Mário Jorge (footballer)

Mário Jorge da Silva Pinto Fernandes (born 24 July 1961), known as Mário Jorge, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left midfielder.

Mário Jorge
Personal information
Full name Mário Jorge da Silva Pinho Fernandes
Date of birth (1961-08-24) 24 August 1961
Place of birth Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1980 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1989 Sporting CP 182 (13)
1989–1990 Beira-Mar 23 (1)
1990–1991 Sporting CP 8 (1)
1991–1993 Estrela Amadora 14 (1)
1994–1995 Estoril 8 (0)
Total 235 (16)
International career
1983–1987 Portugal 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Mário Jorge made his professional debut with Sporting CP at the age of 18, appearing in one match in 1979–80 as the Lisbon club won the Primeira Liga championship. He was already an important midfield player as the team conquered it again two seasons later, the last for the following 18 years.[1]

After only 12 games in 1988–89, Mário Jorge left Sporting and signed for S.C. Beira-Mar in the same league, but returned to where he had come from at the end of the campaign, again being rarely used. He concluded his career in 1995 after stints with two other sides from the capital, C.F. Estrela da Amadora and G.D. Estoril Praia, both in the Segunda Liga; he later worked as sporting director at the latter.[2]

International career

Mário Jorge earned nine caps for Portugal,[3] seven of those coming after the 1986 FIFA World Cup following the defection of practically all of the national team squad due to the infamous Saltillo Affair. His debut, however, took place on 8 June 1983, when he featured the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 friendly loss against Brazil in Coimbra.

References
  1. "As recordações de Mário Jorge" [Mário Jorge's memories] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. Silva Pires, Tiago (27 September 2013). ""Leão" Mário Jorge prevê vitória em Braga" ["Lion" Mário Jorge predicts win in Braga]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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