Artur Jorge Amorim

Artur Jorge
Personal information
Full name Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim
Date of birth (1972-01-01) January 1, 1972
Place of birth Braga, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tirsense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1992 Arsenal Braga 30 (5)
1992–2004 Braga 240 (10)
2004–2005 Penafiel 1 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2010 Famalicão
2010–2012 Braga U19
2012 Braga B
2013– Tirsense

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Artur Jorge Torres Gomes Araújo Amorim (born 1 January 1972 in Braga) is a Portuguese football manager and former footballer who played as a defender between 1991 and 2005.

Playing career

Born in Braga, Artur Jorge's football career was mainly spent in his home town. He started his career in 1991 with Arsenal Braga at the age of 19. In his first full season he managed five goals in thirty appearances from defence. His fantastic displays earned interest from several clubs from which in the summer of 1992 he signed for Braga of the Primeira Liga.

As he started out with Braga he was primarily used as a substitute. Following a couple of seasons being used as a substitute, he would go on to play more regularly and became a first team regular within Braga's team. His most notable moment as a player was leading Braga to the Taça de Portugal final in 1998 where Braga would lose to FC Porto, 1–3.[1] He would go on to play for Braga until the 2003–04 season. He ended his twelve-year spell with Braga in the summer of 2004 where he would leave for newly promoted Penafiel. In the 2004–05 season, he would play very little in Penafiel's mid table finish. Following the end of the 2004–05 season, he announced his retirement from playing football.

Coaching career

Four years following his retirement from his playing career, he would begin his managerial career with Famalicão. In his first managerial season he helped Famalicão finish third in the play-offs one place off an automatic promotion place.[2] His first managerial season proved to be successfully. Following one season with Famalicão, he would move on to manage Braga U19 in the summer of 2010. During his second season with the U19 side, he managed his son also named Artur Jorge who played for the U19 side at the time. His two years with the Braga U19 saw him finish second and third in the National Juniors League North Division.

In early 2012, it was announced that Braga's B team would be revived and compete in the Segunda Liga as of the 2012–13 season. Shortly after this announcement, Artur Jorge was named as the manager for the new season.[3] Following four months in charge, Artur Jorge resigned as manager due to a poor start to the season.[4][5]

In July 2013, Jorge was appointed manager of Tirsense.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "FC Porto 3-1 SC Braga". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "III Divisão Série B 2009/2010". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Artur Jorge vai orientar a equipa B" [Artur Jorge is going to manage the B team]. Record. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Artur Jorge deixa comando técnico" [Artur Jorge leaves his post]. Record. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Artur Jorge deixa equipa B" [Artur Jorge leaves B team]. A Bola. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Artur Jorge assume o comando técnico do Tirsense" [Artur Jorge assumes technical command of Tirsense]. A Bola. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

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