| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Vitório Cusielo | ||
| Date of birth | (1945-05-07)7 May 1945 (age 80) | ||
| Place of birth | Volta Redonda,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ???–1964 | Guarani de Volta Redonda [pt] | ||
| 1964–1965 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1974 | Fluminense | 184 | (0) |
| 1974 | →Olaria (loan) | ||
| 1975–1976 | Vitória | ||
| 1977–1980 | Vila Nova | ||
| 1977 | →CEUB (loan) | ||
| 1977 | →Pelotas (loan) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Vila Nova | ||
| 1982–1984 | Volta Redonda | ||
| 1986–1988 | Oman | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jorge Vitório Cusielo (born 7 May 1945), more commonly known as justJorge Vitório orVitório is a retired Brazilian football player and manager. He was most known for playing as agoalkeeper forFluminense throughout the late 1960s and into the early 1970s. He would also coach varios clubs throughout the 1980s, including theOman national football team from 1986 to 1988.
Jorge Vitório began his youth career by playing forGuarani de Volta Redonda [pt] before catching the interest ofFluminense to play for their youth sector beginning in 1964 following interest fromCorinthians. He would later sign a contract to play professionally for the club on 26 February 1965. He would quickly be a part of the starting XI for the club as he would be a part of the winning squad for the1966 Campeonato Carioca as well as the1966 Taça Guanabara [pt]. This would change in 1968 following the arrival ofFélix as he would become a reserve for the club for the remainder of his career with Fluminense.[1][2][3][4] Over the course of his remaining career with Fluminense, he was a part of the winning squads for the1969,1971 and1973 editions of theCampeonato Carioca, of the Guanabara Cup in1966,1969 [pt] and1971 [pt] editions of theTaça Guanabara as well as being a part of the winning squad for the club's first national title during the1970 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. During his later career with the club, he would be the main goalkeeper for the club following Félix's participation in the1970 FIFA World Cup as well as his injury during the1972 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[3] He possessed a height of 1.83 m and weighed 81 kg as a professional player.[5]
During afriendly against Argentinian clubRiver Plate on 3 February 1972. During the match, a brawl within the pitch would break out between the two clubs due to a prior stemming feud between the two clubs. Vitório would be one of the earliest participants after his teammateOliveira after he fell whilst running past the bench of River Plate with the reserves beating him up through kicks with Vitório being one of the first players to relieve his teammate. He would then gave a flying kick to defenderHéctor Isaac Rodríguez after he had begun throwing punches against his teammatesSilveira andSérgio Cosme as apitch invasion would later occur with Fluminense fans rushing in to assist their players. This would result in referee Valquir Pimentel ending the match prematurely as he would then expulse Vitório,Cafuringa andMickey of Fluminense andRené Daulte,Jorge Gabriel Vázquez,Raúl Giustozzi,César-Auguste Laraignée,Joaquín Pedro Martínez andAlfredo Granato of River Plate although he would later rescind all of these suspensions with the exception of Daulte.[6]
He would also be a part of an international tour acrossAngola,Zambia,Tanzania,Mozambique andLesotho.[4] At this point, he would make 184 appearances for the club with 95 wins, 44 draws and 45 losses, conceding 166 goals, an average of 0.8 per match.[7]
During the 1974 season, he would be loaned out to play forOlaria. This was due to how despite being a well-liked player by the end of the 1973 season, new club managerDuque would take issue with Jorge Vitório would persistently harass him until his departure. He would then play forVitória in 1975 with his debut match being a 5–0 home victory againstVenezia in afriendly. He intended to return to Fluminense following Duque's departure but during negotiations between Fluminense and his new club ofVitória during the season, Fluminense would also wantMário Sérgio to play for their club but Vitória would only accept either one player to be transferred to the club and in the end, Fluminense would choose Mário Sérgio. He would then stay for another season with the club, citing his frustrations with Fluminense.[3] Following several salary problems and arrears, when his friendEdgardo Andrada would arrive for the 1976 season, they would alternate every two games following one of the two faking their injuries until the club would find out and removed him from the squad. This resulted in Jorge Vitório filing a lawsuit against the club in where he would win and be transferred to play forVila Nova beginning in 1977.[4] He would be a part of the winning squad for the1977 Campeonato Goiano [pt]. He would also be loaned out to briefly play forCEUB for three months andPelotas.[2][8][9][10][11]
During his later career withVila Nova, he served as aplayer-manager until 1981.[12][13][14][15] He would follow this up with him overseeingVolta Redonda from 1982 to 1984.[16][17][18][19][20] He would finally go abroad to coach theOman national football team from 1986 to 1988.