Height 1.77 m Children Jimmy P. | Playing position Position Forward | |
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Full name Jorge Manuel Plácido Bravo da Costa Date of birth (1964-06-19) 19 June 1964 (age 52) | ||
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Jorge Manuel Plácido Bravo da Costa (born 19 June 1964), known as Plácido, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.
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- Jorge pl cido sporting cp
- Jorge pl cido ex fc porto no racing paris na poca de 1989 90
- Club career
- International career
- References
During his extensive career he played for nearly a dozen clubs, in both Portugal and France. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 192 games and 30 goals, over the course of a decade.
Jorge pl cido ex fc porto no racing paris na poca de 1989 90
Club career
Born in Luanda, Angola, Plácido made his professional and Primeira Liga debuts at just 17, with lowly Amora FC. After showing promise at his following two clubs, Vitória de Setúbal and G.D. Chaves (with seven goals scored, he helped the latter qualify for the only time in its history for the UEFA Cup) the 23-year-old signed for FC Porto, but failed to adjust grossly.
In the following summer, Plácido moved to fellow league club Sporting Clube de Portugal, meeting the same fate. In January 1989 he moved abroad to France, signing with Racing Club de France football Colombes 92 where he also failed to establish, often being demoted to the reserves of the Ligue 1 side and suffering relegation in his only full season. A second spell at Porto, in the 1990–91 campaign, also proved unassuming, as he only appeared in four matches, all from the bench.
After one more year in Portugal, at S.C. Salgueiros, Plácido returned to France, continuing to play until the age of 37 in the country's lower leagues in representation of US Créteil-Lusitanos, US Lusitanos and Saint-Denis FC. He never appeared in higher than the latter nation's third level.
International career
Plácido played three times for the Portuguese national team, scoring twice. His arrival coincided with the defection of practically all of the members of the national side, after the infamous Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
On 29 March 1987 Plácido's most important moment in the international scene arrived, as his brace helped avoid a shock defeat in Madeira against Malta for the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifiers (2–2).