Jorge Filipe Avelino Teixeira (born 27 August 1986) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

club

AVS Futebol SAD AVS Futebol SAD is a Portuguese professional football club currently playing in the Liga Portugal Betclic (the first tier of the Portuguese football league system). They are based in the town of Vila das Aves, and play in Estádio do CD Aves. F ...

. He spent most of his career abroad, mainly 170 games in the

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with

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and

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, while also winning the

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with

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in 2014. Additionally, he had spells in Cyprus, Israel, Italy and England.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Teixeira spent eight years in

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's youth system, but never appeared officially for its first team, being released in 2005 and spending his first two seasons as a senior in the third division, with Casa Pia A.C. and Odivelas FC, both hailing from the

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. In 2007–08 he made his debut in the Segunda Liga, being relegated with

C.D. Fátima Centro Desportivo de Fátima, simply known as Fátima, is a Portuguese football club based in Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém. Founded in 1966, it holds home matches at ''Estádio Papa Francisco'', with a capacity of 1,545 spectators. C ...

Six teams in five countries

Teixeira split the 2008–09 campaign between two teams in

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, suffering relegation with

Atromitos Yeroskipou Atromitos Yeroskipou () was a Cypriot football team based in the town of Yeroskipou, Paphos. The club was founded in 1956 but the club was competing until 2004 in Paphos local league. The club was promoted to Cypriot's Football Association lo ...

. In summer 2009 he signed for

Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club () is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Haifa, Israel, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club plays in the Israeli Premier League. Maccabi Haifa home games are played at Sammy Ofe ...

and, the following year, joined

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, who paid a fee of $1.2 million to the

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i side. On 20 July 2010, Teixeira made his

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debut with his new club, opening an eventual 3–2 away loss against

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

. In January 2013, he was loaned to Italy's

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until June, starting in all his league appearances but being relegated from

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. In May 2014, after helping Zürich to

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the

in a defeat of Basel, Teixeira joined

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on a three-year contract to be made effective on 30 June.

Charlton Athletic

On 19 January 2016, Teixeira moved teams and countries again, signing a four-and-a-half-year deal with

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for an undisclosed fee, under former Standard manager

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. His maiden appearance in the

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occurred four days later, as he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 home draw with

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. He scored in home wins over

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and

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, as his team suffered relegation. Teixeira was close to a loan move to

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back in Belgium for 2016–17, but it collapsed due to his high salary and the signing of fellow defender Luca Marrone from

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. He missed the start of the League One

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due to a hamstring injury, and on 14 January he was

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at the end of a goalless draw against local rivals

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at The Valley. On 18 February, he came on as a second-half substitute and scored twice in a 3–3 draw at

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, including the equaliser.

Sint-Truiden

On 15 July 2017, Teixeira joined

Sint-Truidense V.V. Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (), is a Belgian professional association football, football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg (Belgium) ...

on a three-year contract. He suffered a hip injury in September 2019, and did not return until February. Teixeira added one more year to his contract in January 2021, and February 2022.

Later career

On 30 June 2023, Teixeira returned to his country's leagues for the first time in 15 years, signing with second division side

; he was their first signing since the merger and relocation of U.D. Vilafranquense and C.D. Aves. He contributed 12 games in his first season, helping to promotion to the

. Teixeira made his Portuguese top-tier debut on 16 August 2024 aged 37 years and 11 months, as a 66th-minute substitute for top scorer

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– they played roughly 30 minutes with ten men after Samuel Granada was sent off – in an eventual 4–2 away defeat to

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 ...

Honours

Zürich *

: 2013–14

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teixeira, Jorge 1986 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football central defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP footballers Casa Pia A.C. players Odivelas F.C. players C.D. Fátima players AVS Futebol SAD players Cypriot First Division players Atromitos Yeroskipou players AEP Paphos FC players Israeli Premier League players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Swiss Super League players FC Zürich players Serie A players Siena FC SSD players Belgian Pro League players Standard Liège players Sint-Truidense V.V. players English Football League players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England