Mário Jorge
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Mário Jorge da Silva Pinto Fernandes (born 24 July 1961 in Ponta Delgada
, Azores
), known as Mário Jorge, is a retired Portuguese
footballer who played as a midfielder
.
side won the national championship – he would already be an important first-team member as the team won it again two years later, the last for the following 18 years.
After only 12 matches in 1988–89, Jorge left Sporting and joined fellow top-divisioner S.C. Beira-Mar, but returned to the club at the season's end, again being rarely played. He concluded his career in 1995 after stints with two other clubs from the capital, C.F. Estrela da Amadora and G.D. Estoril Praia, both in the second level
(he joined the latter after two years of inactivity).
Jorge gained nine caps for Portugal
, seven of those coming after the 1986 World Cup, following the defection of practically all of the national team squad due to the infamous Saltillo Affair
.
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada is a city and municipality on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal. It includes 44,403 residents in the urban area, and approximately 20,113 inhabitants in the three central parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro,...
, Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
), known as Mário Jorge, is a retired Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
footballer who played as a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
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Football career
Jorge made his professional debuts at Sporting Clube de Portugal at the age of 18, playing one match in the 1979–80 season as the LisbonLisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
side won the national championship – he would already be an important first-team member as the team won it again two years later, the last for the following 18 years.
After only 12 matches in 1988–89, Jorge left Sporting and joined fellow top-divisioner S.C. Beira-Mar, but returned to the club at the season's end, again being rarely played. He concluded his career in 1995 after stints with two other clubs from the capital, C.F. Estrela da Amadora and G.D. Estoril Praia, both in the second level
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
(he joined the latter after two years of inactivity).
Jorge gained nine caps for Portugal
Portugal national football team
The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...
, seven of those coming after the 1986 World Cup, following the defection of practically all of the national team squad due to the infamous Saltillo Affair
Saltillo Affair
The Saltillo Affair was a player uprising in the Portugal national football team during the Mexico '86 FIFA World Cup, named after the Mexican city of Saltillo, Coahuila, the team headquarters for the competition....
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