Jorge Cadete

Jorge Cadete
Personal information
Full name Jorge Paulo Cadete Santos Reis[1]
Date of birth (1968-08-27) 27 August 1968 (age 56)[1]
Place of birth Pemba, Mozambique
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1983–1984 Académica Santarém
1984–1987 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1995 Sporting CP 164 (62)
1988–1989Vitória Setúbal (loan) 29 (8)
1994–1995Brescia (loan) 13 (1)
1996–1997 Celtic 37 (30)
1997–1998 Celta 36 (8)
1999–2003 Benfica 19 (3)
2000Bradford City (loan) 7 (0)
2000–2001Estrela Amadora (loan) 28 (2)
2004 Partick Thistle 5 (0)
2004–2005 Pinhalnovense 4 (0)
2005–2007 São Marcos
Total 342 (114)
International career
1989 Portugal U21 2 (0)
1990–1998 Portugal 33 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Paulo Cadete Santos Reis (born 27 August 1968), known as Cadete, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Born to Portuguese parents in Mozambique, he was groomed in Sporting CP's prolific youth system, and later was noted while at Celtic as he led the goalscoring charts in 1996–97.

Cadete amassed Primeira Liga totals of 233 matches and 73 goals over 12 seasons. A Portugal international throughout the 90s, he represented the nation at Euro 1996.

  1. ^ a b c "Cadete". Worldfootball. Retrieved 27 April 2020.