Jorge Henrique Amaral de Castro known as Jorginho Paulista or just Jorginho (born 20 February 1980) is a former Brazilian footballer who has played as a left-sided defender or

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Club career

Udinese and loans

Discovered by PSV after 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship, he joined

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on loan in January 1999. As the club run out of non-EU quota, Jorginho was unveiled as new player at the start of 1999–2000 season along with Warley with

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status. Jorginho made his debut on 28 November 1999, against Roma as starter, the match Udinese lost 0–2 to Roma at home. He also moved back to Brazil on loan to

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and played twice at 2000 Copa do Brasil. In September 2000, Udinese traveled to Poland for the

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match against

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. But Polish officials discovered that the Portuguese passport of Warley and

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were fake. Later Jorginho's fake passport were also discovered . Warley and Jorginho were immediately transferred back to Brazil for

Copa João Havelange The 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Copa João Havelange) was the 44th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Due to legal complications, the championship was organized ...

, where Jorginho Paulista won the champion along with former Brazilian internationals Jorginho. In June 2001, he was banned for 1 year for Italian football along with teammate Warley, Alejandro Da Silva and

, and 9 other players were also banned from 6 months to 1 year. He was then loaned to Boca Juniors. In early 2002 he left for Cruzeiro to play as the backup of

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. He then left for

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for a season, which he was injured from November to April.

Botafogo

In mid-2003 he left for

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on loan and finished as Campeonato Brasileiro Série B runner-up. Jorginho had declared he would like to return to Palmeiras in 2004 season but eventually remain at Botafogo.

Return to Vasco

In April 2005 he returned to Vasco, signing a one-year contract. In December 2005, he left Vasco.

Mexico

He spent the 2006–07 season at

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, the feeder team of Pumas de la UNAM. He played twice at

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, on round 2 and 3 of Apertura 2006.

Late career

He then trailed at Russia to join Lokomotiv Moskva but failed to form a contract., In May 2007, he signed a contract with

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until the end of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2007. He was the regular of Paulista but lost his place in the second half of the season. He then trailed at Boavista, Dalian and

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. In February 2009 he joined

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for

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. At the start of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B he left for Campinense, the league rival of Bragantino. He was released in June 2009. In February 2010, he trialed at

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but failed to get a contract. A year later, he was signed by

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, a team from

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. After a few months with

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in 2012 Campeonato Catarinense (1 appearance), he left for

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of Piauí state.

International career

With

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, Jorginho won the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship along with

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, Fábio Pinto, Diogo Rincón,

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and

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Honours

Club

* Vasco **

2000 Copa Mercosur The Copa Mercosur 2000 was the 3rd staging of the international club cup. The competition started on 1 August 2000 and concluded on 20 December 2000 with Vasco da Gama beating Palmeiras in the final. Participants * Atlético Mineiro * Corinthi ...

International

* Brazil ** 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

References

External links

*
Profile at futpedia.globo.com

Profile at Legaseriea.it
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulista, Jorginho Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Eredivisie players Serie A players Argentine Primera División players Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players PSV Eindhoven players Udinese Calcio players Club Athletico Paranaense players CR Vasco da Gama players Boca Juniors footballers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players São Paulo FC players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Club Universidad Nacional footballers Paulista Futebol Clube players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Campinense Clube players Ceilândia Esporte Clube players Association football fullbacks Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Mexico Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Footballers from São Paulo 1980 births Living people