Jorge Filipe Monteiro

Jorge Monteiro

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Filipe Monteiro dos Santos Lourenço
Date of birth	(1988-08-15) 15 August 1988
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Iraklis
Number	27
Youth career
1996–2007	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Porto B	2	(0)
2007–2010	Porto	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Ribeirão (loan)	34	(6)
2008	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	1	(0)
2009	→ Covilhã (loan)	9	(4)
2009	→ Portimonense (loan)	10	(2)
2010	→ Covilhã (loan)	15	(2)
2010–2011	Santa Clara	27	(4)
2011–2014	AEL Limassol	84	(24)
2014	Moreirense	2	(0)
2015–2016	AEK Larnaca	33	(7)
2016–	Iraklis	7	(0)
International career
2006	Portugal U18	5	(0)
2006–2007	Portugal U19	12	(3)
2008	Portugal U20	10	(2)
2009	Portugal U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Jorge Filipe Monteiro dos Santos Lourenço (born 15 August 1988), known as Monteiro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Greek club Iraklis 1908 Thessaloniki F.C. as a winger.

Club career

Portugal

Born in Porto, Monteiro played youth football with local FC Porto, having joined its youth system at the age of 8. Until his release on 30 June 2010, he was consecutively loaned to G.D. Ribeirão, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, S.C. Covilhã (twice) and Portimonense SC.

Monteiro's Primeira Liga input during this timeframe consisted of 13 minutes with the second club, in a 0–1 away loss against Vitória F.C. on 31 August 2008.

Cyprus

In the 2011 summer, after one season in his country's Segunda Liga with C.D. Santa Clara, Monteiro signed with AEL Limassol in the Cypriot First Division. In his first year, he contributed with two goals in 26 games to help his team win the national championship after a 44-year wait.

Monteiro scored a career-best 18 goals in the 2013–14 campaign, topping the goal charts as the side ranked second after eventual winners APOEL FC. During his three-year tenure, he netted 26 times from 105 appearances all competitions comprised, and also reached the final of the domestic cup twice.

Later years

Monteiro returned to his country and its top level for 2014–15, joining Moreirense FC. In January 2015, however, he moved back to Cyprus' with AEK Larnaca FC, going on to score ten official goals over a 12-month period.

International career

All youth categories comprised, Monteiro gained 30 caps for Portugal and scored five goals. His debut with the under-21s occurred on 11 July 2009, in a 0–1 friendly defeat to Cape Verde.

Club statistics

As of 6 March 2016

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ribeirão (loan)	2007–08	Portuguese Second Division	34	6	0	0	—		34	6
Estrela Amadora (loan)	2008–09	Primeira Liga	1	0	1	0	—		2	0
Covilhã (loan)	2008–09	Segunda Liga	9	4	0	0	—		9	4
Portimonense (loan)	2009–10	Segunda Liga	10	2	3	0	—		13	2
Covilhã (loan)	2009–10	Segunda Liga	15	2	0	0	—		15	2
Santa Clara	2010–11	Segunda Liga	27	4	5	0	—		32	4
AEL Limassol	2011–12	Cypriot First Division	25	2	6	0	—		31	2
	2012–13	Cypriot First Division	23	4	7	2	7	0	37	6
	2013–14	Cypriot First Division	35	18	2	0	—		37	18
Moreirense	2014–15	Primeira Liga	2	0	2	0	—		4	0
AEK Larnaca	2014–15	Cypriot First Division	17	5	5	1	—		22	6
	2015–16	Cypriot First Division	16	2	1	2	2	0	17	4
Iraklis	2015–16	Superleague Greece	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
Career total			216	49	31	5	9	0	255	54

Honours

Club

• Cypriot First Division: 2011–12
• Cypriot Cup: Runner-up 2011–12, 2012–13

Individual

• Cypriot First Division: Top Scorer 2013–14 (joint)

External links

• Jorge Monteiro at footballzz.co.uk
• Jorge Monteiro profile at ForaDeJogo
• National team data (Portuguese)
• Stats at Footballdatabase