Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
| Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa | |
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| President of Futebol Clube do Porto | |
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Assumed office 17 April 1982 |
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| Vice President | Adelino Caldeira Alípio Fernandes Eduardo Valente Emídio Gomes Fernando Gomes |
| Preceded by | Américo Gomes de Sá |
| President of the Portuguese Professional Football League | |
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In office 13 July 1995 – 23 December 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Damásio |
| Succeeded by | Valentim Loureiro |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 December 1937 Cedofeita, Porto, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Spouse(s) | Manuela Graça (1964–1997) Filomena Morais (2007–2012) Fernanda Miranda (2012–2016) |
| Relations | José Alexandrino Teixeira da Costa (father) Maria Elisa Bessa Lima de Amorim Pinto (mother) José Eduardo Pinto da Costa (brother) |
| Children | Alexandre Pinto da Costa (born 1964) Joana Pinto da Costa (born 1987) |
| Profession | Businessman |
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Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ) ˈnũnu ˈpĩtu dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 28 December 1937) is the president of Portuguese sports club FC Porto, since 1982.
Pinto da Costa was born in Porto, the son of José Alexandrino Teixeira da Costa and Maria Elisa Bessa Lima de Amorim Pinto, who fathered other four children, including future forensic pathologist José Eduardo.
In his late teens, Jorge Nuno started working as a bank teller. He began collaborating with FC Porto, while keeping his day job; in 1953, on his 16th birthday, his maternal grandmother registered him as a club associate, and he was a frequent attender of the team's football and hockey games, eventually going on to work in directorial capacities in the latter department, in his early 20's.
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa's career at FC Porto started when he was just 20 years old, after accepting the club's invitation to join the rink hockey administrative commission. In 1962 he became chief of the rink hockey department, a job he would eventually accumulate after also taking over as chief of the boxing department in 1967. In 1969 he integrated Afonso Pinto de Magalhães's Chairman candidacy list as Head of all Amateur Departments. Their list won the elections and he held the job for the three following years. Despite being invited by future president Américo de Sá to join his then candidacy list, he refused the offer as he felt the candidate should bring forward a renewed list. He left the club in 1971 after Pinto de Magalhães's mandate was over.
In 1976, FC Porto's most popular department, association football, was facing the largest title drought in the club's history, having not won the Primeira Liga for 19 years. This period coincided with the rise of neighbors Boavista F.C., who under the guidance of Pinto da Costa's friend and Porto's former player and coach, José Maria Pedroto, would win later that season the Taça de Portugal, the first major trophy in the club's history.
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