Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
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Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa | |
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President of FC Porto | |
Assumed office 23 April 1982 | |
Vice President | Adelino Caldeira Alípio Fernandes Eduardo Valente Emídio Gomes Fernando Gomes |
Preceded by | Américo Gomes de Sá |
Succeeded by | André Villas-Boas |
President of the Portuguese Professional Football League | |
In office 13 July 1995 – 23 December 1996 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Damásio |
Succeeded by | Valentim Loureiro |
Personal details | |
Born | Cedofeita, Porto , Portugal | 28 December 1937
Spouses | Manuela Graça
(m. 1964; div. 1997)Filomena Morais
(m. 2007; div. 2012)Fernanda Miranda
(m. 2012; div. 2016)Cláudia Campo (m. 2023) |
Children | 2 |
Profession | Businessman |
Signature | |
Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ ˈnunu ˈpĩtu ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]; born 28 December 1937) was the president of Portuguese sports club FC Porto from 1982 until 2024.[1] He is the president with most titles won (68) and most days in charge in world football.[2][3] He was involved in the Portuguese football corruption scandal Apito Dourado,[4] from which he was eventually absolved in April 2009[1][5] after receiving a two-year suspension and a €10,000 fine in May 2008.[6][7][8]
Early years
Pinto da Costa was born in Porto, the son of José Alexandrino Teixeira da Costa and Maria Elisa Bessa Lima de Amorim Pinto, who fathered other four children, including future forensic pathologist José Eduardo.[9]
In his late teens, Pinto da Costa started working as a
Directorial beginnings
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa's career at
Return
In 1976, FC Porto's most popular department, association football, was facing the longest title drought in the club's history, having not won the Primeira Liga for 19 years. This period coincided with the rise of neighbors Boavista F.C., who under the guidance of Pinto da Costa's friend and Porto's former player and coach, José Maria Pedroto, would win later that season the Taça de Portugal.
On the same night
Rise and first victories
It was under Pinto da Costa's and José Maria Pedroto's guidance that, in 1976–77, Porto won the Taça de Portugal, their first silverware in 18 years. During the following season their success continued when they finally broke their 19-year-old title drought and won the 1977–78 league. The 1978–79 season would mark a back-to-back league title for both men. Subsequently, though, in 1980 after failing a third title in a row, internal disputes regarding other sporting departments having too much influence in FC Porto football section led to their resignation. Following their resignation 15 first team players refused to play for the club. This specific period of time is dubbed as "Verão Quente" (Hot summer).[12]
Pinto da Costa and Pedroto, Chairman and Manager
On 17 April 1982, following internal disputes in
European Champions
Years of domestic success - association football
Domestic success continued to be a hallmark of FC Porto in subsequent years, and 1995–99 became the highest note of Portuguese domestic competition ever. Following titles by
1999 Sweep
In the end of the 1998–99 season FCPorto swept the Portuguese professional sports by winning all the competitions in which it had a professional team: football, handball, basketball and rink hockey. It also won the swimming national championship which made a total of 5 championship titles in the same year. In Portugal it was called the "double penta",[citation needed] making reference to the 5 consecutive championships in football.
José Mourinho era
Mourinho joined Porto in January 2002, the club was in fifth place on the table. Mourinho would ensure a
Post-Mourinho era
Victory in the Champions League final in 2004 meant that Mourinho left Porto, looking for another challenge in a bigger league. He was replaced by
In late May 2005, Co Adriaanse, former coach of Willem II, Ajax Amsterdam and AZ Alkmaar, was designated as the new FC Porto coach.
Under his guidance, FC Porto became an attacking team and the results were mixed, solid performances mixed with severe defensive flaws. European results in particular were terrible and Porto suffered a humiliating exit from the UEFA Champions League in the groups stage.
However, Co Adriaanse still guided Porto to a domestic double, wrapping up the title with 2 games to spare and beating Vitória de Setúbal for the Cup final.
Adriaanse resigned in the pre-season to the 2006–07 season, due to internal disputes with the club's board, and was subsequently replaced by former Benfica and Braga manager Jesualdo Ferreira, who had only just joined arch-rivals Boavista that season, and left without managing a single competitive match for Boavista. With him Porto won the league three consecutive times in 2006–07, 2007–08, and 2008–09.
