerial career
2009	Belenenses
2010–	Portugal U21
2016	Portugal U23
Medal record Men's football Representing Portugal UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2004 Portugal 2000 Belgium-Netherlands Representing Portugal (manager) UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2015 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira, OIH (born 27 March 1973), known as Rui Jorge, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back, and the current manager of the Portugal national under-21 team.

During a 15-year professional career he spent 14 seasons in Primeira Liga, mainly in representation of Porto and Sporting, playing 292 matches and scoring seven goals in the competition.

Rui 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 FC 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 the former (only appearing in more than 20 games twice during his six-year spell) he did help the northern side to five Primeira Liga championships and three domestic cups.

In July 1998, Rui Jorge signed with Sporting CP, 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 2002. In the 2005–06 campaign 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 coaching 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 S.C. 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 Portugal under-21 side which lost the 1994 UEFA European Championship final to Italy (1–2) and the Olympic team who finished fourth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States. He also had 45 caps at full level, two while at Porto and 43 when with Sporting, and scored once in a 7–1 away win over Andorra on 1 September 2001. His first game for the latter was a 0–0 draw with Norway on 20 April 1994, in a friendly match, and he represented his country at UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004.

Rui Jorge's participation at Euro 2004 on home soil was jeopardised when he tested positive in February that year for Budesonide, commercially known as Pulmicort. He said that the substance came from a medically recommended spray for his rhinitis. His suspension was lifted in May, with the fault placed on Sporting for not notifying authorities of his medical exemption; at the tournament, he was one of four players – three from defence – dropped by Luiz Felipe Scolari after the opening 2–1 loss to Greece, and did not return for the remainder of the competition, which Portugal lost in the final to the same team.

On 19 November 2010, Rui Jorge replaced Oceano at the helm of the Portuguese under-21s. He led them to the 2015 European Championships in the Czech Republic after ten wins in as many matches in the qualifying phase, and coached them to the second place in the finals after a penalty shootout loss to Sweden.

Rui Jorge coached the Portuguese at the 2016 Olympic tournament in Brazil, where they lost 4–0 to Germany in the quarter-finals. He was also in charge for the 2017 edition of the under-21 continental tournament, which ended in group stage exit. On 10 October 2017, six years after the last loss for that stage of the competition, he was on the bench as the team lost 1–3 in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2019 European Championship qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rio Ave (loan)	1991–92	31	2			—				31	2
Porto	1992–93	8	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	0
	1993–94	23	0	6	1	10	1	1	0	40	2
	1994–95	15	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	24	0
	1995–96	22	2	5	0	2	0	2	0	31	2
	1996–97	11	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	16	0
	1997–98	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	11	0
	Total	85	2	18	1	26	1	6	0	135	4
Sporting	1998–99	26	2	1	0	0	0	—		27	2
	1999–00	34	2	5	0	1	0	—		40	2
	2000–01	32	0	5	0	4	0	3	0	44	0
	2001–02	30	0	4	0	5	0	—		39	0
	2002–03	22	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	28	1
	2003–04	29	0	0	0	4	0	—		33	0
	2004–05	19	0	1	0	13	0	—		33	0
	Total	192	5	18	0	30	0	4	0	244	5
Belenenses	2005–06	15	0	0	0	—				15	0
Career total		323	9	36	1	56	1	10	0	425	11

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	1 September 2001	Camp d'Esports (Lleida), Lleida, Spain	Andorra	1–5	1–7	2002 World Cup qualification Managerial statistics As of 5 September 2017 Team From To Record G W D L GF GA GD Win % Belenenses 12 May 2009 25 May 2009 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00 Portugal U21 19 November 2010 Present 66 46 13 7 150 54 +96 069.70 Portugal U23 28 March 2016 13 August 2016 5 3 1 1 9 6 +3 060.00 Career totals 73 50 14 9 935 841 +94 068.49 Source: Honours Player Porto Primeira Liga: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 Taça de Portugal: 1993–94, 1997–98 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1993, 1994, 1996; Runner-up 1992, 1995, 1997 Sporting Primeira Liga: 1999–2000, 2001–02 Taça de Portugal: 2001–02; Runner-up 1999–2000 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2000, 2002 UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2004–05 Manager Portugal UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 2015 References External links Rui Jorge at ForaDeJogo (archived) Rui Jorge at National-Football-Teams.com Portugal stats at Eu-Football WorldSoccer stats