Football Career
Born in Goiânia, Goiás, Jorginho started his career in regional side Goiatuba Esporte Clube, earning him a transfer to Clube Atlético Paranaense, where he played for five seasons, also being loaned to Esporte Clube Santo André. After spells with Sociedade Esportiva do Gama and Goiânia Esporte Clube he moved to Portugal and Vitória Futebol Clube, in 2001–02.
In Setúbal, Jorginho's first season was short of impressive, scoring two goals in 32 games. In the 2002–03 season, while he netted ten times, he saw Vitória sink to the second division, but helped it return to the top flight in the immediate year, with a career-best 17 goals.
Jorginho would help Setúbal achieve a secure mid-table position in 2004–05 (which was at risk following José Couceiro's departure to F.C. Porto), and while he could have left Setúbal during the January 2005 transfer window on a free transfer, he remained at the club and was presented with a victory in the Cup of Portugal: after scoring twice in the side's 3–1 semifinal defeat of Vitória de Guimarães, he played the entire 2–1 final win against S.L. Benfica, and added nine league goals.
Jorginho eventually left for Porto, where he gained the confidence of manager Co Adriaanse (despite being signed still with Couceiro in charge), playing an attacking trio with Benni McCarthy, Lisandro López and Adriano. Towards the end of the 2005–06 season he proved decisive in a thrilling Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Porto title-decider, having scored the winning goal during the last minutes of the 8 April 2006 match (1–0 final result); Porto went on the conquer the title (he had also scored in the first encounter between the two sides in Porto, a 1–1 draw).
The following season, under Jesualdo Ferreira, Jorginho featured much less, but managed to score against former side Vitória in a 5–1 home success. On 30 August 2007 he signed with perennial UEFA Cup qualification candidates Sporting de Braga, on a four-year link.
In August 2009 Jorginho left Portugal and joined Turkish team Gaziantepspor, on a two-year contract; he signed alongside Braga teammate Roland Linz.
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