Jorge Filipe Vidigal (born 29 January 1978) is an

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n retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Vidigal played most of his career in the country's lower leagues, representing hometown club O Elvas CAD (two spells),

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S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

and

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União or União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six appearances in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989� ...

. He also spent two years at Sporting CP, but appeared almost exclusively for its reserves. Vidigal's only full

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experience came with S.C. Beira-Mar, who signed the player from Olhanense – where he also appeared as a defensive midfielder – on a two-year contract. He only appeared in ten matches in his debut season, and the Aveiro team was relegated. In the summer of 2008, after a brief stint in

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with União, Vidigal joined

C.R. Caála Clube Recreativo da Caála, commonly known as just Recreativo da Caála, is an Angolan football club based in Caála, a municipality 23 km to the province's capital city of Huambo. History CR Caála was founded on 24 June 1944 and competin ...

, returning to the land of his ancestors.

International career

With his older brother Lito as coach, Vidigal earned one international cap for

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on 27 August 2011, as a substitute in a 2–1

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loss to

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in Dundo.

Personal life

Vidigal was the youngest of 13 brothers and sisters, four of his male siblings also being footballers: Beto, Lito – who represented Angola as a player and coach – Luís (played for Sporting and

with success, spent several years in Italy and was coached by Lito at C.F. Estrela da Amadora) and

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. His nephew, André, was also involved in the sport professionally.

Honours

Sporting *

: 2001–02 * Taça de Portugal: 2001–02

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidigal, Jorge 1978 births Living people People from Elvas Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Citizens of Angola through descent Angolan footballers Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players O Elvas C.A.D. players G.D. Estoril Praia players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers S.C. Olhanense players S.C. Beira-Mar players C.F. União players Girabola players C.R. Caála players Angola international footballers Angolan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Sportspeople from Portalegre District