Jorge Fernando Barbosa Intima (born 21 September 1995), known as Jorginho, is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bulgarian club PFC Ludogorets Razgrad and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Born in Bissau,

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

, Jorginho came through the youth ranks at Manchester City after signing at the age of 17. After agreeing to a one-year contract extension on 7 July 2015, he was limited to

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football. In the last minutes of the 2016 winter

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, Jorginho moved to Portugal and joined F.C. Arouca on a three-and-a-half-year deal. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 7 February, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute in a 2–1 away win against FC Porto. Jorginho scored a

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in a 4–1 away victory over Moreirense F.C. on 17 December 2016. In the following

he was transferred to AS Saint-Étienne of the French Ligue 1, who loaned him six months later to G.D. Chaves in a

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-long move after acquiring him on a permanent basis. On 19 June 2018, Jorginho signed with Bulgarian club

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on loan until the end of the campaign. One year later, he agreed to a permanent contract at PFC Ludogorets Razgrad of the same country. Jorginho joined

Wadi Degla SC Wadi Degla Sporting Club ( ar, نادي وادي دجلة الرياضي) is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo. The club is related to Wadi Degla Holding, a construction company established in 1994. In 2009–10, it was promoted to th ...

of the Egyptian Premier League in late November 2020, on loan with an option to buy.

International career

Jorginho represented

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at youth level. He was part of the squad at the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, appearing in three games – including eight minutes in the final against

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– for the eventual runners-up. On 22 March 2018, Jorginho made his debut for his native

, starting in a 2–0 friendly defeat to

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

. He was part of the squad that appeared in the

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International goals

''Guinea-Bissau score listed first, score column indicates score after each Jorginho goal.''

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