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Jorge Costa
Personal information
Full name Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1971-10-14)14 October 1971[1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Date of death 5 August 2025(2025-08-05) (aged 53)
Place of death Porto, Portugal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1986–1987 Foz
1987–1990 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2005 Porto 251 (16)
1990–1991Penafiel (loan) 23 (3)
1991–1992Marítimo (loan) 31 (1)
2001–2002Charlton Athletic (loan) 24 (0)
2005–2006 Standard Liège 13 (0)
Total 342 (20)
International career
1990–1991 Portugal U20 10 (1)
1991–1994 Portugal U21 21 (2)
1992–2002 Portugal 50 (2)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Braga (assistant)
2007 Braga
2008–2010 Olhanense
2010 Académica
2011–2012 CFR Cluj
2012–2013 AEL Limassol
2013–2014 Anorthosis
2014 Paços Ferreira
2014–2016 Gabon
2017 Sfaxien
2017 Arouca
2017–2018 Tours
2018–2020 Mumbai City
2020–2021 Gaz Metan Mediaș
2021 Farense
2022 Sfaxien
2022–2023 Académico Viseu
2023–2024 AVS
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2000 Belgium-Netherlands
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1991 Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up1994 France
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up1988 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (14 October 1971 – 5 August 2025) was a Portuguese professional football central defender and manager. From 1992 until 2002, he played for the Portugal national football team.

On 5 August 2025, during a training session with Porto, Costa had a heart attack and died at the age of 53.[2][3][4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto 1992–93 Primeira Divisão 811061152
1993–94 Primeira Divisão 1303160221
1994–95 Primeira Divisão 1313141203
1995–96 Primeira Divisão 211313010282
1996–97 Primeira Divisão 264407021395
1997–98 Primeira Divisão 1304000170
1998–99 Primeira Divisão 332105020412
1999–2000 Primeira Liga 3114012120492
2000–01 Primeira Liga 2013010020351
2001–02 Primeira Liga 61006010131
2002–03 Primeira Liga 26231120413
2003–04 Primeira Liga 1912010010321
2004–05 Primeira Liga 221007120312
Total 2511631488413138325
Penafiel (loan) 1990–91 Primeira Divisão 23300233
Marítimo (loan) 1991–92 Primeira Divisão 31100311
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2001–02 Premier League 24020260
Standard Liège 2005–06 Belgian Pro League 13000130
Career Total 3422033488413147629

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal[6] 199210
199340
199590
199620
199730
199830
199920
2000131
200160
200271
Total502
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Costa goal.
List of international goals scored by Jorge Costa[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
115 November 2000Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga, Portugal Israel2–02–1Friendly
213 February 2002Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain Spain1–01–1Friendly

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 2 June 2024[7][8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Braga Portugal 19 February 2007 30 October 2007 29127103328+5041.38
Olhanense Portugal 16 June 2008 9 May 2010 722621259595+0036.11
Académica Portugal 8 June 2010 21 December 2010 187472933−4038.89
CFR Cluj Romania 1 June 2011 9 April 2012 2615654523+22057.69
AEL Limassol Cyprus 24 October 2012 22 May 2013 3720896538+27054.05
Anorthosis Cyprus 18 August 2013 5 February 2014 2311664628+18047.83
Paços Ferreira Portugal 26 February 2014 22 May 2014 124351520−5033.33
Gabon Gabon 11 July 2014 4 November 2016 33119133736+1033.33
Sfaxien Tunisia 14 May 2017 14 June 2017 320162+4066.67
Arouca Portugal 29 June 2017 14 September 2017 814349−5012.50
Tours France 22 November 2017 25 May 2018 2767143344−11022.22
Mumbai City India 14 August 2018 5 March 2020 39178145256−4043.59
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania 30 September 2020 2 February 2021 156272322+1040.00
Farense Portugal 4 February 2021 30 August 2021 2559112135−14020.00
Sfaxien Tunisia 3 February 2022 7 April 2022 1124569−3018.18
Académico Viseu Portugal 7 September 2022 20 April 2023 3420956135+26058.82
AVS Portugal 10 June 2023 3 June 2024 42245135944+15057.14
Total 454189112153630557+73041.63

Porto

Portugal

Individual

Olhanense

CFR Cluj

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Jorge Costa at WorldFootball.net
  2. "FC Porto. Morreu o antigo jogador Jorge Costa" [FC Porto. Former player Jorge Costa has died] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  3. "Morreu Jorge Costa" [Jorge Costa has died] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  4. "Jorge Costa dies at 53: All on former FC Porto captain's family". Hindustan Times. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  5. Jorge Costa at ForaDeJogo Edit this at Wikidata
  6. 1 2 "Jorge Costa". European Football. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Jorge Costa coach profile at Soccerway
  8. Jorge Costa manager stats at ForaDeJogo
  9. 1 2 3 "Jorge Costa: Os títulos do eterno capitão do FC Porto" [Jorge Costa: The titles of FC Porto's eternal captain] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  10. Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  11. Conceição Silva, Rui Manuel. "Portugal – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  12. "Olhanense campeão" [Olhanense champions] (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  13. Zaharia, Paul-Daniel (18 May 2012). "Cluj campeão pela terceira vez" [Cluj champions for the third time] (in Portuguese). UEFA. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  14. "Apresentação dos Prémios CNID – MEO 2009" [CNID – MEO 2009 Award Ceremony] (in Portuguese). CNID. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2023.