Jorge Jesus

Jorge Jesus
ComIH

Jesus in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus
Date of birth	(1954-07-24) 24 July 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Amadora, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Hilal (manager)
Youth career
1969–1971	Estrela da Amadora
1971–1973	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1976	Sporting CP	12	(1)
1973–1974	→ Peniche (loan)
1974–1975	→ Olhanense (loan)	29	(5)
1976–1977	Belenenses	13	(0)
1977–1978	Riopele	28	(3)
1978–1979	Juventude de Évora
1979–1980	União Leiria	22	(1)
1980–1983	Vitória Setúbal	38	(4)
1983–1984	Farense	24	(0)
1984–1987	Estrela da Amadora
1987–1988	Atlético
1988–1989	Benfica Castelo Branco
1989–1990	Almancilense
Managerial career
1990–1993	Amora
1993–1996	Felgueiras
1997–1998	Felgueiras
1998	União Madeira
1998–2000	Estrela da Amadora
2000–2002	Vitória Setúbal
2002–2003	Estrela da Amadora
2003–2004	Vitória Guimarães
2005	Moreirense
2005–2006	União Leiria
2006–2008	Belenenses
2008–2009	Braga
2009–2015	Benfica
2015–2018	Sporting CP
2018–2019	Al Hilal
2019–2020	Flamengo
2020–2021	Benfica
2022–2023	Fenerbahçe
2023–	Al Hilal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus ComIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ];^[2] born 24 July 1954) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal.

He started his career with Sporting CP, going on to play for 12 other clubs in 17 years as a professional, which included nine Primeira Liga seasons.

Jesus began a coaching career in 1990, and his first stop in the main category was with Felgueiras in the 1995–96 campaign. He went on to work with several teams, arriving at Benfica in 2009 and winning ten trophies (a club record for a single manager, winning all domestic trophies at least once) as well as reaching two UEFA Europa League finals with them in six seasons. He became manager of Flamengo in 2019 and won the Copa Libertadores and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in his first year. He returned to Benfica in 2020 and did not win a single trophy despite a Portuguese record investment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He was twice considered one of the ten best club coaches in the world by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, in 2013 (eighth place)^[3] and in 2019 (7th place).^[4]