Jorge Manuel Catarino Madureira (born 5 February 1976) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Madureira joined

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's youth system at the age of 10. In the 1993–94 season he made his debut with the first team, starting in a 0–0 home draw against

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Ave ...

on 2 June 1994 in what would be his only competitive appearance. Subsequently, Madureira played for Leça FC (

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, only five matches) and

Gil Vicente FC Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Barcelos. It plays their home matches at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the ...

( Segunda Liga), spending the next two years with C.D. Aves in the second division. He returned to the top flight for the 1998–99 campaign, but only featured once for

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– a 0–5 home loss to

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– who also suffered relegation as last. In the following seasons, Madureira represented

A.D. Esposende Associação Desportiva de Esposende ''(abbreviated as AD Esposende)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Esposende in the district of Braga. Background AD Esposende currently plays in the Terceira Divisão Série A which is the fourth ti ...

, F.C. Penafiel and

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, then signed a contract with second-tier club

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. After one year with

F.C. Pedras Rubras F.C. Pedras Rubras is a Portuguese football club based in the town of Pedras Rubras, a parish of Maia, in the region of Greater Porto. Brief history Founded in 1942, the club is seen as a good formation center, and eventually signed protocols wi ...

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, he returned to Leça for three additional campaigns, helping the club to return to that level in his second year and retiring professionally in June 2008, at the age of 32.

International career

Madureira won 15

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for the Portugal under-20 team, adding another appearance with the under-21s. He played all the matches for the former side at the

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, in a third-place finish.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Madureira, Jorge 1976 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Matosinhos Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players FC Porto players Leça F.C. players Gil Vicente F.C. players C.D. Aves players Académica de Coimbra (football) players A.D. Esposende players F.C. Penafiel players S.C. Salgueiros players F.C. Pedras Rubras players S.C. Dragões Sandinenses players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers