Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
Pinto da Costa in 2012
31st President of FC Porto
In office
23 April 1982 – 7 May 2024
Vice PresidentAdelino Caldeira
Alípio Fernandes
Eduardo Valente
Emídio Gomes
Fernando Gomes
Preceded byAmérico Gomes de Sá
Succeeded byAndré Villas-Boas
President of the Portuguese Professional Football League
In office
13 July 1995 – 23 December 1996
Preceded byManuel Damásio
Succeeded byValentim Loureiro
Personal details
Born(1937-12-28)28 December 1937
Cedofeita, Portugal
Died15 February 2025(2025-02-15) (aged 87)
Porto, Portugal
Spouse(s)
Manuela Graça
(m. 1964; div. 1997)
Filomena Morais
(m. 1998; div. 2002)
Filomena Morais
(m. 2007; div. 2012)
Fernanda Miranda
(m. 2012; div. 2016)
Cláudia Campo
(m. 2023, died)
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Children2
ProfessionBusinessman
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Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa (28 December 1937 – 15 February 2025) was a Portuguese sports businessman. He was president of Portuguese sports club Porto from 1982 until 2024.[2] He was the president with most titles won (69) in the history of football and most days in charge in the world as a president of football.[3]

Pinto da Costa had a role in the Portuguese football corruption scandal Apito Dourado.[4] However he was found innocent of any possible corrupt actions in the scandal in April 2009.[2][5] He received a two-year suspension and a €10,000 fine in May 2008.[6][7][8]

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2021.[9] He died from the illness on 15 February 2025 in Porto, Portugal at the age of 87.[10]

References

  1. "Os amores de Pinto da Costa para lá do "azul e branco"". Público. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "30 anos de FC Pinto da Costa - Expresso.pt". expresso.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. "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.
  4. Vernet-Riera, Josep (21 January 2010). "FC Porto: Leaked Phone Taps Proof in Major Corruption Scandal". Bleacher Report.
  5. 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.
  6. "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.
  7. "Porto not admitted to Champions League". UEFA. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  8. "FC Porto perde seis pontos" [FC Porto lose six points]. UEFA (in Portuguese). 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  9. Pinto da Costa luta contra um cancro na próstata (in Portuguese)
  10. A vida de Pinto da Costa em imagens: o futebol, os troféus e a justiça (in Portuguese)