Place of birth Porto, Portugal Name Jaime Magalhaes Playing position Role Footballer | 1976–1980 Porto Height 1.76 m Years Team Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Jaime Fernandes Magalhaes Date of birth (1962-07-10) 10 July 1962 (age 53) Similar People Rui Aguas, Rui Filipe, Octavio Machado, Rui Barros | ||
Jaime Fernandes Magalhães ([ˈʒajm(ɨ) mɐɡɐˈʎɐ̃ȷ̃ʃ]; born 10 July 1962) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right midfielder.
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During his professional career, he represented Porto for 15 seasons.
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Club career
Born in Porto, Magalhães was 14 when he joined local FC Porto's youth system. He made his senior debut four years later, as the northerners were coached by Austrian Hermann Stessl.
Magalhães was an important player in the 1983–84 season, with Porto finishing second to S.L. Benfica in the Primeira Liga and also reaching that campaign's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final; in the following year he scored a career-best 11 goals, as the club managed to end in the top position in domestic competition.
Magalhães had several offers to leave Porto, but ultimately stayed and won a total of seven leagues, adding in 1987 the European Cup, having played the entire final against FC Bayern Munich.
Under Bobby Robson he became a fringe player, and left Porto in the 1995 summer, having appeared in well more than 300 official matches. A move to another side in the north, Leça FC, was then arranged, but he retired at the end of the season after the modest team maintained its top flight status, but with the player contributing very rarely.
Magalhães was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.
International career
Magalhães made his debut for Portugal on 18 November 1981, in a 2–1 win against Scotland for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, at the age of just 19. He was overlooked for the squad that appeared at UEFA Euro 1984, but represented the nation at the 1986 World Cup, gaining a total of 20 caps (no goals).