Jorge Maciel (football manager)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gonçalves and the second or paternal family name is Maciel.

Jorge Miguel Gonçalves Maciel (born 30 October 1985) is a Portuguese football manager.

Jorge Maciel

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Miguel Gonçalves Maciel
Date of birth	(1985-10-30) 30 October 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Barcelos, Portugal
Managerial career
Years	Team
2014–2015	Belenenses (assistant)
2017–2018	Rio Ave (assistant)
2018	Nantes (assistant)
2018–2019	Celta Vigo (assistant)
2019	Benfica U19
2019	Benfica U23
2019–2023	Lille (assistant)
2023	Valenciennes

Career

Born in Barcelos,^[1] Maciel was an assistant manager for Lito Vidigal and Jorge Simão at Primeira Liga club Belenenses in 2014–15.^[2]

From 2017 to 2019, he assisted compatriot Miguel Cardoso at Rio Ave, Nantes and Celta de Vigo.^[3]

Maciel returned to his homeland in July 2019 to be manager of Benfica's under-23 team, but returned to being an assistant in November, at Lille OSC, to help Christophe Galtier, Jocelyn Gourvennec, and Paulo Fonseca.^[4]

On 5 July 2023, at the age of 37, Maciel left Lille to become head coach of Ligue 2 club Valenciennes, signing a two-year contract.^[1] On his debut on 5 August, the team lost 4–1 at home to AJ Auxerre.^[5] On 6 December 2023, with Valenciennes sitting last-place in the Ligue 2 table after just one victory in seventeen matches, Maciel was sacked.^[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 5 December 2023^[7]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Valenciennes		5 July 2023	Present	18	2	8	8	12	23	−11	011.11
Total				18	2	8	8	12	23	−11	011.11

References

1. "Barcelos: Jorge Maciel deixa Lille e vai treinar equipa do segundo escalão francês" [Barcelos: Jorge Maciel leaves Lille and will manage team in French second tier]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
2. "Jorge Maciel: "Transformamos a Europa numa hipótese real"" [Jorge Maciel: "We're turning Europe into a real hypothesis"]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. Lima, Fábio (1 July 2019). "Antigo adjunto de Miguel Cardoso é o sucessor de Luís Tralhão nos Sub-23 do Benfica" [Former assistant to Miguel Cardoso is Luís Tralhão's successor at Benfica Under-23]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
4. "Jorge Maciel deixa Benfica e ruma ao Lille" [Jorge Maciel leaves Benfica and heads to Lille]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
5. "VAFC – Jorge Maciel : " L'écart était grand entre les deux équipes "" [VAFC – Jorge Maciel: "The gap was big between the two teams"] (in French). Le 11 Valenciennois. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
6. "Jorge Maciel de saída do Valenciennes" [Jorge Maciel on his way out of Valenciennes] (in European Portuguese). A Bola. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
7. "Jorge Maciel". Sofascore.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.