Jorge Paixão

Jorge Paixão
Personal information
Full name Jorge Manuel da Silva Paixão Santos
Date of birth (1965-12-19) 19 December 1965
Place of birth Almada, Portugal
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Mafra (coach)
Youth career
1978–1980 Almada
1980–1982 Amora
1982–1983 Benfica
1983–1984 Amora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1985 Amora
1985–1986 Académica 3 (0)
1986–1987 União Coimbra
1987–1988 Louletano
1988–1989 Bragança
1989–1993 Amora 44 (15)
1993–1995 Malveira
National team
1981 Portugal U16 1 (0)
1983 Portugal U18 6 (4)
Teams managed
2001–2002 Casa Pia (assistant)
2002 Académico Viseu (assistant)
2002–2005 Almada
2005 Casa Pia
2005–2006 Real Massamá
2007 Fátima
2007 Atlético
2007–2008 Pontassolense
2009 Caála
2009–2010 Estrela Amadora
2010–2011 Mafra
2011–2012 Al-Mesaimeer
2013–2014 Farense
2014 Braga
2014 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
2014–2015 Olhanense
2015 Farense
2016– Mafra

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jorge Manuel da Silva Paixão Santos (born 19 December 1965), known as Paixão, is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a striker, and the current manager of C.D. Mafra.

Playing career

Born in Almada, Setúbal District, Paixão's 11-year professional career was all but spent in the Portuguese second league , representing Amora FC (two spells), União de Coimbra, Louletano D.C. and GD Bragança.

The exception to this occurred in the 1985–86 season, when he appeared three times as a substitute for Académica de Coimbra in the Primeira Liga.[1] He retired in June 1995 at the age of 29, after a spell with amateurs Atlético Clube da Malveira.

Managerial career

Paixão started working as a manager in 2001, his first head coaching experience started with Almada A.C. in the Setúbal Football Association. In the next ten years, he coached some portuguese historical clubs, also having spells in Angola with C.R. Caála and Qatar with Al-Mesaimeer Sports Club.

In September 2013, Paixão was appointed at second tier side S.C. Farense.[2] In March of the following year he first reached the top flight, leading S.C. Braga

On 24 June, he signed for Polish team Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[3]

Honours

Manager

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

References

  1. "Época 1985/86: Primeira Divisão" [1985/86 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 1 July 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Jorge Paixão apresentado segunda-feira" [Jorge Paixão presented on Monday] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. "Jorge Paixao oficjalnie trenerem Zawiszy. Kontrakt podpisany" [Jorge Paixao official manager of Zawisza. Contract signed] (in Polish). Bydgoszcz. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. "Poland – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
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