Jorge Silva (footballer, born 1972)

Jorge Soares da Silva (born 13 January 1972) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Jorge Silva
Personal information
Full name Jorge Soares da Silva
Date of birth (1972-01-13) 13 January 1972
Place of birth Lamego, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1988 Lamego
1988–1991 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Rio Ave 5 (0)
1992–1993 Porto 0 (0)
1993–1995 Rio Ave 63 (0)
1995–2001 Salgueiros 121 (0)
1996 → Porto (loan) 1 (0)
2001–2004 Santa Clara 79 (0)
2004–2005 Dragões Sandinenses 36 (0)
2005–2007 Paredes 35 (0)
2006 → Trofense (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2008 Vila Meã 21 (0)
2008–2010 Oliveirense 21 (0)
Total 382 (0)
International career
2000 Portugal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Born in Lamego, Viseu District, Silva emerged through FC Porto's youth system, but could never be more than third choice with its first team. In the 1995–96 season he was part of the Primeira Liga-winning squad by playing four minutes in one game, and previously made his professional debut at Rio Ave FC.

Silva spent the better part of his career with two modest clubs in the top flight, S.C. Salgueiros – who had previously loaned him to Porto – and C.D. Santa Clara, reaching the Portugal national team for his only cap on 15 November 2000, where he featured one minute in a friendly with Israel after coming on as a substitute for Quim.[1] In the 2003–04 campaign he played with the Azores side in the second tier and, from there onwards, competed mainly in the third.

In the summer of 2008, 36-year-old Silva signed with U.D. Oliveirense, recently promoted to division two.[2] After one season he called it quits, joining the club's coaching staff as goalkeeper coach.[3] However, a string of injuries propelled him back to action, and he eventually appeared in five matches during 2009–10 (three wins, one loss, one draw, seven goals conceded), with his team narrowly missing out on another promotion. In June 2010, he retired for good and returned to his previous post.

Personal life

Silva's younger brother, Francisco, was also a footballer. A defender, they shared teams at C.D. Trofense and Oliveirense.[4]

References
  1. "Portugal-Israel, 2–1: A noite de todas as prendas numa vitória "quanto baste"" [Portugal-Israel, 2–1: Night of all gifts in "just barely" win]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 November 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. "Mercado: Guarda-redes Jorge Silva assina pela Oliveirense" [Market: Goalkeeper Jorge Silva signs for Oliveirense] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. "Guarda-redes com ligação ao dragão" [Goalkeepers with connection to dragon]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 November 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. "Chico Silva faz estreia como titular esta época" [Chico Silva makes starting debut this season]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 November 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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