Jorge Marco de Oliveira Moraes (born 28 March 1996), simply known as Jorge (), is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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, on loan from

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. He is a former member of the Brazil U20 team.

Club career

Flamengo

Born in

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, Jorge joined

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's youth setup in 2008, aged 11. He made his debut a senior on 16 March 2014, starting in a 2–2 Campeonato Carioca home draw against Bangu. On 26 September 2014, Jorge signed a new deal with ''Fla'', until December 2017. He was promoted to the main squad in 2015, by manager

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. Jorge made his Série A debut on 1 July 2015, starting in a 1–0 away win against

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. He subsequently overtook new signing

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as first-choice, and renewed his contract for a further two years on 6 September. Jorge scored his first top tier goal on 29 May 2016, netting the winner in a 2–1 success over Ponte Preta at the

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. His second goal in the category came on 16 July, in a 3-3 derby against

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. In September 2016, Brazilian press reported a possible Manchester City interest in signing Jorge. The English club would have begun to watch the left back after having excelled in the

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, being elected the best left-back of the competition.

Monaco

On 26 January 2017,

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signed Jorge from Flamengo, after agreeing to a €8.5 million transfer fee for the player. This was the biggest transfer in Flamengo's history at that time. After appearing rarely in his first six months, he became a regular starter during the 2017–18 campaign, replacing departed Benjamin Mendy.

Porto (loan)

On 31 August 2018, it was announced that Jorge would be loaned to Portuguese club FC Porto on a season-long deal with an option to buy. A backup to compatriot Alex Telles, he featured rarely.

Santos (loan)

On 27 March 2019, Jorge returned to Brazil signing with Santos on loan until the end of the year. He made his debut for the club on 4 April, starting in a 1–0 away loss against

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, for the year's

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. He scored his first goal for the club on April 24th against

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on the same tournament.

Basel (loan)

On 2 October

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announced that they had signed in Jorge and that he had signed on a loan contract until the end of the season. After playing in a test game Jorge played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Kybunpark on 1 November 2020 as Basel won 2–1 against

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. During the home match in the St. Jakob-Park on 16 December 2020 against Young Boys Jorge was injured and had to be substituted out in the 62nd minute. The injury turned out to be difficult and required an operation and this put him out for the rest of the season. Not surprisingly at the end of the season, on 22 May 2021 the club announced that Jorge's loan contract that would expire 30 June 2021 would not be renewed and that he would return to Monaco. In his one season with the club Jorge played a total of seven games for Basel without scoring a goal. Five of these games were in the Nationalliga A and two were friendly games.

International career

On 19 January 2017, Jorge was called up to the Brazil national team for the first time to play a friendly match against Colombia.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

;Flamengo * Campeonato Carioca:

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;Monaco * Ligue 1: 2016–17 ;Palmeiras * Copa Libertadores:

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* Recopa Sudamericana:

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* Campeonato Paulista:

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

National

Brazil U20 *

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runner-up : 2015

Individual

Team of the Tournament: 2015 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

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* Bola de Prata:

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorge 1996 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players CR Flamengo footballers Santos FC players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players Fluminense FC players Ligue 1 players AS Monaco FC players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Porto players FC Basel players Brazil international footballers Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Monaco Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Switzerland