Jorge Plácido

Jorge Manuel Plácido Bravo da Costa (born 19 June 1964), known as Plácido, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Jorge Plácido
Personal information
Full name Jorge Manuel Plácido Bravo da Costa
Date of birth (1964-06-19) 19 June 1964
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
1978–1981 Barreirense
1981–1982 Amora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Amora 27 (4)
1983–1985 Vitória Setúbal 52 (10)
1985–1987 Chaves 51 (12)
1987–1988 Porto 16 (1)
1988–1989 Sporting CP 16 (2)
1989–1990 Racing Paris 27 (2)
1990–1991 Porto 4 (0)
1991–1992 Salgueiros 26 (1)
1992–1993 Créteil 20 (3)
1993–1997 US Lusitanos 80 (17)
1997–1998 Saint-Denis 14 (2)
1998–2001 US Lusitanos 60 (8)
Total 393 (62)
National team
1987–1989 Portugal 3 (2)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Benfica Luanda
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for nearly a dozen clubs during his extensive career, in both Portugal and France. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 192 games and 30 goals, over the course of a decade.

Club career

Born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Plácido made his professional and Primeira Liga debuts at just 17, with lowly Amora FC. After showing promise at his following two clubs, Vitória F.C. and G.D. Chaves (with seven goals scored, he helped the latter qualify for the only time in its history for the UEFA Cup) the 23-year-old signed for FC Porto, but failed to adjust grossly.

In the following summer, Plácido moved to fellow league team Sporting Clube de Portugal, meeting the same fate. In January 1989 he moved abroad to France, signing with Racing Club de France football Colombes 92 where he also failed to establish, often being demoted to the reserves of the Ligue 1 side and suffering relegation in his only full season. A second spell at Porto, in the 1990–91 campaign, also proved unassuming, as he only appeared in four matches, all from the bench.

After one more year in Portugal, at S.C. Salgueiros, Plácido returned to France, continuing to play until the age of 37 in the country's lower leagues in representation of US Créteil-Lusitanos, US Lusitanos and Saint-Denis FC. He never appeared in higher than the latter nation's third level.

International career

Plácido played three times for Portugal, scoring twice. His arrival coincided with the defection of practically all of the members of the national team, after the infamous Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

On 29 March 1987, Plácido's most important moment in the international scene arrived as his brace helped avoid a shock defeat in Madeira against Malta for the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifiers (2–2).[1]

Jorge Plácido: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition

[2]

129 March 1987Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Portugal Malta1–02–2Euro 1988 qualifying
229 March 1987Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Portugal Malta2–22–2Euro 1988 qualifying

References
  1. "Portugal-Malta, histórico: apenas um empate impede pleno da selecção" [Portugal-Malta, head-to-head: only a draw prevents national team unblemished record] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. "Portugal 2–2 Malta". UEFA.com. 29 March 1987. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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