Artur Jorge is no more.
The former Portuguese player and coach died this Thursday at the age of 78.
European champion at the head of FC Porto and former coach of Switzerland and Portugal, among others, the man with the mustache also had a successful time at Paris Saint-Germain.
It was on him that Michel Denisot bet in 1991, after the club was bought by
Canal+
.
“Artur Jorge is the greatest coach I have known.
Erudite, cultured, passionate, strategist, uncompromising… With him, PSG grew very quickly,”
underlines the former Parisian president (1991-98), on X (ex-Twitter).
And added:
“He taught me a lot.
Rest in peace.
Thoughts for his family
.
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Under the orders of Artur Jorge, from 1991 to 1994 (144 matches), PSG won the Coupe de France (1993) and the second French championship title in its history (1994), with two European semi-finals in prime (1993, 1994), and in particular this legendary victory against Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, in 1993. A 4-1 success at the Parc des Princes after a 3-1 defeat in the first leg.
“
Artur Jorge, the man who restored PSG to its former glory in 1991, has left us.
The man with the mustache, too often criticized by the press, had made PSG a team in the top 5 in Europe
,” summarizes Michel Kollar, historian of the Parisian club.
Jorge returned to Paris-SG from October 1998 to March 1999 (22 matches).