Jorge Paulo Agostinho Mendes was born on 7 January 1966 and is a Portuguese football agent.
15 Facts About Jorge Mendes
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Jorge Mendes is registered with the Portuguese Football Federation and heads the GestiFute company, founded in 1996.
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Jorge Mendes has been named Best Agent of the Year at the Globe Soccer Awards ten times, from 2010 to 2020.
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Jorge Mendes had met the goalkeeper in a bar in Guimaraes.
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Part of Jorge Mendes' success was ostensibly based on his frequent presence at football schools and youth teams throughout Portugal, spotting and signing young players, as he did with Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Quaresma.
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Jorge Mendes has been accused by other agents of moving in on their players shortly before agreeing major deals.
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In 2004, Jorge Mendes brokered Jose Mourinho's move from Porto to manage Chelsea, despite Mourinho already having an agent, Jose Baidek, whom Mourinho had known since his time at Uniao de Leiria and who had reportedly lined up a move to Liverpool.
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Mourinho and Jorge Mendes negotiated with the agent Pini Zahavi, who acted as Chelsea's representative.
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Jorge Mendes built up a roster of the leading Portuguese players and every Portuguese player that followed Mourinho to Chelsea was a client of Mendes, including Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, Tiago and Maniche.
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Jorge Mendes was paid by Chelsea to act for the player and for the club.
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At that summer's UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, Jorge Mendes had been allowed privileged access to the Portugal national team's hotel by Scolari, who was then managing the national side.
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Jorge Mendes had reportedly been recommended to the club by Carlos Queiroz, who had two spells as assistant manager at Manchester United and who at that time was coach of the Portugal national team.
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In December 2016, leaked documents suggested that Jorge Mendes was involved in a massive tax avoidance scheme with both Mourinho and Ronaldo accused of not paying taxes by using offshore accounts.
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Jorge Mendes began working with Premier League club Swansea City during the January 2018 transfer window, assisting the club in identifying players for newly-appointed manager Carlos Carvalhal.
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In January 2021, Jorge Mendes got into the world of cycling with his sports marketing company Polaris Sports partnering with Corso Sports, which sees Portuguese riders Joao Almeida and Ruben Guerreiro promoted by the team.