Rui Jordão
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Jordão in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Benguela, Angola | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 October 2019 (aged 67) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cascais, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sporting Benguela | |||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1976 | Benfica | 90 | (63) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Zaragoza | 33 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Sporting CP | 27 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | New England Tea Men | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1987 | Sporting CP | 180 | (114) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Vitória Setúbal | 60 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 390 | (226) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1989 | Portugal | 43 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁuj ʒuɾˈðɐ̃w]; 9 August 1952 – 18 October 2019) was a Portuguese footballer.
His professional career was spent mostly with two of the biggest clubs in the country, Benfica and Sporting CP. One of the most prolific strikers in the history of Portuguese football, he won the Silver Ball award twice, once with each team.
Jordão represented the Portugal national team for 17 years, appearing with them at Euro 1984.