Jorge Paulo Cadete Santos Reis (born 27 August 1968), known as Cadete, is a Portuguese former professional
footballer
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as he led the goalscoring charts in 1996–97.
Cadete amassed
Primeira Liga
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totals of 233 matches and 73 goals over 12 seasons. A Portuguese international throughout the 90s, he represented the nation at
Euro 1996
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.
Club career
Early career and Sporting
Born in
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(then called Porto Amélia),
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, Cadete began his footballing career with Associação Académica de Santarém at age 15, scoring an impressive 43 goals in just 18 games. His exploits alerted
Primeira Liga
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giants
Sporting CP
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and
S.L. Benfica
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, with the former winning the race to sign the promising youngster.
Cadete broke into the senior team in 1987–88, starting in four of his six appearances and subsequently being sent on loan to fellow league club Vitória F.C. for the following season, helping the
Setúbal
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In the ti ...
-based side to the fifth place. He thus returned to
Lisbon
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, where he would play for the following five years uninterrupted and in the 1992–93 campaign he was the national championship's top-scorer with 18 goals.
Towards the end of his time at Sporting, Cadete was loaned out again in November 1994, this time to Italy's
Brescia Calcio
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. He only managed one
Serie A
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goal during his stint, returning subsequently to the
Estádio José Alvalade
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Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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against
FC Porto
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in August 1995.
By early 1996, especially after the sacking of manager
Bobby Robson
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and the arrival of
Carlos Queiroz
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, Cadete was completely out of favour at Sporting and made no more appearances for them. He amassed competitive totals for the club of 203 games and 81 goals.
Celtic
On 24 February 1996, Cadete was introduced at
Celtic Park
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,
Glasgow
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to supporters before
Celtic
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's league match against Partick Thistle. However, due to lengthy negotiations between Celtic and Sporting and issues with registering the player, his transfer was not finalised until April, and turned out to be controversial: despite being signed prior to the transfer deadline, the
Scottish Football Association
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delayed processing his registration in time for the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Rangers at
Hampden Park
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, and following a complaint from Celtic chairman
Fergus McCann
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, SFA chief
Jim Farry
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Ea ...
was eventually relieved of his duties after being found guilty of deliberately holding back the player's registration. His eventual debut came at home against
Aberdeen
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as he came off the bench to score his team's fifth goal in a 5–0 win, thus becoming an instant hit; the loud roar generated by the fans celebrating his goal blew out BBC Radio 5's microphones, who had been covering the game UK wide on radio, and they went off air for a short time until it was repaired.
Cadete's only full season in Scotland was unarguably the greatest of his career, with the player finishing the year as the country's top scorer with 38 goals in 47 appearances in all competitions, without the aid of penalty kicks. Despite this, his team lost the league championship to arch-rivals Rangers, and he played his last match against
Dundee United
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, bowing to the fans before kissing the turf.
Along with
Pierre van Hooijdonk
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and
Paolo Di Canio
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, Cadete became embroiled in contractual disputes with the club, and was labelled as one of the "Three Amigos" by McCann. He remained a Celtic player over the summer, but fled back to Portugal citing mental health issues and a failure to adjust to life in Scotland without his family; his requests for a transfer were eventually granted.
To Spain and beyond
After failing to show for pre-season training, Cadete was transferred to
RC Celta de Vigo
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of
La Liga
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for a fee of around £3,500,000. He played one full season for the
Galicians
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, and scored on his debut on 27 September 1997 in a 3–3 draw away to
Atlético Madrid
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. He moved to Benfica alongside former Celtic teammate van Hooijdonk in January 1999, and a year later he returned to the United Kingdom, joining newly promoted
Premier League
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side
Bradford City
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on loan until the end of the campaign; he made his debut as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with
Aston Villa
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at
Valley Parade
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, and was described as having an "instant impact" in that game.
For 2000–01, Cadete was loaned to the Lisbon-based C.F. Estrela da Amadora. As newly promoted Scottish side St Mirren looked for a striker to bolster its chances of top-flight survival, he almost made a return to the country, but the proposed January switch fell through and he remained in Estrela, subsequently seeing out his Benfica contract after claiming unpaid wages.
Retirement, return to football and Scotland
Following his release from Benfica, Cadete found himself without a club. After failing to find a new team he retired from football at the relatively young age of 33, going on to make an appearance on the celebrity version of the Big Brother reality TV show.
At the start of 2003–04 season, aged 35, Cadete decided to come out of retirement. He returned to Scotland to make a guest appearance on
Tam Cowan
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Early life
He was educated at Braidhurst High School in Motherwell where he was one of the school captains ...
's Scottish football show " Offside", where he spoke of his love for Celtic and how he regretted leaving; he also invited Celtic boss
Martin O'Neill
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to give him a trial for his former club.
Cadete's return to the public eye in Scotland prompted rookie co-managers Gerry Britton and
Derek Whyte
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to take a gamble on the striker. He signed a short-term contract for top division relegation battlers Partick Thistle in late January 2004, ending his 18-month exile from the game; the move was controversial however, as he had already agreed to sign for
Raith Rovers
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, even being photographed in the team shirt by the media.
Cadete made his debut for the ''Jags'' on 22 February against former club Celtic, and received a mixed reception, with jeers from some Celtic fans as he came off the bench due to the manner of his departure six years earlier. Shortly after, he returned to old ways when he reported back for training 24 hours late, and was subsequently disciplined by the club; he did not manage to score for Thistle in four months, and was not offered a contract extension.
Later years
Cadete returned to his country in the 2004–05 campaign, joining third division's C.D. Pinhalnovense. He cited the major factor in signing for the club was working with coach Paco Fortes.
The following two years, Cadete played amateur football in the Beja region, with FC São Marcos in São Marcos da Ataboeira,
Castro Verde
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, being rejoined by some former professionals in the country, including Benfica and
S.C. Farense
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's
Hassan Nader
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He spent most of his 21-year senior career in Portugal – amassing Primeira Liga totals of 219 matches and 94 goals – mainly with ...
. After retiring, he faced severe economic problems.
On 23 July 2015, Cadete was appointed
director of football
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for the Portuguese national team scoring five goals, 22 while at Sporting, nine while at Celtic and two as a Celta player. His first game came on 29 August 1990, in a 1–1 friendly draw with
Germany
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.
Cadete was chosen for the
UEFA Euro 1996
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Republic of Ireland
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and netting the last in a 3–0 win as a substitute. His final appearance was a 0–3 defeat to
England
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on 22 April 1998, in another friendly.
Career statistics
Club
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International
Honours
Sporting
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Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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Scottish Premier League
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Taça de Portugal
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