Artur Jorge
Portuguese football coach

Artur Jorge

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Portuguese football coach
A.K.A.
Artur Jorge Braga Melo Teixeira
Gender:
Male
Places:
Portugal
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Work field:
Sports
Birth:
13 February 1946(Porto, Porto, Portugal)
Death:
22 February 2024(Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
Star sign:
Aquarius
Education:
University of Lisbon
Portugal
University of Coimbra
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Awards:
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Portugal
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Introduction

Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira (13 February 1946 – 22 February 2024), commonly known as Artur Jorge, was a Portuguese football player and manager.

Club career

As a junior player, Artur Jorge started at the junior team of FC Porto. As professional player, he played for Académica de Coimbra and Benfica, before ending his career at Belenenses in the 1977–78 season, due to a serious injury suffered at a training session in the Estádio Nacional where he broke a leg. He also had a stint in the North American Soccer League with the Rochester Lancers.

Managerial career

After his player career, Artur Jorge went to Leipzig, East Germany, to study football and training methodology. He started his managerial career working with Vitória de Guimarães, moving on to Belenenses, Portimonense and then signing with Porto for the 1984–85 season, where he won three national champion titles and two Taça de Portugal titles. His greatest success was to win the European Cup with Porto over favourites Bayern Munich 2–1. Jorge was known as "Rei Artur" ("King Arthur") from then on. He moved to Racing Paris the next season, and returned to Porto in 1989–90. He then moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1991–92, where he won the national championship in 1993–94.

Artur Jorge moved to Benfica in 1994–95, finishing third with his team, and was replaced at the beginning of the following season. He went to become coach of several other clubs including Académica de Coimbra, Vitesse Arnhem, Tenerife and CSKA Moscow. He managed the Portugal national team, initially while still Porto coach during the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons, and again during the 1996–97 season. He also managed the Switzerland team at UEFA Euro 1996, replacing Roy Hodgson under whom they had qualified. From 2004 he managed Cameroon. He failed to lead his team to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He managed Saudi club Al-Nasr for only two cup matches and was sacked following a 4–1 defeat by lowly club Al-Faisaly. He then managed French second division team Créteil in 2006–07.

On 27 November 2014, Artur Jorge joined Algerian club MC Alger, ending a seven-year period without coaching.

Death

Jorge died on 22 February 2024, at the age of 78.

Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Vitória de Guimarães 1 June 1980 30 May 1981 31 11 9 11 39 32 +7 035.48
Belenenses 1 June 1981 30 September 1981 5 1 3 1 6 5 +1 020.00
Portimonense 30 September 1981 30 May 1983 65 28 16 21 81 54 +27 043.08
FC Porto 18 May 1984 30 May 1987 130 96 18 16 297 80 +217 073.85
Racing 10 June 1987 30 May 1988 41 13 17 11 36 44 −8 031.71
FC Porto 12 November 1988 1 June 1991 125 91 21 13 255 71 +184 072.80
Portugal 1 June 1989 1 June 1990 7 2 2 3 6 10 −4 028.57
PSG 10 June 1991 30 May 1994 144 78 44 22 215 96 +119 054.17
S.L. Benfica 1 July 1994 9 September 1995 54 28 15 11 92 45 +47 051.85
Switzerland 13 March 1996 18 June 1996 7 1 2 4 5 8 −3 014.29
Portugal 1 August 1996 30 November 1997 12 5 5 2 12 6 +6 041.67
Vitesse June 1998 October 1998 9 6 2 1 19 9 +10 066.67
PSG October 1998 March 1999 23 6 9 8 21 22 −1 026.09
Al-Nassr 1 June 2000 1 June 2001 26 13 6 7 36 22 +14 050.00
Al-Hilal 1 June 2001 1 June 2002 24 15 7 2 57 21 +36 062.50
Académica de Coimbra 26 October 2002 28 August 2003 33 12 10 11 47 46 +1 036.36
CSKA Moscow 23 November 2003 4 June 2004 16 8 7 1 27 14 +13 050.00
Cameroon 10 January 2005 5 February 2006 11 8 3 0 19 6 +13 072.73
Al-Nassr 21 February 2006 4 March 2006 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 000.00
Créteil 30 May 2006 30 May 2007 41 10 13 18 36 56 −20 024.39
MC Alger 3 January 2014 8 October 2015 24 11 7 6 26 16 +10 045.83
Career total 830 443 216 171 1,329 667 +662 053.37

Honours

Player

Benfica

  • Primeira Liga: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75

Manager

Porto

  • Primeira Liga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90
  • Taça de Portugal: 1990–91
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1984, 1986, 1990
  • European Cup: 1986–87

Paris Saint-Germain

  • Division 1: 1993–94
  • Coupe de France: 1992–93

Al Hilal

  • Saudi Premier League: 2001–02
  • Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2001–02

CSKA Moscow

  • Russian Super Cup: 2004