Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira (13 February 1946 – 22 February 2024), commonly known as Artur Jorge, was a Portuguese

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player and manager.

Club career

As a junior player, Artur Jorge started at the junior team of

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. As professional player, he played for Académica de Coimbra and Benfica, before ending his career at Belenenses in the 1977–78 season, due to a serious injury suffered at a training session in the

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where he broke a leg. He also had a stint in the

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with the Rochester Lancers.

Managerial career

After his player career, Artur Jorge went to

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, to study football and training methodology. He started his managerial career working with Vitória de Guimarães, moving on to Belenenses, Portimonense and then signing with Porto for the 1984–85 season, where he won three national champion titles and two Taça de Portugal titles. His greatest success was to win the

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with Porto over favourites

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2–1. Jorge was known as "''Rei Artur''" ("King Arthur") from then on. He moved to

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the next season, and returned to Porto in 1989–90. He then moved to

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in 1991–92, where he won the

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in 1993–94. Artur Jorge moved to Benfica in 1994–95, finishing third with his team, and was replaced at the beginning of the following season. He went to become coach of several other clubs including Académica de Coimbra,

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and

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. He managed the Portugal national team, initially while still Porto coach during the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons, and again during the 1996–97 season. He also managed the

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team at

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, replacing

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under whom they had qualified. From 2004 he managed

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. He failed to lead his team to the

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. He managed Saudi club Al-Nasr for only two cup matches and was sacked following a 4–1 defeat by lowly club Al-Faisaly. He then managed French second division team

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in 2006–07. On 27 November 2014, Artur Jorge joined Algerian club

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, ending a seven-year period without coaching.

Death

Jorge died on 22 February 2024, at the age of 78.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Benfica *

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: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75

Manager

Porto *

: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90 *

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: 1990–91 *

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

: 1986–87 Paris Saint-Germain * Division 1: 1993–94 *

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: 1992–93 Al Hilal *

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: 2001–02 * Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2001–02 CSKA Moscow * Russian Super Cup:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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