Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves

Paulo Jorge
Personal information
Full namePaulo Jorge Vieira Alves
Date of birth5 May 1981
Place of birthMaia, Portugal
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1994–1995Folgosa Maia
1995–1999Maia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2005Maia61(7)
2000–2002→ Pedrouços (loan)
2002–2003→ Infesta (loan)33(2)
2005–2006Boavista25(4)
2006–2007Benfica14(1)
2007–2008→ Málaga (loan)32(1)
2008–2010Marítimo52(1)
2010–2012Ittihad FC37(7)
2013Gil Vicente8(0)
2013–2014Belenenses4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves (born 5 May 1981), known as Paulo Jorge, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a right midfielder.

Club career

Paulo Jorge was born in Maia, Porto District. After six seasons with second division side F.C. Maia (including loan spells in the lower leagues with Pedrouços A.C. and F.C. Infesta), he ended up making a move to Porto's Boavista F.C. for the 2005–06 campaign.

After a fantastic top flight spell at the Axadrezados ("Chequereds"), where he became a key figure leading the right flank whilst scoring four league goals, clubs like Valencia CF and PSV Eindhoven envied Jorge's services but, after turning down an offer from champions F.C. Porto, he joined S.L. Benfica in July 2006.[1] In his first game with the Lisbon team he netted the Reds' only goal against AEK Athens F.C. in a pre-season 1–3 defeat, after which he started in UEFA Champions League matches against FK Austria Wien and F.C. Copenhagen, the latter in the group stage.[2]

However, after having appeared sparingly for Benfica during the league season, Paulo Jorge was loaned to Spanish club Málaga CF, which achieved La Liga promotion in 2008 – he shared team with countrymen Eliseu and Hélder Rosário during his stint.[3]

In mid-July 2008 Jorge was definitely sold, joining fellow league side C.S. Marítimo in Madeira.[4] He scored his first official goal on 4 January 2009 during a 4–1 home win against F.C. Paços de Ferreira, and spent most of the season as a right back.

References

  1. ↑ Paulo Jorge joins Benfica influx; 5 July 2006
  2. ↑ København make their point; UEFA.com, 13 September 2006
  3. ↑ "Eliseu, el diamante creativo del Málaga convertido en roca defensive" [Eliseu, Málaga's creative diamond converted in defensive rock] (in Spanish). Goal.com. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Marítimo bring in Benfica trio; UEFA.com, 16 July 2008

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