Jorge Pires

Not to be confused with Jorge Costa.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Costa and the second or paternal family name is Pires.
Jorge Pires
Personal information
Full name Jorge da Costa Pires[1]
Date of birth (1981-04-01) 1 April 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Amares, Portugal[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1992–1998 Braga
1998–2000 Amares
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Amares
2001–2004 Braga B 62 (5)
2004–2005 Portosantense 31 (8)
2005–2006 Amares
2006–2007 Pontassolense 23 (8)
2007–2008 Ribeirão 37 (26)
2008–2009 Vizela 29 (4)
2009–2011 Portimonense 50 (10)
2011–2012 Aves 28 (12)
2012–2013 Feirense 34 (11)
2013–2014 Moreirense 40 (22)
2014 Benfica Luanda 12 (3)
2015–2019 Portimonense 132 (46)
2018–2019 → Penafiel (loan) 34 (16)
2019–2020 Penafiel 18 (3)
Total 530 (174)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge da Costa Pires (born 1 April 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He spent most of his career in LigaPro, totalling 324 matches and a record 113 goals for six teams and being top scorer three times.[2] Additionally, he played 42 Primeira Liga games and scored 11 goals in two spells with Portimonense.

  1. ^ a b c d "Jorge Pires" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Luís Pedro é o jogador em competição com maior número de jogos na II Liga" [Luís Pedro is the active player with the highest number of games in the II League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.