Jorge Vieira

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Jorge Vieira
Personal information
Full nameJorge Silva Vieira
Date of birth(1934-07-18)July 18, 1934
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of deathJuly 24, 2012(2012-07-24) (aged 78)
Place of deathRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
19501956Madureira
Teams managed
19601961América-RJ
19651967Belenenses
19681969Vitória SC
19701971Vitória SC
1977Botafogo-SP
19771978Palmeiras
1979, 1983Corinthians
19851986Iraq
19881990Club América
19901992Puebla FC
19931994El Salvador
19992000Toros Neza
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jorge Silva Vieira, usually known as Jorge Vieira (July 18, 1934 July 24, 2012), was a Brazilian football player and head coach. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

He won the Campeonato Carioca as América's manager, when he was only 26 years old. América's line-up was Amaro, Antoninho, Nilo, Jorge, Calazans, Djalma Dias, Quarentinha, Ari, Pompéia, Ivan and Wilson Santos.

Jorge Vieira managed Belenenses, of Portugal, in 1965-66 (26 matches) and in 1966-67 (one match). In 1977, he managed Botafogo-SP, successfully winning that year's Campeonato Paulista first stage, named Taça Cidade de São Paulo. Botafogo-SP's line-up was: Aguillera, Wilson Campos, Nei, Manoel and Mineiro; Mário, Lorico and Sócrates; Zé Mario, Arlindo and João Carlos Motoca.

Jorge Vieira then managed Palmeiras in 1977 and in 1978, and in 1979, as Corinthians's manager, he, with the help of the midfielder Sócrates, who was a former Botafogo-SP player, won the Campeonato Paulista. Jorge Vieira managed Corinthians again when the club won the Campeonato Paulista 1983, replacing Mário Travaglini, who was hired by Corinthians rival São Paulo. Its rival was defeated in the competition's final. Corinthians' line-up was: Leão; Alfinete, Juninho, Mauro and Wladimir; Paulinho, Biro-Biro, Sócrates and Zenon; Casagrande and Eduardo Amorim.

He then managed several Mexican clubs, and the Iraq and El Salvador national teams. He won two league titles with Mexican side Club América.[1]

Honors

Jorge Vieira won the Campeonato Carioca as América's manager in 1960, and won the Campeonato Paulista twice managing Corinthians in 1979 and in 1983.

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