Jorge Luiz Pereira de Sousa (born 6 May 1977), commonly known as Jorginho, is a Brazilian retired professional

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, amassing

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totals of 170 games and 27 goals mainly in representation of

Vitória de Setúbal Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória (bor ...

(four years). He also represented in the competition

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and

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(two apiece), winning five major titles in the process.

Career

Born in

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, Jorginho started his career in regional side

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, earning him a transfer to

Clube Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded ...

where he played for five years, also being loaned to

Esporte Clube Santo André Esporte Clube Santo André, commonly referred to as simply Santo André, is a Brazilian association football club in Santo André, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeo ...

. After spells with

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and

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, he moved to

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and

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in the 2001–02 season. In

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, Jorginho's first year was short of impressive, scoring two goals in 32 games. In the 2002–03 campaign, while he netted ten times, he saw Vitória sink to the

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, but helped them return to the top flight in the immediate year with a career-best 17 goals. Jorginho would help Setúbal achieve a secure mid-table position in 2004–05 – which was at risk following

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's departure to

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– and while he could have left Setúbal during the January 2005

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on a free transfer, he remained at the club and was presented with a

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in the

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: after scoring twice in the side's 3–1 semi-final defeat of

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, he played the entire 2–1 final win against

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, and added nine league goals. Jorginho eventually left for Porto, where he gained the confidence of manager

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(despite being signed still with Couceiro in charge), playing an attacking trio with

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, Lisandro López and

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. Towards the end of the 2005–06 season, he proved decisive in a title-decider between

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vs Porto, having scored the winning goal during the last minutes of the 8 April 2006 match (1–0 final result); Porto went on the conquer the title (he had also scored in the first encounter between the two sides in

, a 1–1 draw). The following campaign, under

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, Jorginho featured much less, but managed to score against former side Vitória in a 5–1 home success. On 30 August 2007, he signed with perennial

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qualification candidates

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, on a four-year link. In August 2009, Jorginho left Portugal and joined Turkish team

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on a two-year contract. He signed alongside Braga teammate

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, returning to Portugal after two years and joining Rio Ave F.C. also from the top flight.

Honours

;Porto *

: 2005–06, 2006–07 *

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: 2005–06 *

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;Setúbal *

: 2004–05

References

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