# Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)

Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira (13 February 1946 – 22 February 2024), commonly known as Artur Jorge, was a Portuguese football player and manager.

## Club career

As a junior player, Artur Jorge started at the junior team of FC Porto. As professional player, he played for Académica de Coimbra and Benfica, before ending his career at Belenenses in the 1977–78 season, due to a serious injury suffered at a training session in the Estádio Nacional where he broke a leg. He also had a stint in the North American Soccer League with the Rochester Lancers.

## Managerial career

After his player career, Artur Jorge went to Leipzig, East Germany, to study football and training methodology. He started his managerial career working with Vitória de Guimarães, moving on to Belenenses, Portimonense and then signing with Porto for the 1984–85 season, where he won three national champion titles and two Taça de Portugal titles. His greatest success was to win the European Cup with Porto over favourites Bayern Munich 2–1. Jorge was known as "Rei Artur" ("King Arthur") from then on. He moved to Racing Paris the next season, and returned to Porto in 1989–90. He then moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1991–92, where he won the national championship in 1993–94.
Artur Jorge moved to Benfica in 1994–95, finishing third with his team, and was replaced at the beginning of the following season. He went to become coach of several other clubs including Académica de Coimbra, Vitesse Arnhem, Tenerife and CSKA Moscow. He managed the Portugal national team, initially while still Porto coach during the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons, and again during the 1996–97 season. He also managed the Switzerland team at UEFA Euro 1996, replacing Roy Hodgson under whom they had qualified. From 2004 he managed Cameroon. He failed to lead his team to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He managed Saudi club Al-Nasr for only two cup matches and was sacked following a 4–1 defeat by lowly club Al-Faisaly. He then managed French second division team Créteil in 2006–07.
On 27 November 2014, Artur Jorge joined Algerian club MC Alger, ending a seven-year period without coaching.

## Death

Jorge died on 22 February 2024, at the age of 78.

## Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | Nat | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Vitória de Guimarães | | 1 June 1980 | 30 May 1981 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 035.48 |
| Belenenses | | 1 June 1981 | 30 September 1981 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 020.00 |
| Portimonense | | 30 September 1981 | 30 May 1983 | 65 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 043.08 |
| FC Porto | | 18 May 1984 | 30 May 1987 | 130 | 96 | 18 | 16 | 297 | 80 | +217 | 073.85 |
| Racing | | 10 June 1987 | 30 May 1988 | 41 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 031.71 |
| FC Porto | | 12 November 1988 | 1 June 1991 | 125 | 91 | 21 | 13 | 255 | 71 | +184 | 072.80 |
| Portugal | | 1 June 1989 | 1 June 1990 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 028.57 |
| PSG | | 10 June 1991 | 30 May 1994 | 144 | 78 | 44 | 22 | 215 | 96 | +119 | 054.17 |
| S.L. Benfica | | 1 July 1994 | 9 September 1995 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 92 | 45 | +47 | 051.85 |
| Switzerland | | 13 March 1996 | 18 June 1996 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 014.29 |
| Portugal | | 1 August 1996 | 30 November 1997 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 041.67 |
| Vitesse | | June 1998 | October 1998 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 066.67 |
| PSG | | October 1998 | March 1999 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 026.09 |
| Al-Nassr | | 1 June 2000 | 1 June 2001 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 050.00 |
| Al-Hilal | | 1 June 2001 | 1 June 2002 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 062.50 |
| Académica de Coimbra | | 26 October 2002 | 28 August 2003 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 036.36 |
| CSKA Moscow | | 23 November 2003 | 4 June 2004 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 050.00 |
| Cameroon | | 10 January 2005 | 5 February 2006 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 072.73 |
| Al-Nassr | | 21 February 2006 | 4 March 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Créteil | | 30 May 2006 | 30 May 2007 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 024.39 |
| MC Alger | | 3 January 2014 | 8 October 2015 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 045.83 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | Career total | 830 | 443 | 216 | 171 | 1,329 | 667 | +662 | 053.37 |

## Honours
### Player

Benfica
* Primeira Liga: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75

### Manager

Porto
* Primeira Liga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90
* Taça de Portugal: 1990–91
* Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1984, 1986, 1990
* European Cup: 1986–87
Paris Saint-Germain
* Division 1: 1993–94
* Coupe de France: 1992–93
Al Hilal
* Saudi Premier League: 2001–02
* Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2001–02
CSKA Moscow
* Russian Super Cup: 2004