Place of birth Almada, Portugal Name Jorge Paixao Playing position Role Footballer | Current team Farense (coach) Position Forward 1978–1980 Almada Manages S.C. Farense | |
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Full name Jorge Manuel da Silva Paixao Santos Date of birth (1965-12-19) 19 December 1965 (age 49) Similar People Mariusz Rumak, Sergio Conceicao, Alvaro Magalhaes, Fernando Santos | ||
Jorge Manuel da Silva Paixão Santos (born 19 December 1965), known as Paixão, is a Portuguese football manager and a former player who played as a striker.
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Playing career
Born in Almada, Setúbal District, Paixão's 11-year professional career was almost entirely spent in the Portuguese second and third divisions, representing Amora FC (two spells), C.F. União de Coimbra, Louletano D.C. and GD Bragança.
The exception to this was in the 1985–86 season, when he appeared three times as a substitute for Académica de Coimbra in the Primeira Liga. He retired in June 1995 at the age of 29, after a spell with amateurs Atlético Clube da Malveira.
Managerial career
Following retirement, Paixão moved into coaching. He first served as the assistant manager for two teams, before his first management role when in 2002 he was appointed head coach of Almada A.C. in the Setúbal Football Association. Over the next ten years he was in charge of several teams in the Portuguese Second Division, the third tier of Portuguese football, and also had spells abroad in Angola with C.R. Caála and Qatar with Al-Mesaimeer Sports Club.
In September 2013, Paixão was appointed at second tier side S.C. Farense. In March of the following year he first reached the top flight with S.C. Braga who were in 10th place, leading the team to ninth position after winning only two of his ten league games in charge, but reaching the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal, where they were defeated by Rio Ave FC;
On 14 May 2014, Braga announced that Paixão's contract would not be renewed.
On 24 June 2014 he signed for Polish club Zawisza Bydgoszcz, winning the SuperCup shortly after by defeating Legia Warsaw 3–2.
In October 2014, Paixão moved back to his native country with S.C. Olhanense, leaving his post the following February. He took charge of fellow division two side Farense in June, agreeing to a mutual termination of his contract on 30 November.
On 30 December 2015, Paixão was appointed at C.D. Mafra (also for a second time, having previously been coach in 2010). The team were struggling prior to his arrival, and he was unable to prevent their relegation from the second division. At the end of July 2016, he was replaced.