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Jorge Jesus

1954 - Today

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Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ]; born 24 July 1954) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Jesus is the 140th most popular soccer player (down from 114th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 64th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jorge Jesus ranks 140 out of 21,273. Before him are Allan Simonsen, Ko Arima, Dunga, Nils Liedholm, Pavel Nedvěd, and Tostão. After him are Didier Deschamps, Ademir de Menezes, Yukio Tsuda, Antonio Conte, Matthias Sindelar, and Masao Ono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jorge Jesus ranks 31. Before him are Serzh Sargsyan, Ray Liotta, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Stieg Larsson, Jeffrey Sachs, and Gianna Nannini. After him are Chris Gardner, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Dennis Quaid, Annie Lennox, Ang Lee, and Carlos Ghosn.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Jorge Jesus ranks 75 out of 633. Before him are Jorge Sampaio (1939), Uriel da Costa (1585), Isaac Abarbanel (1437), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Carmen Miranda (1909), and Sancho II of Portugal (1209). After him are Diogo Dias (1450), Antonio Damasio (1944), Viriathus (-180), Francisco de Almeida (1450), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), and Catherine of Braganza (1638).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Jorge Jesus ranks 4. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo (1985), Luís Figo (1972), and Fernando Santos (1954). After him are Sérgio Conceição (1974), Nani (1986), Rui Costa (1972), Rúben Amorim (1985), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Artur Jorge (1946), Vítor Baía (1969), and Bruno Fernandes (1994).

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