The former player stood out at Benfica, where he started his career in 1971/72, and Sporting,

Born in Benguela, he played 43 games for the Portuguese national team and scored 15 goals, two of them at the 1984 European.

Jordão, who also played in Zaragoza and Vitória de Setúbal, where he finished his career in 1988/89, was the best scorer of the Portuguese championship in the 1975/76 and 1979/80 seasons, and won six national champion titles, three cups. of Portugal and a Portuguese Super Cup.

The former striker has spent five seasons at Benfica, scoring 79 goals in 128 games. After a brief spell at Zaragoza, Rui Jordão returned to Portugal, playing for Sporting for ten seasons, scoring 184 goals in 282 games.