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Mario Jorge is Trofense’s new head coach (POR)

Flamengo’s 2024 U-20 Libertadores-winning coach, Mario Jorge, is the new head coach of Trofense, in Portugal. The Portuguese club announced the Brazilian on Tuesday (15) through a post on social media.

Trofense, who compete in the third division of Portuguese football, highlighted Mario Jorge’s résumé, emphasizing the coach’s spells even with Flamengo’s senior team, albeit on an interim basis. In addition, the club’s message stressed the license the former Flamengo man holds to work in the role.

HOW DID TROFENSE ANNOUNCE IT?

“𝐌𝐀́𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐉𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄ⵑ

Clube Desportivo Trofense, Futebol, SAD, announces 𝐌𝐚́𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦.

Holding a 𝐂𝐁𝐅/𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, Mário Jorge built his career in Brazilian football, with particular emphasis on his work in Flamengo’s youth setup, where he also took interim charge of the first team and won national and international titles.

He also had spells with the 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐔-𝟏𝟕 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐔-𝟐𝟎, and, most recently, 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚.

Mário Jorge arrives in Trofa with an identity built on 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐚, 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫ⵑ

It’s time to work.

It’s time for ambition.

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞”

MARIO JORGE AT FLAMENGO

Mario Jorge left Flamengo shortly after winning the 2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores, in a thrilling come-from-behind final against Boca Juniors (ARG). With his stock rising in the market, the coach received an offer to take charge of Saudi Arabia’s U-17 team.

With Mario Jorge’s move abroad, the path opened for Filipe Luís, who was coaching Flamengo’s U-17s, to be promoted to the U-20s. With the new team, the former full-back took over the then-Libertadores champions and went on to win the Club World Cup.

OTHER TITLES

In addition to the Libertadores, Mario Jorge won the Brazilian U-17 Championship (2021), the Brazilian U-20 Championship (2023), and the Brazilian U-17 Cup (2021). At state level, the coach also lifted the professional Campeonato Carioca, as he took charge of the opening matches of the campaign while the main squad was in preseason.

MARIO JORGE’S NEW CHALLENGE

Mario Jorge arrives with the mission of lifting Trofense away from the bottom end of the Portuguese third division table. After five rounds, the team has only four points and sits in eighth place out of ten teams.

THE AUTHOR’S VIEW, IN BRIEF

— Mario Jorge is 48 years old and still young for the role. If he can, for example, win promotion with Trofense, it could be a calling card for him to land a bigger club. I hope he succeeds and broadens the range of Brazilian coaches on the continent — said Pedro Paulo Catonho, a journalist for Coluna do Fla.

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