Jorge Filipe Avelino Teixeira (born 27 August 1986) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for

AVS Futebol SAD AVS Futebol SAD is a Portuguese association football club currently playing in the Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of Portuguese football league system. They are based in the town of Aves (Santo Tirso), Vila das Aves and they play in Estádio do ...

as a

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. He spent most of his career abroad, mainly 170 games in the

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with

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

and

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The muni ...

, while also winning the

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with

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in 2014. Additionally, he had spells in Cyprus, Israel, Italy and England.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Teixeira spent eight years in

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

's youth system, but never appeared officially for its first team, being released in 2005 and spending his first two seasons as a senior in the

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, with

Casa Pia A.C. Casa Pia Atlético Clube is a Portuguese multi-sports founded in 1920 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, best-known for its football team, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after Casa Pia, a Portuguese children's charity, and many ...

and Odivelas FC, both hailing from the

Lisboa Region Lisbon Region ( pt, Região de Lisboa, ) is one of the seven NUTS II designated regions of Portugal, which coincides with the NUTS III subregion Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The region covers an area of 3001.95 km2 (the smallest region on mainl ...

. In 2007–08 he made his debut in the Segunda Liga, being relegated with

C.D. Fátima Centro Desportivo de Fátima, simply known as Fátima, is a Portuguese football club based in Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém. Founded in 1966, it holds home matches at ''Estádio Papa Francisco'', with a capacity of 1,545 spectators. Clu ...

Six teams in five countries

Teixeira split the 2008–09 campaign between two teams in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

, suffering relegation with

Atromitos Yeroskipou Atromitos Yeroskipou ( el, Ατρόμητος Γεροσκήπου) was a Cypriot football team based in the town of Yeroskipou, Paphos. The club was founded in 1956 but the club was competing until 2004 in Paphos local league. The club was promo ...

. In summer 2009 he signed for

Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל מכבי חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Maccabi Haifa'') is an Israeli professional football club, based in the city of Haifa, Israel, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The cl ...

and, the following year, joined

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, who paid a fee of $1.2 million to the

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i side. On 20 July 2010, Teixeira made his

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debut with his new club, opening an eventual 3–2 away loss against

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and ...

. In January 2013, he was loaned to Italy's

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until June, starting in all his league appearances but being relegated from

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. In May 2014, after helping Zürich to

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the

in a defeat of Basel, Teixeira joined

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on a three-year contract to be made effective on 30 June.

Charlton Athletic

On 19 January 2016, Teixeira moved teams and countries again, signing a four-and-a-half-year deal with

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for an undisclosed fee, under former Standard manager

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. His maiden appearance in the

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occurred four days later, as he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 home draw with

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. He scored in home wins over

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and

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, as his team suffered relegation. Teixeira was close to a loan move to

S.V. Zulte Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. Zulte Waregem plays in the Belgian First Division A. Their highest finish a ...

back in Belgium for 2016–17, but it collapsed due to his high salary and the signing of fellow defender

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from

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. He missed the start of the

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due to a hamstring injury, and on 14 January he was

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at the end of a goalless draw against local rivals

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at The Valley. On 18 February, he came on as a second-half substitute and scored twice in a 3–3 draw at

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, including the equaliser.

Sint-Truiden

On 15 July 2017, Teixeira joined

Sint-Truidense V.V. Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (, is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Belg ...

on a three-year contract. He suffered a hip injury in September 2019, and did not return until February. Teixeira added one more year to his contract in January 2021, and February 2022.

Later career

On 30 June 2023, Teixeira returned to his country's leagues for the first time in 15 years, signing with

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side

. He was their first signing since the merger and relocation of

U.D. Vilafranquense União Desportiva Vilafranquense is a Portuguese football club from Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District. It currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of the Portuguese football league system, following its promotion in 2019. The oth ...

and

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

Honours

Zürich *

: 2013–14

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teixeira, Jorge 1986 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football central defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP footballers Casa Pia A.C. players Odivelas F.C. players C.D. Fátima players Cypriot First Division players Atromitos Yeroskipou players AEP Paphos FC players Israeli Premier League players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Swiss Super League players FC Zürich players Serie A players ACR Siena 1904 players Belgian Pro League players Standard Liège players Sint-Truidense V.V. players English Football League players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England