Jorge António Pinto do Couto (born 1 July 1970) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a right winger. He amassed

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totals of 287 matches and 27 goals over 14 seasons, representing in the competition Porto and Boavista and winning 13 major titles between both clubs. From 2015 he worked as a coach, in different roles at Boavista.

Playing career

Club

Couto was born in

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, Santa Maria da Feira. During his career he played professionally for

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Gil Vicente FC Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

(on loan from his '' alma mater'') and

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

. With the first club he was used regularly in his early years, mainly from the bench but was a fringe player subsequently. With Boavista from 1996 until his retirement, Couto had his best years, helping to the side's

and

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consolidation although he was already slowing down as they won their only first division title in

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, being barred by younger

Martelinho Joaquim Pereira da Silva (born 19 November 1974), known as Martelinho, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right winger, and a current manager. He played ten full Primeira Liga seasons during his 14-year senior career, all with B ...

but still contributing 17 matches and three goals to the feat.

International

Couto scored one of the two goals for the Portugal under-20 team in the 2–0 final win against Nigeria, as the nation won the first of its two consecutive FIFA U-20 World Cups. He won six caps at full international level, mostly while at Porto, the first arriving at age 20. He was not related to club and national teammate Fernando Couto.

Coaching career

In July 2015, Couto returned to Boavista as assistant to former teammate and new coach

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. Two years later, he was put in charge of the Estádio do Bessa club's new reserve team. Couto became

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of the first team on 26 January 2019 after the dismissal of

Jorge Simão António Jorge Rocha Simão (born 12 August 1976) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager. Having played only as an amateur, he began work as an assistant manager at 26, before his first outright positi ...

. In his one game three days later, the team lost 5–1 at S.L. Benfica before Lito Vidigal was installed. Having already been suspended for ten days and fined €1,913 by the Portuguese Football Federation in October 2016 for insulting the refereeing team, Couto was suspended for 15 days and fined €3,507 in April 2021 by the same body for the same offence. In December 2023, he went back into interim charge after Petit's resignation, and drew 1–1 on his debut at home to Vitória de Guimarães; following Ricardo Paiva's appointment later that month, he returned to assistant duties.

Honours

Porto *

: 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96 * Taça de Portugal: 1990–91, 1993–94 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

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Boavista *Primeira Liga: 2000–01 *Taça de Portugal: 1996–97 *Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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Portugal * FIFA U-20 World Cup:

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Couto, Jorge 1970 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Santa Maria da Feira Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto players Gil Vicente F.C. players Boavista F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Association football coaches Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Boavista F.C. managers