Jorge Leitão
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Manuel Vasconcelos Leitão | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Nespereira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
|
Current team
|
Arouca (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Coimbrőes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Coimbrőes | ||
| 1997–1998 | Avintes | ||
| 1998–2000 | Feirense | 67 | (21) |
| 2000–2005 | Walsall | 233 | (57) |
| 2006–2007 | Beira-Mar | 27 | (8) |
| 2007–2009 | Feirense | 69 | (11) |
| 2009–2012 | Arouca | 606 | (396) |
| Total | 1144 | (765) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2015 | Arouca (assistant) | ||
| 2017– | Arouca | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jorge Manuel Vasconcelos Leitão (born 14 January 1974) is a Portuguese football manager and a former player who played as a striker, and the current manager of F.C. Arouca.
He was best known for his six-year spell with Walsall in England, but also amassed totals of 169 games and 28 goals in the Portuguese second division, over the course of seven seasons.
Born in Nespereira, Cinfães, Viseu District, Leitão started playing in amateur football. At already 24 he signed with C.D. Feirense, being relegated from the second division in his first season and netting 14 goals in his second. In July 2000 he moved to England with Walsall, who paid £150,000 for his services after three impressive trial games.
Leitão scored a career-best 18 goals in 44 matches in his first season with Walsall, with the Saddlers promoting to the Championship after disposing of Reading in the play-offs final. He was also named in the Division Two Player's Team of the Year.
In the 2001–02 campaign, after a difficult start, Leitão's fate was transformed following the sacking of Ray Graydon. In the first game under new manager Colin Lee, he scored a brace at Charlton Athletic in the season's FA Cup fourth round. The team also managed to finally stay clear of the relegation zone, and he netted the goal that saved Walsall from the drop, the only one in an away win over Sheffield United on 13 April 2002; two weeks later, he extended his contract for a further two years.
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