Jorge Andrade

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is De Andrade.

Jorge Andrade

File:Jorge Andrade 31mar2007.jpg Andrade in action for Deportivo in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade
Date of birth	(1978-04-09) 9 April 1978
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Atlético (assistant)
Youth career
1986–1997	Estrela Amadora
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2000	Estrela Amadora	53	(3)
2000–2002	Porto	52	(3)
2002–2007	Deportivo La Coruña	123	(2)
2007–2009	Juventus	4	(0)
Total		232	(8)
International career
1999	Portugal U21	1	(0)
2001–2008	Portugal	51	(3)
Managerial career
2014–	Atlético (assistant)
Medal record Representing Portugal Men's Football UEFA European Championship Portugal 2004 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade, OIH, (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ) ɐ̃ˈdɾad(ɨ)]; born 9 April 1978) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the current assistant manager of Atlético Clube de Portugal.

After playing two years with Porto he went on to represent Deportivo (which would be his main club – 169 official appearances in five seasons) and Juventus, appearing rarely for the latter due to injury.

Andrade gained more than 50 caps for Portugal, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship and helping it finish second in Euro 2004.

Club career

Andrade in 2006

Early years / Porto

Born in Lisbon, Andrade made his professional debuts with hometown club's C.F. Estrela da Amadora in 1997, helping it to two consecutive eighth first division places.

He immediately caught the eye, and after that was on the move north to FC Porto, being the team's most used player in the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League by playing 12 times as it reached the second group phase in the competition.

Deportivo

After Portugal’s unsuccessful 2002 World Cup campaign, Andrade was acquired by Spain's Deportivo de La Coruña, in a move that cost the Galician side €12 million with the possibility of being increased to €13M (goalkeeper Nuno Espírito Santo was also part of the deal, for €3M). He appeared in only 11 La Liga games in his debut season, barred by César Martín and Noureddine Naybet, but was an undisputed first-choice when healthy in the following years.

On 21 April 2004, during a Champions League semi-finals match against former team Porto, Andrade was sent off by Markus Merk for a kick on Deco. The gesture was of a friendly nature, but the referee was eluded by it, and immediately gave the defender his marching orders. He was forced to serve a one-match ban.

Juventus

Andrade signed for Juventus F.C. in the 2007 summer, for approximately €10 million. In a Serie A match against A.S. Roma on 23 September, he badly broke his left kneecap and missed the rest of the 2007–08 season.

In the team's 2008 pre-season, Andrade suffered the same injury and missed the entire 2008–09. In a press release dated 7 August, Juventus stated:

"On 9 July 2008, during a training session at Pinzolo, the player Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade was the victim of another serious injury to his left knee (relapse of the fracture of the rotula) operated twice in the past season. A new osteosynthesis operation was thus needed, with the post-surgery prognosis being a number of months. Given the impossibility for the player to recover to play professionally, the company has proceeded to fully write down the residual book value of the player's registration rights with a negative effect on the 2007–08 financial year for €6.8 million."

That was the third in a year and the fourth left knee surgery Andrade had in his career. The Turin-based club wrote off his salary as well as part of the transfer fee for the fiscal year, though Andrade stated he hoped to return playing at the highest level.

On 8 April 2009, Juventus and Andrade reached an agreement and the player's remaining contract was cancelled, leaving him free to find another club. After being released he went on trial to Málaga CF, but was not offered a deal eventually. In early February 2010, he underwent a trial with Toronto FC in Canada.

International career

Andrade made his debut for Portugal in April 2001, and was part of the nation's squads at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2004, eventually scoring three goals in 51 games. In the latter competition, played on home soil, he also put one in his own net in a 2–1 win against the Netherlands in the semifinals.

Andrade appeared in five matches during the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, collecting his last cap on 22 August 2007 against Armenia.

Jorge Andrade: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 November 2001	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Angola	3–1	5–1	Friendly
2	10 June 2003	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal	Bolivia	1–0	4–0	Friendly
3	3 September 2005	Estádio do Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Luxembourg	1–0	6–0	2006 World Cup qualification

Personal life

Andrade, along with fellow Portuguese internationals Miguel, Nani and Nélson, is a descendant from the Cape Verde islands, previously a Portuguese colony. He visited his homeland in 2006, and did some work with grassroots football during his stay.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
1997–98	Estrela Amadora	Primeira Liga	5	1			–	–
1998–99			17	2			–	–
1999–00			31	0			–	–
2000–01	Porto	Primeira Liga	20	1			–	–
2001–02			32	2			–	–
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Supercopa de España		Europe		Total
2002–03	Deportivo	La Liga	11	0	6	0	–	–	4	0
2003–04			37	0			–	–	11	0
2004–05			35	1			–	–	7	0
2005–06			18	1			–	–
2006–07			22	0			–	–	–	–
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
2007–08	Juventus	Serie A	4	0	1	0	–	–	0	0
2008–09			0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Total	Portugal		105	6			–	–
	Spain		123	2			–	–
	Italy		4	0			–	–
Career total			232	8			–	–

Honours

Club

Porto

• Taça de Portugal: 2000–01
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001; Runner-up 2000

Deportivo

• Supercopa de España: 2002

Country

• UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 2004

External links

• Jorge Andrade at footballzz.co.uk
• Jorge Andrade profile at ForaDeJogo
• PortuGOAL profile
• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• Jorge Andrade profile at BDFutbol
• Stats at Tutto Calciatori (Italian)
• Gazzetta dello Sport profile (Italian)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Luís Figo	Portugal national football team captain 2006–2007	Succeeded by Nuno Gomes