Jorge Costa

**Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida** (14 October 1971 – 5 August 2025) was a Portuguese professional football central defender and manager. From 1992 until 2002, he played for the Portugal national football team.

On 5 August 2025, during a training session with Porto, Costa had a heart attack and died at the age of 53.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Porto|1992–93|Primeira Divisão|8|1|1|0|6|1|–|15|2||
|1993–94|Primeira Divisão|13|0|3|1|6|0|–|22|1||||
|1994–95|Primeira Divisão|13|1|3|1|4|1|–|20|3||||
|1995–96|Primeira Divisão|21|1|3|1|3|0|1|0|28|2|||
|1996–97|Primeira Divisão|26|4|4|0|7|0|2|1|39|5|||
|1997–98|Primeira Divisão|13|0|4|0|0|0|–|17|0||||
|1998–99|Primeira Divisão|33|2|1|0|5|0|2|0|41|2|||
|1999–2000|Primeira Liga|31|1|4|0|12|1|2|0|49|2|||
|2000–01|Primeira Liga|20|1|3|0|10|0|2|0|35|1|||
|2001–02|Primeira Liga|6|1|0|0|6|0|1|0|13|1|||
|2002–03|Primeira Liga|26|2|3|1|12|0|–|41|3||||
|2003–04|Primeira Liga|19|1|2|0|10|0|1|0|32|1|||
|2004–05|Primeira Liga|22|1|0|0|7|1|2|0|31|2|||
|Penafiel (loan)|1990–91|Primeira Divisão|23|3|0|0|–|–|23|3||||
|Marítimo (loan)|1991–92|Primeira Divisão|31|1|0|0|–|–|31|1||||
|Charlton Athletic (loan)|2001–02|Premier League|24|0|2|0|–|–|26|0||||
|Standard Liège|2005–06|Belgian Pro League|13|0|0|0|–|–|13|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Portugal|1992|1|0|
|1993|4|0|||
|1995|9|0|||
|1996|2|0|||
|1997|3|0|||
|1998|3|0|||
|1999|2|0|||
|2000|13|1|||
|2001|6|0|||
|2002|7|1|||

- _Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Costa goal._

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## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Braga||align=left|19 February 2007|align=left|30 October 2007||||
|align=left|Olhanense||align=left|16 June 2008|align=left|9 May 2010||||
|align=left|Académica||align=left|8 June 2010|align=left|21 December 2010||||
|align=left|CFR Cluj||align=left|1 June 2011|align=left|9 April 2012||||
|align=left|AEL Limassol||align=left|24 October 2012|align=left|22 May 2013||||
|align=left|Anorthosis||align=left|18 August 2013|align=left|5 February 2014||||
|align=left|Paços Ferreira||align=left|26 February 2014|align=left|22 May 2014||||
|align=left|Gabon||align=left|11 July 2014|align=left|4 November 2016||||
|align=left|Sfaxien||align=left|14 May 2017|align=left|14 June 2017||||
|align=left|Arouca||align=left|29 June 2017|align=left|14 September 2017||||
|align=left|Tours||align=left|22 November 2017|align=left|25 May 2018||||
|align=left|Mumbai City||align=left|14 August 2018|align=left|5 March 2020||||
|align=left|Gaz Metan Mediaș||align=left|30 September 2020|align=left|2 February 2021||||
|align=left|Farense||align=left|4 February 2021|align=left|30 August 2021||||
|align=left|Sfaxien||align=left|3 February 2022|align=left|7 April 2022||||
|align=left|Académico Viseu||align=left|7 September 2022|align=left|20 April 2023||||
|align=left|AVS||align=left|10 June 2023|align=left|3 June 2024||||

### Player

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Taça de Portugal: 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001
- UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
- UEFA Cup: 2002–03
- Intercontinental Cup: 2004

**Portugal**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991

**Individual**
- Portuguese Golden Ball: 2000

### Manager

**Olhanense**
- Segunda Liga: 2008–09

**CFR Cluj**
- Liga I: 2011–12

**Individual**
- CNID Breakthrough Coach: 2008–09

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Jorge Costa
- **fullname**: Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida
- **birth place**: Porto, Portugal
- **death place**: Porto, Portugal
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1986–1987
- **youthclubs1**: Foz
- **youthyears2**: 1987–1990
- **youthclubs2**: FC Porto, Porto
- **years1**: 1990–2005
- **clubs1**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps1**: 251
- **goals1**: 16
- **years2**: 1990–1991
- **clubs2**: → F.C. Penafiel, Penafiel (loan)
- **caps2**: 23
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 1991–1992
- **clubs3**: → C.S. Marítimo, Marítimo (loan)
- **caps3**: 31
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2001–2002
- **clubs4**: → Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic (loan)
- **caps4**: 24
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2005–2006
- **clubs5**: Standard Liège
- **caps5**: 13
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 342
- **totalgoals**: 20
- **nationalyears1**: 1990–1991
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1991–1994
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 21
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 1992–2002
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps3**: 50
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs1**: S.C. Braga, Braga (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2007
- **managerclubs2**: S.C. Braga, Braga
- **manageryears3**: 2008–2010
- **managerclubs3**: S.C. Olhanense, Olhanense
- **manageryears4**: 2010
- **managerclubs4**: Académica de Coimbra (football), Académica
- **manageryears5**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs5**: CFR Cluj
- **manageryears6**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs6**: AEL Limassol
- **manageryears7**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs7**: Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Anorthosis
- **manageryears8**: 2014
- **managerclubs8**: F.C. Paços de Ferreira, Paços Ferreira
- **manageryears9**: 2014–2016
- **managerclubs9**: Gabon national football team, Gabon
- **manageryears10**: 2017
- **managerclubs10**: CS Sfaxien, Sfaxien
- **manageryears11**: 2017
- **managerclubs11**: F.C. Arouca, Arouca
- **manageryears12**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs12**: Tours FC, Tours
- **manageryears13**: 2018–2020
- **managerclubs13**: Mumbai City FC, Mumbai City
- **manageryears14**: 2020–2021
- **managerclubs14**: CS Gaz Metan Mediaș, Gaz Metan Mediaș
- **manageryears15**: 2021
- **managerclubs15**: S.C. Farense, Farense
- **manageryears16**: 2022
- **managerclubs16**: CS Sfaxien, Sfaxien
- **manageryears17**: 2022–2023
- **managerclubs17**: Académico de Viseu F.C., Académico Viseu
- **manageryears18**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs18**: AVS Futebol SAD, AVS