Jorge Filipe Oliveira Fernandes (born 2 April 1997) is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays for
Vitória S.C.
Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal.
Vitória de Guimarães have finished thir ...
as a
central defender
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Club career
Porto
Born in
Braga,
Minho Province
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, Fernandes joined
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...
's youth academy at the age of 10. On 15 August 2015, still a junior, he made his senior debut with
their reserves by coming on as a 59th-minute
substitute in a 2–1 away win against
C.D. Santa Clara
Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...
in the
Segunda Liga. He scored his first goal in the competition on 16 September 2017, helping the hosts defeat
C.D. Nacional
Clube Desportivo Nacional, commonly known as Nacional and sometimes Nacional da Madeira (), is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira.
Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...
2–1.
On 31 January 2018, Fernandes was loaned to
Primeira Liga
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club
C.D. Tondela
Clube Desportivo de Tondela () is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. They are based in the town of Tondela, located in Viseu District, and play in the Estádio João Cardoso ...
. His maiden appearance in the
Portuguese top division took place nine days later when he replaced
Pedro Nuno shortly after
Ícaro was
sent off in the away fixture against
F.C. Paços de Ferreira
Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal stadi ...
, helping his team secure a 2–0 victory. The move was extended for the
2018–19 season.
Vitória Guimarães
After a
season
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on loan at
Kasımpaşa S.K.
Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü. (, Kasımpaşa Sports Club), commercially registered as Kasımpaşa Sportif Faaliyetleri A.Ş., colloquially known Kasımpaşa, is a Turkish professional football club located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul.
The c ...
in the Turkish
Süper Lig
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, Fernandes rescinded his Porto contract and signed a five-year deal at
Vitória de Guimarães, who purchased 60% of his economic rights on 1 August 2020. He scored his first top-flight goal on the following 19 May, in a 3–1 home loss to
S.L. Benfica.
International career
Fernandes earned 32
caps for
Portugal across all youth levels. He scored his one goal on 5 June 2015 for the
under-18 team in a 3–1 win over China in
Mafra
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, to win the ''Torneio de Lisboa''.
Fernandes was part of the
under-20 side that reached the quarter-finals of the
2017 FIFA World Cup in South Korea. In 2018, he took part with the
under-21 team in
qualification for
the following year's
UEFA European Championship
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.
References
External links
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Portuguese League profile
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1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Braga
Portuguese footballers
Association football defenders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Padroense F.C. players
FC Porto B players
C.D. Tondela players
Vitória S.C. players
Süper Lig players
Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
Portugal youth international footballers
Portugal under-21 international footballers
Portuguese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey