Jorge Manuel da Silva Paixão Santos (born 19 December 1965), known as Paixão, is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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, currently

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club

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Playing career

Born in

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, Paixão's 11-year professional career was almost entirely spent in the Portuguese second and third divisions, representing Amora FC (two spells),

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and

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. The exception to this was the 1985–86 season, when he appeared three times as a substitute for Académica de Coimbra in the

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. He retired in June 1995 at the age of 29, following a spell with amateurs AC Malveira.

Coaching career

Following retirement, Paixão moved into coaching. He first served as the assistant manager for two teams, before his first management role when in 2002 he was appointed head coach of Almada A.C. in the

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. Over the next ten years, he was in charge of several clubs in the third tier, and also had spells abroad in

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with C.R. Caála and

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with

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. Paixão was appointed at second-division side

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in September 2013. In March of the following year he first reached the top flight with

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who were in tenth place, leading the team to ninth position after winning only two of his ten league games in charge, but reaching the semi-finals of the

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, where they were defeated by

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. On 14 May 2014, Braga announced that Paixão's contract would not be renewed. On 24 June 2014 he signed for Polish club

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the

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shortly after by defeating

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3–2. Paixão moved back to his native country in October 2014 with

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, leaving his post the following February. He took charge of Farense also in the second tier in June, agreeing to a mutual termination of his contract on 30 November. On 30 December 2015, Paixão was appointed at C.D. Mafra (also for a second time, having previously been coach in 2010). The team were struggling prior to his arrival, and he was unable to prevent their relegation from the second division. At the end of July 2016, he was replaced. Arriving in 2018, Paixão then spent one year in China in charge of Shenzhen F.C.'s under-23 side. Subsequently, he worked in quick succession with Rayon Sports FC (

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(

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) and

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(Moroccan

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). On 20 February 2025, Paixão was appointed as manager of

club Al-Ain FC.

Honours

Manager

Zawisza Bydgoszcz *

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