Rui Jorge

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Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira, OIH (pron. IPA: [ʁui 'ʒɔɾʒ(ɨ)]), known by Rui Jorge, (born March 27, 1973 in Vila Nova de Gaia) is a Portuguese football player.

He was, as a left-defender, a leading player at FC Porto, but he only become a regular at Portugal, after moving to Sporting Lisbon, in 1998/99, were he remained until 2004/05, winning two titles of National Champion.

He played for the U-21 Portugal, who lost the Euro 1994 final to Italy (1-2) and for the Olympic National Team who reached the 4th place at the Olympic Games football tournament, in Atlanta, 1996.

He also played for 3 years, before retiring from a severe knee injury. Now, he takes up golf, and has just recovered from a broken rib. Even though he has been retired for a fairly long time, he still has some moves. (Hey Rui, I wrote this! Tee hee! P.S. editors please don't take off this whole thing just because of this part, just edit this part. I know him, and all of this is true. Also, this has to be partly wrong you didnt play FIFA 2004, but whatever)

He had 41 caps for Portugal, 2 for FC Porto, and 39 for Sporting. Is first game was a 0-0 draw with Norway, at 20 April 1994, in a friendly match. He played at Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 2004. He is currently attached to CF "Os Belenenses".

	Portugal squad - 2000 European Football Championship Semi-finalists
1 Baía \| 2 J. Costa \| 3 Rui Jorge \| 4 Vidigal \| 5 F. Couto \| 6 Paulo Sousa \| 7 Figo \| 8 João Pinto \| 9 Sá Pinto \| 10 Rui Costa \| 11 S. Conceição \| 12 P. Espinha \| 13 Dimas \| 14 Abel Xavier \| 15 Costinha \| 16 Beto \| 17 P. Bento \| 18 Pauleta \| 19 Capucho \| 20 Secretário \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 Quim \| Coach: Humberto Coelho

	Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Baía \| 2 J. Costa \| 3 Abel Xavier \| 4 Caneira \| 5 F. Couto \| 6 Paulo Sousa \| 7 Figo \| 8 João Pinto \| 9 Pauleta \| 10 Rui Costa \| 11 S. Conceição \| 12 H. Viana \| 13 J. Andrade \| 14 P. Barbosa \| 15 Nélson \| 16 Ricardo \| 17 P. Bento \| 18 Frechaut \| 19 Capucho \| 20 Petit \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 Beto \| 23 Rui Jorge \| Coach: Oliveira

	Portugal squad - 2004 European Football Championship Runners-Up
1 Ricardo \| 2 P. Ferreira \| 3 Rui Jorge \| 4 J. Andrade \| 5 F. Couto \| 6 Costinha \| 7 Figo \| 8 Petit \| 9 Pauleta \| 10 Rui Costa \| 11 Simão \| 12 Quim \| 13 Miguel \| 14 N. Valente \| 15 Beto \| 16 R. Carvalho \| 17 C. Ronaldo \| 18 Maniche \| 19 Tiago \| 20 Deco \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 Moreira \| 23 H. Postiga \| Coach: Scolari