Jorge Filipe Monteiro dos Santos Lourenço (born 15 August 1988), known as Monteiro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Club career Portugal Born in Porto, Monteiro played youth football with local Porto, having joined its youth system at the age of 8. Until his release on 30 June 2010, he was consecutively loaned to Ribeirão, Estrela da Amadora, S.C. Covilhã (twice) and Portimonense.
Monteiro's Primeira Liga input during this timeframe consisted of 13 minutes with the second club, in a 1–0 away loss against Vitória de Setúbal on 31 August 2008.
Cyprus In summer 2011, after one season in his country's Segunda Liga with Santa Clara, Monteiro signed with AEL Limassol from the Cypriot First Division. In his first year, he contributed two goals in 26 games to help his team win the national championship after a 44-year wait.
Monteiro scored a career-best 18 goals in the 2013–14 campaign, topping the goal charts as the side ranked second after eventual winners APOEL. During his three-year tenure, he netted 26 times from 105 appearances in all competitions, and also reached the final of the domestic cup twice.
Later years Monteiro returned to his country and its top flight for 2014–15, joining Moreirense on a two-year contract. In January 2015, however, he moved back to Cyprus' with AEK Larnaca, going on to score ten official goals over a 12-month period.
International career All youth categories comprised, Monteiro won 30 caps for Portugal and scored five goals. His debut with the under-21s occurred on 11 July 2009, in a 0–1 defeat to Cape Verde for the Lusofonia Games.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRibeirão (loan)2007–08Segunda Divisão34600—346Estrela Amadora (loan)2008–09Primeira Liga1010—20Covilhã (loan)2008–09Segunda Liga9400—94Portimonense (loan)2009–10Segunda Liga10230—132Covilhã (loan)2009–10Segunda Liga15200—152Santa Clara 2010–11Segunda Liga27450—324AEL Limassol 2011–12Cypriot First Division26260—3222012–13Cypriot First Division23472703762013–14Cypriot First Division351820—3718Total84241527010626Moreirense 2014–15Primeira Liga2020—40AEK Larnaca 2014–15Cypriot First Division17551—2262015–16Cypriot First Division1621220194Total3366320419Iraklis 2015–16Super League Greece7000—702016–17Super League Greece26120—281Total33120—351Anadia2017–18Campeonato de Portugal6000—60Ermis2017–18Cypriot First Division16221—183Career total270513669031557
Honours AEL Limassol Cypriot First Division: 2011–12 Cypriot Cup runner-up: 2011–12, 2012–13
Individual Cypriot First Division top scorer: 2013–14 (joint)
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