Jorge Soares
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jorge Manuel Guerreiro Soares | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Messejana, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Messejanense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Aljustrelense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Farense | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1996 | Farense | 132 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Benfica | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998−2003 | Marítimo | 117 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003−2004 | União Madeira | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004−2008 | Louletano | 98 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 396 | (15) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Farense (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jorge Manuel Guerreiro Soares (born 22 October 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 273 games and 11 goals over the course of 13 seasons, representing mainly in the competition Farense and Marítimo.
Club career[edit]
Born in the village of Messejana in Aljustrel, Beja, Soares joined S.C. Farense at the age of 15, being first-choice with the first team in his last four years, all spent in the Primeira Liga.[1] In the 1994–95 season he scored a career-best three goals in 26 games to help the club qualify to the UEFA Cup for the first time in its history; late into the following campaign he notably found the net in a 1–0 away win against S.L. Benfica, who subsequently signed him.[2]
During his two-year spell with them, Soares partnered Jorge Bermúdez, Hélder Cristóvão or Tahar El Khalej in the heart of the defense, becoming first-choice after the second moved to Deportivo de La Coruña in the winter transfer season of 1996. In a match against FC Porto on 11 January 1997, however, he was unsuccessful at blocking a cross directed towards Mário Jardel, who stopped it with his chest and scored his team's first in an eventual 2–1 success in Lisbon.[3] After being released he represented C.S. Marítimo in the top flight, C.F. União in the second division and Louletano D.C. in the lower leagues, retiring in 2008 at 36.[4]
International career[edit]
Soares amassed 7 caps for the under–21, playing in the 1992 Toulon Tournament, helping his nation win the competition.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jorge Soares". FPF.pt.
- ^ "Jorge Soares: o Paco marafado e o dia a dia com um príncipe" [Jorge Soares: Paco and being treated like a prince]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 5 November 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Jorge Soares: «O golo do Jardel? Foi só mais um»" [Jorge Soares: "Jardel's goal? It was just another one"]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 5 November 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Jorge Soares: adeus aos relvados para se tornar doutor e ensinar" [Jorge Soares: "Goodbye to football and becoming a coach"]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 5 November 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Jorge Soares". FPF.pt. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
External links[edit]
- Jorge Soares at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Aljustrel
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- S.C. Farense players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- C.S. Marítimo players
- C.F. União players
- Louletano D.C. players
- Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
- Sportspeople from Beja District