He PSG announced this Thursday the death of his former coach Arthur Jorge at 78 years old and the victim of a long illness. The family of the former Benfica and Porto coach made it public through a press release: “With great sadness, the family of Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira announced his loss this morning in Lisbon, after a long illness. He died in peace , surrounded by his loved ones.
The former Porto, Benfica and Belenenses striker, who celebrated his 78th birthday on February 13, distinguished himself in a long coaching career, including two seasons at PSG (1991, 1994 and then 1998-99) , two spells at FC Porto (1984- 87 and 1989-91), Matra-Racing (1987-1989), Benfica (1994-95), Portuguese national team (1996-97) and US Créteil (2006-07). His career as a coach also allowed him to have a double experience in Saudi Arabia (1999 to 2001), at Al Nassr and then at Al Hilal, but also in Russia (2003-04) and at the head of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon (2004-06).
His most famous success came as a coach with Porto, when on May 27, 1987 the Portuguese team won the European Cup final against Bayern Munich (2-1). They had two aces at the top, the Portuguese Paulo Futre and the Algerian Rabah Madjer, who defeated a German team led by Michael Rummenigge, the recently deceased Andreas Brehme and the middle Lothar Matthäus.
Source: La Verdad
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