Jorge Morgenstern (footballer)

Jorge Morgenstern (born 2 April 1972) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

For the Chilean rower, see Jorge Morgenstern (rower).
Jorge Morgenstern
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-02) 2 April 1972
Place of birth Guarujá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1987–1990 Toledo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Toledo
1994–1995 Paraná
1994 → União Bandeirante (loan)
1995 → Toledo (loan)
1996 União Bandeirante
1997 Apucarana
1997 Avaí
1998 Apucarana
1998 Criciúma 5 (0)
1998–1999 Penafiel 18 (0)
1999 Rio Branco
2000 Paraguaçuense
2000 Londrina
2001–2002 Malutrom
2003 Cianorte
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Guarujá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Morgenstern began playing youth football for Campeonato Catarinense Série B side Toledo in 1987, making his senior debut in 1990.[1] His first first-minute appearance came one year later, and remained at the club until 1993.[1] Morgenstern joined Paraná in 1994, winning the Campeonato Paranaense.[1] He was loaned to Série C side União Bandeirante in the same year, and to Toledo in 1995.[1]

Morgenstern returned to União Bandeirante in 1996, winning the Campeonato do Interior Paranaense, before joining Apucarana in 1997, where he won also won the same championship.[1] Morgenstern moved to Avaí the same year, then returned to Apucarana in the first half of 1998.[1] In the second half, he moved to Criciúma,[1] playing eight games in all competitions.[2]

Morgenstern had his only experience abroad in 1998–99,[1] playing 18 games for Penafiel in the Portuguese Second Division.[3] He returned to Brazil in 1999, helping Rio Branco reach the final of the Campeonato Paranaense.[1] In 2000 Morgenstern played for Londrina, then moved to Paraguaçuense in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 the same year.[1] Between 2001 and 2002 he played for Malutrom, then finished his career at Cianorte,[1] retiring aged 31 due to injuries.[4]

Managerial career

Following his retirement as a player, Morgenstern worked as an advisor for the under-17 and under-20 teams of newly-founded Toledo Colônia Work between 2004 and 2012.[1] Between 2012 and 2018, he was head of the Regional Office of Sport and Tourism of Paraná.[1][5]

In 2011, he founded the Genoma Colorado La Salle, a franchise of Sport Club Internacional.[1] In 2016, they formed a partnership with Toledo Esporte Clube (TEC).[6]

Personal life

Morgenstern is of Lebanese descent;[7] he is the brother of former Lebanon national team player Jadir.[8] Morgenstern has a degree in Physical Education.[8]

He and his wife, Franciele (née De Marchi), have two children: Mariá and Benício.[1]

Honours

Paraná

União Bandeirante

  • Campeonato do Interior Paranaense: 1996

Apucarana

  • Campeonato do Interior Paranaense: 1997

Rio Branco

  • Campeonato Paranaense runner-up: 1999

See also

References
  1. Gazeta, Redacao (21 August 2020). "Jogou aonde? Jorge Morgenstern, o Xerifão do Toledo no início dos anos 90". Gazeta de Toledo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. "Ficha técnica do jogador Jorge - MEU TIME NA REDE". www.meutimenarede.com.br. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. "LIGA de HONRA". ligadehonra.50webs.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. "Toledo vence Guarapuava e está na final - Futebol - Jogos Abertos do Paraná". www.jogosabertos.pr.gov.br. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. "Galeria de Imagens - Jogos Abertos do Paraná". www.jogosabertos.pr.gov.br. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. "O TEC voltou! Toledo Futebol agora é Toledo Esporte Clube". mkt4sport.com.br. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. برازيليان جديدان تحت التجربة في صفوف منتخب لبنان [Two new Brazilians under trial in the ranks of the Lebanese national team]. al-jazirah.com. 10 August 2000. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. "Jorge (1997)". Memoria Avaiana. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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