Shocked to hear this. I was excellent for us and if you play football as a defender, watch some videos of that man play as he was one of the best. RIP Senor Jorge Costa.
Jorge Costa as a signing was the one that really fired my imagination and love for Charlton as a kid. I was 11 when he signed, had witnessed one promotion to the Premier League and one relegation and was used to Charlton having mostly British players who they signed for cheap. Charlton had a ceiling and you just had to watch the teams above throw more money around than we could get near. We were struggling along, 3 wins in 14 games and then this absolutely ridiculous transfer happened. Porto's captain, Champions League player. the kind of colossus we apparently shouldn't ever have been able to get near, but we took advantage of a falling out with his manager to get him for 6 months before he went back home and won the Champions League two seasons later. To 11 year old me this was like something out of a movie script, a struggling workmanlike team gets in a superstar who is far too good for that side but falls in love with them anyway and helps them secure another season in the top flight. I still look back on it as something I'd engineer in Championship Manager as a kid and it gave me a real unshakeable belief that Charlton were special, even if they weren't very good and even if people who didn't follow them couldn't see it. I honestly think that ever since then I've believed even with all the evidence pointing against it that Charlton can pull something out and succeed even with everything against them. That feeling and that certainty that period gave me as a kid has probably pulled me through all the miserable Duchatelet, Southall, injunction misery we've had to deal with for more than half the time I've spent supporting the club. You need those sorts of moments as a child to cement your love for your club, especially when it's a tiny one that no-one else you know supports and I think that was my one.
He was a truly great player and Jonathan Fortune learned a lot about the game from the short time he was with us. RIP Jorge and thanks for the memories.
That's so sad.😢 What a fantastic tank of a player this guy was. A Charlton legend and the best centre half I've seen play for us. So, so sad and so young. R.I.P Jorge - Forever an Addick.❤️
What shocking and sad news, Not just the physicality of the man but could read the game and make sensible decisions under pressure. No slouch when in possession of the ball either
Enormous loss to the game and I suspect his family.
A 40 a day man in an interview on radio with Mervyn Day about Jorge when he was with us if I recall correctly
A rock at the back during his time with us and went back to his beloved Porto where he want onto captain them to European success
RIP
Yes unfortunately that's what I recall. He was that good I'd forgotten he was only with us for a matter of months. I thought it had been at least a full season.
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...Young Fish Costa Fortune...memories, and Jorge was a leader...terrible news.
Thoughts are with his family and friends.
RIP Jorge.
I can't remember much about him as a player as I was only 10 when he played for us, but my uncle's said he was class.
Must be one of the most impactful players ever for Charlton with such a short time spent here.
RIP
RIP the tank
RIP Jorge and thanks for the memories.
A rock at the back during his time with us and went back to his beloved Porto where he want onto captain them to European success
RIP
Not just the physicality of the man but could read the game and make sensible decisions under pressure. No slouch when in possession of the ball either
Fish costa fortune. Looking back, how spoilt we were!! He was always in the right place, what a reader of the game!
He was that good I'd forgotten he was only with us for a matter of months.
I thought it had been at least a full season.
" comes from Portugal and fucking hates Millwall"
Should rest that chant now in his memory.
Truly when we were at our pomp and signing him wasn’t so unbelievable.