Champions League winner Jorge Costa dies at 54
22:01 5 August, 2025Former Porto captain and club sporting director Jorge Costa has died at the age of 54 after suffering a cardiac arrest, the Portuguese football club's website reports.
Costa was at the club's training facility after a press briefing. He complained of heat exhaustion, was taken to hospital in critical condition, and died in intensive care.
Costa came from the Porto football academy, and he played for the club from 1990 to 2005. With Porto, he won eight Portuguese league titles and the Super Cup, five cups, the Champions League and UEFA Cups, as well as the Intercontinental Cup. Also, Jorge Costa became the 2012 Romanian champion as manager of CFR Cluj.
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