Paulo Jorge Gomes Pereira (born 18 January 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for S.C. Espinho. He previously played at fully professional level for Blackburn Rovers and Gaz Metan Mediaș.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Jorge Gomes Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Braga, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Espinho | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Braga | ||
| 2007–2012 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | TuS Erndtebrück | 33 | (1) |
| 2017 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Trofense | 42 | (1) |
| 2019– | Espinho | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Portugal U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U19 | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 10 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Born in Braga, Jorge spent his youth career with S.C. Braga's youth team and F.C. Porto's youth team. on 27 July 2012, he signed for English club Blackburn Rovers of the Championship.[2] On 18 August 2012, he made his league debut for Rovers against Ipswich Town coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Danny Murphy.[3]
International career edit
Paulo Jorge has represented Portugal at under-17 and twice at under-19 level. He played 90 minutes for the U19s in a 6–0 win away at San Marino on 6 November 2011 and came on as substitute in a 3–3 draw at home to Hungary three days later.[4]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 1 July 2015
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Blackburn Rovers | 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
References edit
- ^ "Paulo Jorge". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ Power, Liam. "Blackburn Rovers sign Portuguese duo Paulo Jorge and Edinho". Sportsmole. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "A late own-goal from Jason Lowe saw Blackburn held to a draw in their first game back in the Championship". BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Portugal - Paulo Jorge - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
External links edit
- Paulo Jorge at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Paulo Jorge at Soccerway
- Paulo Jorge at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Paulo Jorge national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)