Joreca

Joreca

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Gomes de Lima
Date of birth	(1904-01-07)7 January 1904
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death	5 December 1949(1949-12-05) (aged 45)
Place of death	São Paulo, Brazil
Managerial career
Years	Team
1943–1944	São Paulo
1944	Brazil
1944–1947	São Paulo
1949	Corinthians

Jorge Gomes de Lima, or simply Joreca (7 January 1904 – 5 December 1949) was a Portuguese football manager, journalist and a football referee who made his career in Brazilian football. Started as a radio columnist and commentator, he graduated in Physical Education at the University of São Paulo, in the early 1940s, and began his coaching career in the amateur teams of São Paulo city.

Before becoming a manager, he also served as a referee in professional football, in 1942. In 1943, he was hired by São Paulo and in his first year of his career, he was champion of the Campeonato Paulista. Due to meteoric rise he was invited to coach the Brazil in 1944 (alongside Flávio Costa), in two friendly games against Uruguay, coming out victorious in both matches (4–0 and 6–1). Joreca returned to São Paulo FC where he remained until 1947, winning twice more times the Campeonato Paulista (1945 and 1946).

In 1949 he was hired by Corinthians, and is credited with being largely responsible for discovering Baltazar. He died two months after resigning from the Corinthians due to a cardiac arrest, on December 5. He was also an amateur boxer, having won the two fights in which he participated.

Honours

São Paulo FC

• Campeonato Paulista:
  • Winners (3): 1943, 1945, 1946
• Taça Cidade de São Paulo:
  • Winners: 1944