Jorge Costa

Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (14 October 1971 – 5 August 2025) was a Portuguese professional football central defender and manager. From 1992 until 2002, he played for the Portugal national football team.

Jorge Costa

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida[1]
Date of birth	(1971-10-14)14 October 1971[1]
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Date of death	5 August 2025(2025-08-05) (aged 53)
Place of death	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1986–1987	Foz
1987–1990	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–2005	Porto	251	(16)
1990–1991	→ Penafiel (loan)	23	(3)
1991–1992	→ Marítimo (loan)	31	(1)
2001–2002	→ Charlton Athletic (loan)	24	(0)
2005–2006	Standard Liège	13	(0)
Total		342	(20)
International career
1990–1991	Portugal U20	10	(1)
1991–1994	Portugal U21	21	(2)
1992–2002	Portugal	50	(2)
Managerial career
2006–2007	Braga (assistant)
2007	Braga
2008–2010	Olhanense
2010	Académica
2011–2012	CFR Cluj
2012–2013	AEL Limassol
2013–2014	Anorthosis
2014	Paços Ferreira
2014–2016	Gabon
2017	Sfaxien
2017	Arouca
2017–2018	Tours
2018–2020	Mumbai City
2020–2021	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2021	Farense
2022	Sfaxien
2022–2023	Académico Viseu
2023–2024	AVS
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship 2000 Belgium-Netherlands FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 1991 Portugal UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 1994 France UEFA European Under-17 Championship Runner-up 1988 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

On 5 August 2025, during a training session with Porto, Costa had a heart attack and died at the age of 53.^[2][3][4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Porto	1992–93	Primeira Divisão	8	1	1	0	6	1	–		15	2
	1993–94	Primeira Divisão	13	0	3	1	6	0	–		22	1
	1994–95	Primeira Divisão	13	1	3	1	4	1	–		20	3
	1995–96	Primeira Divisão	21	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	28	2
	1996–97	Primeira Divisão	26	4	4	0	7	0	2	1	39	5
	1997–98	Primeira Divisão	13	0	4	0	0	0	–		17	0
	1998–99	Primeira Divisão	33	2	1	0	5	0	2	0	41	2
	1999–2000	Primeira Liga	31	1	4	0	12	1	2	0	49	2
	2000–01	Primeira Liga	20	1	3	0	10	0	2	0	35	1
	2001–02	Primeira Liga	6	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	13	1
	2002–03	Primeira Liga	26	2	3	1	12	0	–		41	3
	2003–04	Primeira Liga	19	1	2	0	10	0	1	0	32	1
	2004–05	Primeira Liga	22	1	0	0	7	1	2	0	31	2
	Total		251	16	31	4	88	4	13	1	383	25
Penafiel (loan)	1990–91	Primeira Divisão	23	3	0	0	–		–		23	3
Marítimo (loan)	1991–92	Primeira Divisão	31	1	0	0	–		–		31	1
Charlton Athletic (loan)	2001–02	Premier League	24	0	2	0	–		–		26	0
Standard Liège	2005–06	Belgian Pro League	13	0	0	0	–		–		13	0
Career Total			342	20	33	4	88	4	13	1	476	29

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal[6]	1992	1	0
	1993	4	0
	1995	9	0
	1996	2	0
	1997	3	0
	1998	3	0
	1999	2	0
	2000	13	1
	2001	6	0
	2002	7	1
Total		50	2

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Costa goal.

List of international goals scored by Jorge Costa^[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 2000	Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga, Portugal	Israel	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2	13 February 2002	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain	Spain	1–0	1–1	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 June 2024^[7][8]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Braga		19 February 2007	30 October 2007	29	12	7	10	33	28	+5	041.38
Olhanense		16 June 2008	9 May 2010	72	26	21	25	95	95	+0	036.11
Académica		8 June 2010	21 December 2010	18	7	4	7	29	33	−4	038.89
CFR Cluj		1 June 2011	9 April 2012	26	15	6	5	45	23	+22	057.69
AEL Limassol		24 October 2012	22 May 2013	37	20	8	9	65	38	+27	054.05
Anorthosis		18 August 2013	5 February 2014	23	11	6	6	46	28	+18	047.83
Paços Ferreira		26 February 2014	22 May 2014	12	4	3	5	15	20	−5	033.33
Gabon		11 July 2014	4 November 2016	33	11	9	13	37	36	+1	033.33
Sfaxien		14 May 2017	14 June 2017	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	066.67
Arouca		29 June 2017	14 September 2017	8	1	4	3	4	9	−5	012.50
Tours		22 November 2017	25 May 2018	27	6	7	14	33	44	−11	022.22
Mumbai City		14 August 2018	5 March 2020	39	17	8	14	52	56	−4	043.59
Gaz Metan Mediaș		30 September 2020	2 February 2021	15	6	2	7	23	22	+1	040.00
Farense		4 February 2021	30 August 2021	25	5	9	11	21	35	−14	020.00
Sfaxien		3 February 2022	7 April 2022	11	2	4	5	6	9	−3	018.18
Académico Viseu		7 September 2022	20 April 2023	34	20	9	5	61	35	+26	058.82
AVS		10 June 2023	3 June 2024	42	24	5	13	59	44	+15	057.14
Total				454	189	112	153	630	557	+73	041.63

Honours

Player

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04^[9]
• Taça de Portugal: 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03^[9]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001^[9]
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04^[7]
• UEFA Cup: 2002–03^[7]
• Intercontinental Cup: 2004^[7]

Portugal

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991^[10]

Individual

• Portuguese Golden Ball: 2000^[11]

Manager

Olhanense

• Segunda Liga: 2008–09^[12]

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2011–12^[13]

Individual

• CNID Breakthrough Coach: 2008–09^[14]