Jorge Filipe Monteiro dos Santos Lourenço (born 15 August 1988), known as Monteiro, is a Portuguese

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who plays for

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

as a winger.

Club career

Portugal

Born in

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, Monteiro played youth football with local

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 ...

, having joined its youth system at the age of 8. Until his release on 30 June 2010, he was consecutively loaned to G.D. Ribeirão, C.F. Estrela da Amadora,

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. The club was founded in 1923. Their nickname is the ...

(twice) and

Portimonense SC Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. It a ...

. Monteiro's

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input during this timeframe consisted of 13 minutes with the second club, in a 1–0 away loss against Vitória F.C. on 31 August 2008.

Cyprus

In summer 2011, after one season in his country's Segunda Liga with

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 ...

, Monteiro signed with

from the

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. 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 FC APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

. 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 F.C. Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

on a two-year contract. In January 2015, however, he moved back to Cyprus' with

AEK Larnaca FC AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

, going on to score ten official goals over a 12-month period.

International career

All youth categories comprised, Monteiro won 30

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for

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and scored five goals. His debut with the under-21s occurred on 11 July 2009, in a 0–1 defeat to

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for the

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Career statistics

Honours

AEL Limassol *

: 2011–12 *

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runner-up: 2011–12,

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Individual *Cypriot First Division top scorer: 2013–14 (joint)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monteiro, Jorge 1988 births Living people Portuguese footballers Footballers from Porto Association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players FC Porto B players G.D. Ribeirão players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players S.C. Covilhã players Portimonense S.C. players C.D. Santa Clara players Moreirense F.C. players Anadia F.C. players S.C. Beira-Mar players Gondomar S.C. players Leça F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players AEL Limassol players AEK Larnaca FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players Othellos Athienou F.C. players Super League Greece players Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece