Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)

This article is about the football player and manager. For other people with similar names, see Artur Jorge.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Braga de Melo and the second or paternal family name is Teixeira.

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

Artur Jorge

Artur Jorge in 1972
Personal information
Full name	Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira
Date of birth	(1946-02-13)13 February 1946
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Date of death	22 February 2024(2024-02-22) (aged 78)
Place of death	Lisbon, Portugal
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1965	Porto	4	(1)
1965–1969	Académica	96	(72)
1969–1975	Benfica	130	(105)
1975–1978	Belenenses	51	(14)
1977	→ Rochester Lancers (loan)	7	(2)
Total		288	(194)
International career
1967–1977	Portugal	16	(1)
Managerial career
1980–1981	Vitória de Guimarães
1981	Belenenses
1981–1983	Portimonense
1984–1987	Porto
1987–1989	Racing Paris
1989–1991	Porto
1990–1991	Portugal
1991–1994	Paris Saint-Germain
1994–1995	Benfica
1995–1996	Switzerland
1996–1997	Portugal
1997–1998	Tenerife
1998	Vitesse
1998–1999	Paris Saint-Germain
2000–2001	Al-Nassr
2001–2002	Al-Hilal
2002–2003	Académica
2003–2004	CSKA Moscow
2004–2006	Cameroon
2006	Al-Nassr
2006–2007	Créteil
2014–2015	MC Alger
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

As a junior player, Artur Jorge started at the junior team of FC Porto. 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 Estádio Nacional where he broke a leg. He also had a stint in the North American Soccer League with the Rochester Lancers.^[1]

Managerial career

After his player career, Artur Jorge went to Leipzig, East Germany, to study football and training methodology. He started his managerial career working with Vitória de Guimarães,^[2] moving on to Belenenses,^[3] 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 European Cup with Porto over favourites Bayern Munich 2–1. Jorge was known as "Rei Artur" ("King Arthur") from then on. He moved to Racing Paris the next season,^[4] and returned to Porto in 1989–90. He then moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1991–92, where he won the national championship in 1993–94.^[5]

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, Vitesse Arnhem, Tenerife and CSKA Moscow. 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 Switzerland team at UEFA Euro 1996, replacing Roy Hodgson under whom they had qualified.^[6][7] From 2004 he managed Cameroon.^[8][9] He failed to lead his team to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. 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 Créteil in 2006–07.^[10]

On 27 November 2014, Artur Jorge joined Algerian club MC Alger, ending a seven-year period without coaching.^[11]

Death

Jorge died on 22 February 2024, at the age of 78.^[12]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Vitória de Guimarães		1 June 1980	30 May 1981	31	11	9	11	39	32	+7	035.48
Belenenses		1 June 1981	30 September 1981	5	1	3	1	6	5	+1	020.00
Portimonense		30 September 1981	30 May 1983	65	28	16	21	81	54	+27	043.08
FC Porto		18 May 1984	30 May 1987	130	96	18	16	297	80	+217	073.85
Racing		10 June 1987	30 May 1988	41	13	17	11	36	44	−8	031.71
FC Porto		12 November 1988	1 June 1991	125	91	21	13	255	71	+184	072.80
Portugal		1 June 1989	1 June 1990	7	2	2	3	6	10	−4	028.57
PSG		10 June 1991	30 May 1994	144	78	44	22	215	96	+119	054.17
S.L. Benfica		1 July 1994	9 September 1995	54	28	15	11	92	45	+47	051.85
Switzerland		13 March 1996	18 June 1996	7	1	2	4	5	8	−3	014.29
Portugal		1 August 1996	30 November 1997	12	5	5	2	12	6	+6	041.67
Vitesse		June 1998	October 1998	9	6	2	1	19	9	+10	066.67
PSG		October 1998	March 1999	23	6	9	8	21	22	−1	026.09
Al-Nassr		1 June 2000	1 June 2001	26	13	6	7	36	22	+14	050.00
Al-Hilal		1 June 2001	1 June 2002	24	15	7	2	57	21	+36	062.50
Académica de Coimbra		26 October 2002	28 August 2003	33	12	10	11	47	46	+1	036.36
CSKA Moscow		23 November 2003	4 June 2004	16	8	7	1	27	14	+13	050.00
Cameroon		10 January 2005	5 February 2006	11	8	3	0	19	6	+13	072.73
Al-Nassr		21 February 2006	4 March 2006	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	000.00
Créteil		30 May 2006	30 May 2007	41	10	13	18	36	56	−20	024.39
MC Alger		3 January 2014	8 October 2015	24	11	7	6	26	16	+10	045.83
Career total				830	443	216	171	1,329	667	+662	053.37

Honours

Player

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75^[13]

Manager

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90
• Taça de Portugal: 1990–91
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1984, 1986, 1990
• European Cup: 1986–87

Paris Saint-Germain

• Division 1: 1993–94
• Coupe de France: 1992–93

Al Hilal

• Saudi Premier League: 2001–02
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2001–02

CSKA Moscow

• Russian Super Cup: 2004