Jorge Soares da Silva (born 13 January 1972) is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in

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, Viseu District, Silva emerged through

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's youth system, but could never be more than third choice with its first team. In the 1995–96 season he was part of the

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-winning squad by playing four minutes in one game, and previously made his professional debut at Rio Ave FC. Silva spent the better part of his career with two modest clubs in the top flight,

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– who had previously loaned him to Porto – and

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, reaching the Portugal national team for his only cap on 15 November 2000, where he featured one minute in a

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with

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after coming on as a substitute for Quim. In the 2003–04 campaign he played with the

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side in the second tier and, from there onwards, competed mainly in the third. In the summer of 2008, 36-year-old Silva signed with

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, recently promoted to division two. After one season he called it quits, joining the club's coaching staff as goalkeeper coach. However, a string of injuries propelled him back to action, and he eventually appeared in five matches during 2009–10 (three wins, one loss, one draw, seven goals conceded), with his team narrowly missing out on another promotion. In June 2010, he retired for good and returned to his previous post.

Personal life

Silva's younger brother, Francisco, was also a footballer. A defender, they shared teams at

C.D. Trofense Clube Desportivo Trofense (), commonly known as Trofense, is a Portuguese football club based in Trofa, Portugal. Founded in 1930, it plays in Segunda Liga, holding home games at '' Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense'', with a capacity of 5,0 ...

and Oliveirense.

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at ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Jorge 1972 births Living people People from Lamego Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players FC Porto players Rio Ave F.C. players S.C. Salgueiros players C.D. Santa Clara players S.C. Dragões Sandinenses players U.S.C. Paredes players C.D. Trofense players AC Vila Meã players U.D. Oliveirense players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Footballers from Viseu District