This article is about the Portuguese football coach. For other people named Mourinho, see Mourinho (name).
 Mourinho in 2010 |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Chelsea (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1980–1982 | Rio Ave | 16 | (2) |
| 1982–1983 | Belenenses | 16 | (2) |
| 1983–1985 | Sesimbra | 35 | (1) |
| 1985–1987 | Comércio e Indústria | 27 | (8) |
| Total | 94 | (13) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992-1993 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||
| 1993-1996 | Porto (assistant) | ||
| 1996-2000 | Barcelona (assistant) | ||
| 2000 | Benfica | ||
| 2001–2002 | União de Leiria | ||
| 2002–2004 | Porto | ||
| 2004–2007 | Chelsea | ||
| 2008–2010 | Internazionale | ||
| 2010–2013 | Real Madrid | ||
| 2013– | Chelsea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is Mourinho Félix.
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix, OIH, or simply José Mourinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ moˈɾiɲu]; born 26 January 1963), is a Portuguese football manager and former football player, who is the current manager of Chelsea.[2]Mourinho started out as a player in the 2nd portugese division. He studied sports science in technical university of lisabon technical University of Lisbon and attended coaching courses in britain. In Lisbon he worked as a physical education teacher and spells working as a youth team coach, a scout, and an assistant manager. In the early 1990s, he became an interpreter for Sir Bobby Robson at Sporting Lisbon and Porto in Portugal, and Barcelona in Spain. He remained at the Catalonian club working with Robson's successor Louis van Gaal.
Mourinho impressed with brief but successful managerial periods at Benfica and União de Leiria, taking the latter to their highest ever league finish. He returned to Porto in early 2002 as head coach, winning the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal, and UEFA Cup in 2003. In the next season Mourinho guided the team to victory in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, to the top of the league for a second time, and won the highest honour in European club football, the UEFA Champions League. Mourinho moved to Chelsea the following year and won the Premier League title with a record 95 points, the club's first league title in 50 years, and the League Cup in his first season. In his second year Chelsea retained the Premier League and in 2006–07 he took the club to an FA Cup and League Cup double, though they finished as league runners-up. He often courted controversy for his outspokenness. Mourinho left Chelsea in September 2007, amidst reports of a rift with club owner Roman Abramovich.[3]
In 2008 Mourinho moved to Serie A club Internazionale. Within three months he had won his first Italian honour, the Supercoppa Italiana, and completed the season by winning the Serie A title. In 2009–10 Inter became the first Italian club to win the treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League, also the first time Inter had won the latter competition since 1965. Beside Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Jupp Heynckes Mourinho won the UEFA Champions League with two different teams.[4] He won the first ever FIFA Ballon d'Or Best Coach Award in 2010. He then signed with Real Madrid in 2010, winning the Copa del Rey in his first season. The following year he won the La Liga and became the fourth coach, after Tomislav Ivić, Ernst Happel, and Giovanni Trapattoni, to have won league titles in at least four different countries: Portugal, England, Italy, and Spain.[5]
