Rui Jorge
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Portugal U21 (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1991 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1998 | Porto | 85 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | → Rio Ave (loan) | 31 | (2) |
| 1998–2005 | Sporting CP | 192 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Belenenses | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 323 | (9) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1994 | Portugal U21 | 17 | (0) |
| 1994–2004 | Portugal | 45 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Belenenses | ||
| 2010– | Portugal U21 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira, OIH (born 27 March 1973), known as Rui Jorge, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left back, and the current manager of the Portugal national under-21 team.
During a 15-year professional career he spent 14 seasons in Primeira Liga, mainly in representation of Porto and Sporting, playing 292 games and scoring seven goals in the competition.
Rui Jorge appeared with Portugal at the 2002 World Cup and two European Championships.
Rui Jorge was born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District. Having emerged through local FC Porto, he made his professional debuts with Rio Ave F.C. in the second division, returning to his first club in 1992 after one season. Never an undisputed starter with the former (only appearing in more than 20 games twice during his six-year spell) he did help the northern side to five Primeira Liga championships and three domestic cups.
In July 1998, Rui Jorge signed with Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he would remain for the following seven years, being first-choice during most of his stint and adding two more leagues to his trophy cabinet, with the double being conquered in 2002. In the 2005–06 campaign he played with another Lisbon team, C.F. Os Belenenses, subsequently retiring from the game – aged 33, with more than 400 official appearances – and joining his final club's youth coaching staff.
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