Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Pinto da Costa in 2012
31st President of FC Porto
In office
23 April 1982 – 7 May 2024
Vice PresidentAdelino Caldeira
Alípio Fernandes
Eduardo Valente
Emídio Gomes
Fernando Gomes
Preceded byAmérico Gomes de Sá
Succeeded byAndré Villas-Boas
President of the Portuguese Professional Football League
In office
13 July 1995 – 23 December 1996
Preceded byManuel Damásio
Succeeded byValentim Loureiro
Personal details
Born (1937-12-28) 28 December 1937 (age 86)
Cedofeita, Porto, Portugal
Spouses
Manuela Graça
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(m. 1964; div. 1997)​
Filomena Morais
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(m. 2007; div. 2012)​
Fernanda Miranda
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(m. 2012; div. 2016)​
Cláudia Campo
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(m. 2023)​
Children2
ProfessionBusinessman
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Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ ˈnunu ˈpĩtu ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 28 December 1937) is the former president of Portuguese sports club Porto from 1982 until 2024.[1] He is the president with most titles won (69) and most days in charge in world football.[2][3] He was involved in the Portuguese football corruption scandal Apito Dourado,[4] from which he was eventually absolved in April 2009[1][5] after receiving a two-year suspension and a €10,000 fine in May 2008.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "30 anos de FC Pinto da Costa - Expresso.pt". expresso.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Pinto da Costa, o presidente há mais tempo na liderança de um clube". Público (in Portuguese). 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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  4. ^ Vernet-Riera, Josep (21 January 2010). "FC Porto: Leaked Phone Taps Proof in Major Corruption Scandal". Bleacher Report.
  5. ^ Rainho, Pedro (6 January 2016). "Pinto da Costa. Trinta anos de fintas à Justiça" [Pinto da Costa. Thirty years dribbling Justice]. Jornal i (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Pinto da Costa condenado com dois anos de suspensão" [Pinto da Costa condemned with two-year suspension]. Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). 9 May 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Porto not admitted to Champions League". UEFA. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  8. ^ "FC Porto perde seis pontos" [FC Porto lose six points]. UEFA (in Portuguese). 9 May 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2017.