Rui Jorge

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Rui Jorge
Full name	Rui Jorge De Sousa Dias Macedo De Oliveira
Date of birth	March 27, 1973 (1973-03-27) (age 35)
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left Back (Retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1998 1998-2005 2005-2006	FC Porto Rio Ave FC Porto Sporting Belenenses	6 (0) 21 (1) 97 (2) 199 (6) 23 (0)
National team
1993-2004	Portugal	45 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveiraknown by Rui Jorge born March 27,1973 in Vila Nova de Gaia is a former Portuguese footballer.He was, as a left-defender, a leading player at FC Porto, but he only become a regular at Portugal, after moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal, in 1998/99, where 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 had 45 caps for Portugal, 2 for FC Porto, and 39 for Sporting. His 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 played his final season, 2005/06, with another Lisbon club, CF "Os Belenenses", subsequently retiring from the game.

[edit] Honours

Portuguese Liga 1993,1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2002
Portuguese Cup 1991,1994,1998,2002
Portuguese SuperCup 1991,1994,1995,1997,2001,2003

v • d • e Portugal squad - UEFA Euro 2000

1 V. Baía • 2 J. Costa • 3 Rui Jorge • 4 Vidigal • 5 F. Couto • 6 P. Sousa • 7 Figo • 8 J. 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: H. Coelho

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 V. Baía • 2 J. Costa • 3 A. Xavier • 4 Caneira • 5 F. Couto • 6 P. Sousa • 7 Figo • 8 J. 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: A. Oliveira

v • d • e Portugal squad - UEFA Euro 2004 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