{{short description|Portuguese football coach and former player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Portuguese name|Pinto|Cordeiro}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Jorge Cordeiro |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|2|df=y}} |birth_place = Portalegre, Portugal |height = 1.72 m |position = Midfielder |currentclub = Benfica B (assistant) |youthyears1 = 1987–1990 | youthclubs1 = Estrela de Portalegre |youthyears2 = 1990–1997 | youthclubs2 = Benfica |years1 = 1997–1998 | clubs1 = → SL Olivais (loan) | caps1 = | goals1 = |years2 = 1998–1999 | clubs2 = Portimonense | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 4 |years3 = 1999–2001 | clubs3 = Benfica B | caps3 = 65 | goals3 = 20 |years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs4 = Seixal | caps4 = 33 | goals4 = 3 |years5 = 2002–2003 | clubs5 = Barreirense | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 3 |years6 = 2003–2004 | clubs6 = Torreense | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 1 |years7 = 2004–2005 | clubs7 = Oriental | caps7 = 28 | goals7 = 2 |years8 = 2005–2012 | clubs8 = AD Oeiras | caps8 = | goals8 = |years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = Follo 2 | caps9 = 7| goals9 = 1 |years10= 2012–2013 | clubs10= Follo | caps10 = 28 | goals10 = 1 |nationalyears1 = 1994 | nationalteam1 = Portugal U15 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 2 |nationalyears2 = 1994–1995 | nationalteam2 = Portugal U16 | nationalcaps2 = 12| nationalgoals2 = 3 |nationalyears3 = 1995 | nationalteam3 = Portugal U17 | nationalcaps3 = 4 | nationalgoals3 = 0 |nationalyears4 = 1996–1997 | nationalteam4 = Portugal U18 | nationalcaps4 = 11 | nationalgoals4 = 6 |manageryears1 = 2012 | managerclubs1 = Ski (youth) |manageryears2 = 2022– | managerclubs2 = Benfica B (assistant) |medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{POR}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's Football}} {{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-16 Championship}} {{MedalGold|Portugal 1995|Team}} }}
'''Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro''' (born 2 September 1978) is professional football coach and former player. He played as a midfielder, predominantly in Portugal's lower leagues. He had a brief spell in the Norwegian football before retiring.
==Club career== Cordeiro was born in Portalegre and started playing aged 7 hometown's Estrela de Portalegre. In 1991, he moved to S.L. Benfica youth system.<ref name="maisfutebol">{{cite news|date=3 December 2012|title=Jorge Cordeiro, histórico do Benfica joga e treina na Noruega|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Jorge Cordeiro, Benfica's historic plays and trains in Norway|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/jorge-cordeiro-historico-do-benfica-joga-e-treina-na-noruega|website=mais futebol|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref> In the 1997–98 season he was loaned to SL Olivais.
After one season in Portimão, Cordeiro returned to Benfica to play in the reserves team in 1999. On 4 October 2000, he was called by first-team coach José Mourinho for a friendly match against Olympique de Marseille.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 October 2000|title=Mozer quer jogadores "com Benfica no coração"|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Mozer wants players "with Benfica in the heart"|url=http://www.tsf.pt/arquivo/2000/desporto/interior/mozer-quer-jogadores-com-benfica-no-coracao-724504.html |website=TSF|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref> In November, he received another call, this time to a Primeira Liga match against Vitória de Guimarães, but eventually did not leave the bench, subsequently returning to the B-side.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 November 2000|title=Dani suspenso e convidado a sair|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Dani suspended and invited to leave|url=https://www.publico.pt/desporto/jornal/dani-suspenso-e-convidado-a-sair-151384|website=Público|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref>
On 30 May 2012, Cordeiro signed for Norwegian side Follo FK.<ref name="maisfutebol"/><ref>{{cite news|date=1 June 2012|title=Tidligere Benfica-spiller til Follo FK|language=Norwegian|trans-title=Former Benfica player to Follo FK|url=https://www.oblad.no/follo-fk/sport/tidligere-benfica-spiller-til-follo-fk/s/2-2.2610-1.7378675|website=oblad|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref>
==International career== Cordeiro helped the under-16s win the UEFA European Championship. He scored three goals, including the solo winning goal against host Belgium in the quarterfinals and one in the semi-final against Germany.
Later that year, he was named in the squad for the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship and played four games in an eventual quarter-final exit.
In 1997, he represented the Portugal under-18 team in the UEFA European Under-18 Championship, held in Iceland. Portugal reached the final and lost 1-0 in the against France.
Four categories comprised, Cordeiro amassed 34 caps and scored 11 goals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Pesquisar-Jogadores-Internacionais/Jogador/playerId/379165|title=Jorge Cordeiro|publisher=Portuguese Football Federation|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref>
==Coaching career== While playing for AD Oeiras, Cordeiro he earned his UEFA 'C' and 'B' Licences. While he was playing for Follo, he started coaching the under-14s of his local team, Ski IL.<ref name="maisfutebol"/>
==Club statistics== <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=2819073|title=Jorge Manuel Pinto Cordeiro|publisher=Football Association of Norway|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Follo 2 |2012 |3||1||colspan="2"|–||3||1 |- |2013 |4||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0 |- !colspan="1"| Total !7!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!7!!1 |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Follo |2012 |15||1||0||0||15||1 |- |2013 |14||0||colspan="2"|–||14||0 |- !colspan="1"| Total !29!!1!!2!!0!!29!!1 |- |}
==Honours== ===Club=== ;Oeiras * AF Lisboa 1ª Divisão Honra: 2008–09
;Follo * 2. divisjon: 2012
===Country=== ;Portugal * UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1995 * UEFA European Under-18 Championship: Runner-up 1997
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{ForaDeJogo}} * {{Soccerway|jorge-manuel-pinto-cordeiro/292831}} * {{NFF|2819073}} * [https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Pesquisar-Jogadores-Internacionais/Jogador/playerId/379165 Portuguese Football Federation profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cordeiro, Jorge}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:People from Portalegre, Portugal Category:Portuguese men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Portimonense S.C. players Category:S.L. Benfica B players Category:Seixal F.C. players Category:F.C. Barreirense players Category:S.C.U. Torreense players Category:Clube Oriental de Lisboa players Category:AD Oeiras players Category:Follo FK players Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers Category:Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Category:Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Category:Footballers from Portalegre District Category:S.L. Benfica non-playing staff