Jorge Cordeiro

Jorge Cordeiro
Personal information
Full name Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro
Date of birth (1978-09-02) 2 September 1978
Place of birth Portalegre
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1990 Estrela de Portalegre
1990–1994 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)
National team
1994 Portugal U15 7 (2)
1994–1995 Portugal U16 12 (3)
1995 Portugal U17 4 (0)
1996–1997 Portugal U18 11 (6)
Teams managed
2012–? Ski (youth)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro, (born 2 September 1978), is professional football coach and former player. Cordeiro played as a Midfielder and he predominantly played within 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

On 30 May 2012, Cordeiro signed for Norwegian side Follo FK.[1][4]

International career

In 1995, Cordeiro helped the under-16s winning that year's 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 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.[5]

Coaching career

While playing for AD Oeiras, Cordeiro he earned his UEFA 'C' and 'B' Licences. While he was playing for Follo, he started coachig the under-14s of his local team, Ski IL.[1]

Club statistics

[6]

Club Season League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Follo 2 2012 31–31
2013 40–40
Total 71–71
Follo 2012 15100151
2013 130–130
Total 28120301

Honours

Club

Oeiras
Follo

Country

Portugal

References

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