In the 2010–11 season, with
From 2013 to 2017, he failed to conquer any silverware, contributing to the biggest hiatus during his presidency.[14]
Apito Dourado affair
Pinto da Costa was one of the people investigated by the police as part of the Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) sports corruption scandal in Portuguese football.[15] The investigation caused him to flee to Spain with his then partner Carolina Salgado in order to avoid detention in 2004.[16] He was formally accused of corruption on 12 June 2007, along with Reinaldo Teles, another member of FC Porto's administration.[17]
Following the inquiry, Pinto da Costa vowed to appeal the two-year ban placed on him by the
In early April 2009, Pinto da Costa was declared innocent in all allegations relating to bribery or any case dealing with Apito Dourado.[5][19]
Later, on 21 January 2010, the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã revealed that many of the wiretapped phone calls in the Apito Dourado scandal were made public on YouTube.[20]
In May 2011, the decision made by the
Football honours
Domestic
- Primeira Liga: 23
International
- 2003–04
- 2010–11
In December 2011 he won the "Director's Career" and "Director of the Year" awards at the Globe Soccer Awards hosted in Dubai.[26]
References
- ^ a b "30 anos de FC Pinto da Costa - Expresso.pt". expresso.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Pinto da Costa, o presidente há mais tempo na liderança de um clube". Público (in Portuguese). 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b Soares, António (17 April 2024). "Faz hoje 42 anos que Pinto da Costa foi eleito presidente do F. C. Porto" [Today marks 42 years since Pinto da Costa was elected president of F. C. Porto]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Vernet-Riera, Josep (21 January 2010). "FC Porto: Leaked Phone Taps Proof in Major Corruption Scandal". Bleacher Report.
- ^ a b Rainho, Pedro (6 January 2016). "Pinto da Costa. Trinta anos de fintas à Justiça" [Pinto da Costa. Thirty years dribbling Justice]. Jornal i (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Pinto da Costa condenado com dois anos de suspensão" [Pinto da Costa condemned with two-year suspension]. Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). 9 May 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Porto not admitted to Champions League". UEFA. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "FC Porto perde seis pontos" [FC Porto lose six points]. UEFA (in Portuguese). 9 May 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ José Eduardo Pinto da Costa - Universidade do Porto biography; Sigarra.up (in Portuguese)
- ^ “Pinto da Costa 75th birthday”; Noticiasaominuto (in Portuguese)
- ^ Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa - History and Victories[permanent dead link]; oliveiradobairro.net (in Portuguese)
- ^ FC Porto. O Verão quente de 1980, que esfriou a relação no futebol (FC Porto. 1980's hot summer, when football relations turned cold) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine; IOnline, 6 August 2010 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "President". FC Porto. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "O maior jejum da era Pinto da Costa" [The biggest fasting in Pinto da Costa era] (in Portuguese). Record. 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Golden Whistle" case makes progress in Portugal; People's Daily Online, 13 December 2006
- ^ "Apito Dourado: Carolina Salgado confirma que Pinto da Costa foi avisado dos mandados de busca e detenção" [Carolina Salgado confirms that Pinto da Costa was warned of search and arrest warrants]. Público (in Portuguese). 18 December 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Pinto da Costa e Reinaldo Teles acusados de corrupção (Pinto da Costa and Reinaldo Teles accused of corruption) Archived 2007-07-11 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 12 March 2007 (in Portuguese)
- ^ “Final Whistle” corruption fall-out: Porto president to fight ban Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine; PortuGOAL
- ^ Platini e Pinto da Costa amigos outra vez (Platini and Pinto da Costa friends again); AEIOU Expresso, 19 May 2011 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Escutas do Apito já podem ser ouvidas na net".
- ^ "PINTO DA COSTA e TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIVO - Tribunal declara inexistente castigo a Pinto da Costa - Maisfutebol.iol.pt". www.maisfutebol.iol.pt. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Justiça desportiva iliba Pinto da Costa no caso Apito Final" [Sports justice exonerates Pinto da Costa in the Apito Final affair]. Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- Union of European Football Associations(UEFA).
- Union of European Football Associations(UEFA).
- Union of European Football Associations(UEFA). July 2021.
- ^ "Pinto da Costa, Cristiano Ronaldo e Jorge Mendes distinguidos nos Globe Soccer Awards - SIC Notícias". Archived from the original on 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-22. (in Portuguese)