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Portuguese football coach and former player

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinto and the second or paternal family name is Cordeiro.
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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 → SL 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  Portugal
Men's Football
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first place 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 briefly spell in the Norwegian football before retiring.

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. 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. 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.

On 30 May 2012, Cordeiro signed for Norwegian side Follo FK.

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.

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.

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Follo 2 2012 3 1 – 3 1
2013 4 0 – 4 0
Total 7 1 – 7 1
Follo 2012 15 1 0 0 15 1
2013 14 0 – 14 0
Total 29 1 2 0 29 1

Honours

Club

Oeiras
Follo

Country

Portugal

References

  1. ^ "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.

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