Jorge Gonçalves Explained

Jorge Gonçalves
Fullname:Jorge Miguel Dias Gonçalves
Birth Date:31 October 1983
Birth Place:Pedroso, Portugal
Position:Winger
Youthyears1:1993–1995
Youthyears2:1995–1998
Youthyears3:1998–2002
Youthclubs1:AD Pedroso
Youthclubs3:Leixões
Years1:2001
Years2:2002–2003
Years3:2003–2004
Years4:2004–2008
Years5:2008–2010
Years6:2009–2010
Years7:2010–2011
Years8:2011–2012
Years9:2012–2014
Years10:2014–2015
Years11:2015–2016
Years12:2016
Years13:2016–2017
Years14:2017–2019
Clubs6:Vitória Guimarães (loan)
Clubs7:Olhanense
Clubs8:Vitória Setúbal
Clubs9:Feirense
Clubs10:Atlético
Clubs11:Felgueiras 1932
Clubs12:Fafe
Clubs13:Salgueiros
Clubs14:Valadares Gaia
Caps1:2
Caps3:36
Caps4:115
Caps5:10
Caps6:17
Caps7:29
Caps8:21
Caps9:74
Caps10:28
Caps11:16
Caps12:16
Caps13:25
Caps14:66
Totalcaps:455
Goals1:0
Goals3:12
Goals4:20
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:1
Goals9:20
Goals10:2
Goals11:5
Goals12:6
Goals13:5
Goals14:9
Totalgoals:80

Jorge Miguel Dias Gonçalves (born 31 October 1983) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right winger.

He appeared in 98 Primeira Liga games over five seasons, scoring a total of eight goals for Leixões, Vitória de Guimarães, Olhanense and Vitória de Setúbal. He added 186 matches and 35 goals in the Segunda Liga, and also competed professionally in Spain.

Club career

Gonçalves was born in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia. After having finished his youth career with Leixões SC, he went on to have stints with modest clubs before returning to Matosinhos in 2004. He would be an instrumental attacking unit from the beginning, helping to promotion from the second division into the Primeira Liga at the end of the 2006–07 season by contributing 26 games and five goals.[1]

In 2007–08, Gonçalves scored seven league goals for Leixões – a squad-best – as the team avoided relegation in the last matchday.[2] On 1 September 2008, the last day of the summer transfer deadline, he signed a four-year contract with La Liga side Racing de Santander for 1 million,[3] being rarely used throughout the campaign. Gonçalves returned to Portugal in June 2009, being loaned to Vitória S.C. in a season-long move.[4] As the Minho club finished in sixth position he was irregularly used, failing to find the net in 21 competitive matches; he was subsequently released by Racing[5] but stayed in his country, joining S.C. Olhanense.

After one final campaign in the top flight with Vitória de Setúbal, Gonçalves returned to the second tier, where he represented C.D. Feirense[6] and Atlético Clube de Portugal. From 2015 onwards, he competed solely in his country's lower leagues.[7]

Honours

Leixões

2006–07[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/amp/olivais-e-moscavide-leixoes-1-2-cronica Olivais e Moscavide-Leixões, 1–2 (crónica) (Olivais e Moscavide-Leixões, 1–2 (match report))
  2. https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/amp/jorge-goncalves-deixa-o-leixoes-e-reforca-o-santander Jorge Gonçalves deixa o Leixões e reforça o Santander (Jorge Gonçalves leaves Leixões and bolsters Santander)
  3. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=745264.html Racing beat clock to sign trio
  4. https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/futebol-nacional/jorge-goncalves-reforca-vitoria-de-guimaraes_d263452 Jorge Gonçalves reforça Vitória de Guimarães (Jorge Gonçalves bolsters Vitória de Guimarães)
  5. http://racing.eldiariomontanes.es/noticias/2010-05-19/mario-osmar-pasan-futbolistas-20100519.html Mario y Osmar pasan a ser futbolistas del primer equipo y Gonçalves dice adiós (Mario and Osmar are now first-team players and Gonçalves says goodbye)
  6. http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/feirense/detalhe/jorge-goncalves-continua-ao-servico-835346.html Jorge Gonçalves continua ao serviço (Jorge Gonçalves still on duty)
  7. https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/detalhe/salgueirosjorge-goncalves-pretende-ajudar-a-terceira-subida Salgueiros: Jorge Gonçalves pretende ajudar à terceira subida (Salgueiros: Jorge Gonçalves hopes to help to promotion number three)