Jorginho (footballer, born 1991)

Jorginho
Personal information
Full name Jorge Luiz Frello Filho
Date of birth (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991
Place of birth Imbituba, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 8
Youth career
2007–2010 Verona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Verona 89 (11)
2010–2011 → Sambonifacese (loan) 31 (1)
2014– Napoli 81 (0)
National team‡
2016– Italy 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2016

Jorge Luiz Frello Filho (born 20 December 1991), best known as Jorginho, is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national football team.

Born in Brazil, Jorginho moved to Italy at a young age, and began his professional career with the Verona youth team, before being promoted to the senior team. During the 2010–11 season, he was sent on loan to Sambonifacese. In January 2014, he moved to Napoli, where he immediately won the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana.


Club career

Early career

He was born in Imbituba in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina but moved to Italy. Jorginho is of Italian descent; his family have origins in Lusiana, Veneto.[2] He was a youth player of Verona. In June 2010, Jorginho was loaned out to Serie C2 side, A.C. Sambonifacese, where he played his first full senior season for the Veneto club – appearing 31 times and scoring one goal whilst providing ten assists from his central midfield position.[3]

Hellas Verona

After a good season at Sambonifacese, he then returned to Verona. He made his first team debut on 4 September 2011, in a match against Sassuolo as a substitute in the 76th minute.[4]

Napoli

On 18 January 2014, he joined Napoli in a co-ownership deal with Verona for four and a half years.[5] On 12 February, he scored the last goal as Napoli overturned a 3-2 first-leg deficit to beat Roma and reach the 2014 Coppa Italia Final.[6] In the final, on 3 May, Jorginho played the full 90 minutes as Napoli defeated Fiorentina 3–1.[7]

In the 2014 Supercoppa Italiana in Doha on 22 December 2014, Jorginho entered the game against Juventus in the second half of extra time in place of Jonathan de Guzmán. He took Napoli's first spot-kick in the penalty shootout, and although Gianluigi Buffon saved it, Napoli were eventually victorious.[8]

International career

As Jorginho holds both Italian and Brazilian citizenship, he was eligible to play for both the Italian and Brazilian national teams. In 2012 he was called up for the first time for Italy U21.[9]

In 2014, Jorginho expressed his desire to represent Italy rather than Brazil internationally,[10] and he received his first call up to the Italy senior squad in March 2016, under manager Antonio Conte, for the team's international friendlies against Spain and Germany.[11] He made his international debut for Italy on 24 March, coming on as a last-minute substitute for Marco Parolo in a 1–1 draw against Spain at the Stadio Friuli in Udine.[12] After initially being included in Conte's preliminary 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016, on 31 May, Jorginho was later excluded from the final 23-man squad.[13]

Style of play

A talented, modern, and well-rounded midfielder, with good feet, Jorginho is known for his composure and versatility as a footballer, which allows him to be deployed in any midfield position. Due to his work-rate, technique, ability to break down possession, vision, and passing accuracy, he is capable of playing in a central box-to-box role, or in a defensive role as a ball winner, but usually plays in a creative role, as a deep-lying playmaker, a position which allows him more time on the ball to control the tempo of his team's play with his short, horizontal passing game.[14][15][16][17]

Personal life

Born in Imbituba, in southern Brazil,[18] Jorginho has grandparents from Italy, which helped him gain Italian citizenship,[19][20] but he has also lived in Italy since the age of 15.[14][21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 February 2016
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sambonifacese (loan) 2010–11 Serie C 31120–00331
Verona 2011–12 Serie B 30210–20332
2012–13 41230–00442
2013–14 Serie A 18710–00197
Total 89115000209611
Napoli 2013–14 Serie A 15041–00191
2014–15 230118010341
2015–16 210001000220
Total 590528010752
Career Total 185 12 12 2 8 0 3 0 207 17

International

As of 29 May 2016[22]
Italy national team
YearAppsGoals
201620
Total20

Honours

Club

Napoli[23]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sscnapoli.it/Squadra/Jorge-Luiz-Frello-Jorginho
  2. ↑ Gianluca Di Marzio (1 October 2012). "Hellas, Jorginho diventa italiano. E l'Under 21…". GIANLUCADIMARZIO.COM (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Jorginho (Hellas Verona)
  4. ↑ "Verona vs Sassuolo". Soccerway. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Jorginho". S.S.C. Napoli (in Italian). 18 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Coppa Italia semi-final: Napoli beat Roma 3-0 to win 5-3 on aggregate and reach final". Sky Sports News. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Partenopei come out on top in Coppa Italia final". Goal.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Juventus 2-2 Napoli (5-6 on pens)". BBC Sport. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "I convocati di Mangia: prima chiamata per Jorginho, Baselli e Barba" (in Italian). FIGC. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Jorginho: 'I only want Italy'". Football Italia. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Federico Bernardeschi and Jorginho earn first Italy call up". calciomercato.com. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Insigne inspires as Italy hold Spain". Football Italia. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Italy squad for Euro 2016". Football Italia. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  14. 1 2 Sergio Chesi (27 October 2015). "Da Rafa a Conte, passando per Sarri: Jorginho si prende il Napoli e l'Italia" (in Italian). Goal.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "L'Hellas sorride con il "trio della samba"" (in Italian). L'Arena.it. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Jorginho scomoda le grandi d'Europa. Milan in vantaggio" (in Italian). L'Arena.it. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  17. ↑ James Horncastle (2 June 2016). "Getting Italy to perform at Euro 2016 Conte's greatest managerial test yet". ESPN FC. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  18. ↑ Sergio Chesi (16 March 2016). "Jorginho da Oscar: sua la miglior regia in Serie A. Per il Napoli... e l'Italia?" (in Italian). Goal.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  19. ↑ Valentino Beccari (27 March 2016). "Conte, con la Germania un'altra rivoluzione" (in Italian). Il Centro. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  20. ↑ Fabio Tarantino (27 January 2014). "Jorginho si racconta a +N: "Grande progetto e tecnico vincente. Che emozione l'esordio! Persi punti, ma Roma e Juve non sono così superiori. Sogno il mondiale"" (in Italian). TuttoNapoli. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "La Nazionale brasiliana segue Jorginho, ma lui vuole giocare nell'Italia" (in Italian). Il Mattino. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "Jorginho, Jorge Luiz" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Jorginho". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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