Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira (13 February 1946 – 22 February 2024), commonly known as Artur Jorge, was a Portuguese football player and manager.
Club career As a junior player, Artur Jorge started at the junior team of FC Porto. As professional player, he played for Académica de Coimbra and Benfica, before ending his career at Belenenses in the 1977–78 season, due to a serious injury suffered at a training session in the Estádio Nacional where he broke a leg. He also had a stint in the North American Soccer League with the Rochester Lancers.
Managerial career After his player career, Artur Jorge went to Leipzig, East Germany, to study football and training methodology. He started his managerial career working with Vitória de Guimarães, moving on to Belenenses, Portimonense and then signing with Porto for the 1984–85 season, where he won three national champion titles and two Taça de Portugal titles. His greatest success was to win the European Cup with Porto over favourites Bayern Munich 2–1. Jorge was known as "Rei Artur" ("King Arthur") from then on. He moved to Racing Paris the next season, and returned to Porto in 1989–90. He then moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1991–92, where he won the national championship in 1993–94.
Artur Jorge moved to Benfica in 1994–95, finishing third with his team, and was replaced at the beginning of the following season. He went to become coach of several other clubs including Académica de Coimbra, Vitesse Arnhem, Tenerife and CSKA Moscow. He managed the Portugal national team, initially while still Porto coach during the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons, and again during the 1996–97 season. He also managed the Switzerland team at UEFA Euro 1996, replacing Roy Hodgson under whom they had qualified. From 2004 he managed Cameroon. He failed to lead his team to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He managed Saudi club Al-Nasr for only two cup matches and was sacked following a 4–1 defeat by lowly club Al-Faisaly. He then managed French second division team Créteil in 2006–07.
On 27 November 2014, Artur Jorge joined Algerian club MC Alger, ending a seven-year period without coaching.
Death Jorge died on 22 February 2024, at the age of 78.Morreu Artur Jorge, treinador campeão europeu pelo FC Porto
Managerial statistics + Managerial record by team and tenure Team Nat From ToRecord Vitória de Guimarães1 June 198030 May 1981Belenenses1 June 198130 September 1981Portimonense30 September 198130 May 1983FC Porto18 May 198430 May 1987Racing10 June 198730 May 1988FC Porto12 November 19881 June 1991Portugal1 June 19891 June 1990PSG10 June 199130 May 1994S.L. Benfica1 July 19949 September 1995Switzerland13 March 199618 June 1996Portugal1 August 199630 November 1997VitesseJune 1998October 1998PSGOctober 1998March 1999Al-Nassr1 June 20001 June 2001Al-Hilal1 June 20011 June 2002Académica de Coimbra26 October 200228 August 2003CSKA Moscow23 November 20034 June 2004Cameroon10 January 20055 February 2006Al-Nassr21 February 20064 March 2006Créteil30 May 200630 May 2007MC Alger3 January 20148 October 2015 Career total
Honours
Player Benfica Primeira Liga: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75
Manager Porto Primeira Liga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90 Taça de Portugal: 1990–91 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1984, 1986, 1990 European Cup: 1986–87
Paris Saint-Germain Division 1: 1993–94 Coupe de France: 1992–93
Al Hilal Saudi Premier League: 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2001–02
CSKA Moscow Russian Super Cup: 2004
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