Jorge Soares

Jorge Manuel Guerreiro Soares (born 22 October 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Guerreiro and the second or paternal family name is Soares.
Jorge Soares
Personal information
Full name Jorge Manuel Guerreiro Soares
Date of birth (1971-10-22) 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
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up1994 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

Soares amassed 7 caps for the under–21, playing in the 1992 Toulon Tournament, helping his nation win the competition.[5]

References
  1. "Jorge Soares". FPF.pt.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Jorge Soares". FPF.pt. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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