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, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica B (assistant)
Youth career
1987–1990 Estrela de Portalegre
1990–1997 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 → 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)
International career
1994 Portugal U15 7 (2)
1994–1995 Portugal U16 12 (3)
1995 Portugal U17 4 (0)
1996–1997 Portugal U18 11 (6)
Managerial career
2012 Ski (youth)
2022– Benfica B (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Portugal
Men's Football
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Gold medal – first placePortugal 1995Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro (born 2 September 1978) is a Portuguese professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder, primarily in Portugal's lower leagues. He had a brief spell in Norwegian football before retiring.

Club career

Born in Portalegre, Portugal, Cordeiro joined his hometown team, Sport Clube Estrela, (better known as Estrela de Portalegre), at the age of seven.[1] In 1991, he moved to S.L. Benfica, where he was assigned to their youth system.[2] In the 1997–98 season, he was loaned to S.L. Olivais.

After one season in Portimão, Cordeiro returned to Benfica to play in the reserve team in 1999. On 4 October 2000, he was called up by first-team coach José Mourinho for a friendly match against Olympique de Marseille.[3] In November, he received another call, this time for a Primeira Liga match against Vitória de Guimarães, but would instead remain on the bench, subsequently returning to the B-side.[4]

On 30 May 2012, Cordeiro signed for Norwegian side Follo FK.[2][5]

International career

Cordeiro helped the Portugal under-16s win the UEFA European Championship. He scored three times, including his solo goal against hosts Belgium in the quarter-finals and one in the semi-final against Germany.

Later that year, he was named in the Portugal under-17 squad for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, playing four games before an eventual quarter-final exit.

In 1997, he represented the under-18 side in the UEFA European Under-18 Championship, held in Iceland. Portugal reached the final, losing 1–0 against France.

Four categories comprised, Cordeiro amassed 34 caps and scored 11 goals.[6]

Coaching career

While playing for AD Oeiras, Cordeiro earned his UEFA 'C' and 'B' Licences. While he was playing for Follo, he started coaching the under-14s of his local team, Ski IL.[2]

Club statistics

[7]

Club Season League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Follo 2 2012 31–31
2013 40–40
Total 71–71
Follo 2012 15100151
2013 140–140
Total 29120291

Honours

Club

Oeiras
Follo

Country

Portugal

References

  1. ↑ "Jorge Cordeiro, histórico do Benfica joga e treina na Noruega". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 3 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jorge Cordeiro, histórico do Benfica joga e treina na Noruega" [Jorge Cordeiro, Benfica's historic plays and trains in Norway]. mais futebol (in Portuguese). 3 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mozer quer jogadores "com Benfica no coração"" [Mozer wants players "with Benfica in the heart"]. TSF (in Portuguese). 4 October 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dani suspenso e convidado a sair" [Dani suspended and invited to leave]. Público (in Portuguese). 18 November 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tidligere Benfica-spiller til Follo FK" [Former Benfica player to Follo FK]. oblad (in Norwegian). 1 June 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Jorge Cordeiro". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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