Jorge Correia Reixa (born 18 August 1993) is a forward who plays as a striker for Latvian club FK Priekuli. He previously played for

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in the I liga (Poland), I liga. Born in Guinea Bissau, he is a youth international for Portugal.

Career

Reixa started playing football in

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for Stafford U13 Academy FC before he joined English youth side Clapton, making his senior league and youth FA Cup debut. He developed there as a boy, then left for

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. Jorge Correia Reixa later joined

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3rd division league and the Swiss club Le Mont, where he played for the first team in the

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. He was later signed by

in the

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first division, who loaned him to Zyrardowianka Zyrardow for the 2015-16 season. In 2018 he played for

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, a French club that currently plays in N2 French 3rd division. He then played for a club based in Thonon-les-Bains France for 2018-2019 season

won the National N3 in the 2019 season with Jorge Correia Reixa in 2020. He signed for FK Priekuli a

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n 2nd division club as a

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and

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which he still manage and plays for until date.

Personal life

Reixa was born in Guinea-Bissau to Pedro Miquel Correia Reixa from Guinea-Bissau and Ana Maria Mendes from Guinea-Bissau. Both of his parents are

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. He has three brothers and two sisters. .

References

* https://lff.lv/klubi/fk-priekuli-12017/?cid=6281820 * https://www.retv.lv/raksts/afrikanis-dzordzs-iejuties-futbola-kluba-priekuli-sastava

External links

At grodzisksportnews.pl

At 90minut.pl

At warkaks.futbolowo.pl
* https://lff.lv/klubi/fk-priekuli-12017/?cid=6281820 * https://www.retv.lv/
Afrikānis Džordžs iejuties futbola kluba "Priekuļi" sastāvā - ReTV
1993 births Living people Footballers from Bissau Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Portuguese people of Nigerian descent Bissau-Guinean people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent Grays Athletic F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players FC Le Mont players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub