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\"Mourinho\" redirects here. For other people named Mourinho, see Mourinho (name).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Mourinho F\u00e9lix.

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Jos\u00e9 Mourinho

Mourinho with Fenerbah\u00e7e in 2025

Personal information

Full name

\nJos\u00e9 M\u00e1rio dos Santos Mourinho F\u00e9lix^[1]

Date of birth

\n26 January 1963 (age 62)^[1]

Place of birth

\nSet\u00fabal, Portugal

Height

\n1.79 m (5 ft 101⁄2 in)^[2]

Position(s)

\nMidfielder

Team information

Current team

\nFenerbah\u00e7e (head coach)

Youth career

0000

\nBelenenses

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1980\u20131982

\nRio Ave

\n0

\n(0)

1982\u20131983

\nBelenenses

\n0

\n(0)

1983\u20131985

\nSesimbra

\n35

\n(1)

1985\u20131987

\nCom\u00e9rcio e Ind\u00fastria

\n27

\n(8)

Total

\n62

\n(9)

Managerial career

2000

\nBenfica

2001\u20132002

\nUni\u00e3o de Leiria

2002\u20132004

\nPorto

2004\u20132007

\nChelsea

2008\u20132010

\nInter Milan

2010\u20132013

\nReal Madrid

2013\u20132015

\nChelsea

2016\u20132018

\nManchester United

2019\u20132021

\nTottenham Hotspur

2021\u20132024

\nRoma

2024\u2013

\nFenerbah\u00e7e

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Signature
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\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jos\u00e9 M\u00e1rio dos Santos Mourinho F\u00e9lix GOIH (European Portuguese: [\u0292u\u02c8z\u025b mo\u02c8\u027ei\u0272u] ^\u24d8; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of S\u00fcper Lig club Fenerbah\u00e7e. Dubbed \u201cThe Special One\u201d by the media^[3], he is one of the most decorated managers and is widely considered to be among the greatest managers of all time.^[4] Mourinho has won league championships in four countries, is one of only six managers to have won the European Cup with two clubs, and is the only manager to have won all three current UEFA club competitions.\n

After an uneventful career as a midfielder in the Portuguese leagues, Mourinho finished playing at age 24 and moved into coaching.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] He was first an interpreter for Bobby Robson at Sporting CP and Porto, before gaining success as an assistant at Barcelona under Robson and then his successor, Louis van Gaal. After brief stints as manager at Benfica and Uni\u00e3o de Leiria, Mourinho returned to Porto in 2002, winning two Primeira Liga titles, the Ta\u00e7a de Portugal, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. That success earned him a move to England with Chelsea in 2004, where he famously remarked \"I think I'm a special one\" at his first press conference, which led to the British media dubbing him \"The Special One\". With Chelsea, Mourinho won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups in three seasons, before he departed in 2007 amid reports of disagreements with owner Roman Abramovich.^[9]\n

In 2008, Mourinho joined Italian club Inter Milan. He led them to the Serie A title in his first season before winning a continental treble of Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League in 2010, a first in history for an Italian club. This made him one of five coaches to have won the European Cup with two clubs,^[10] and later that year saw him crowned the inaugural FIFA World Coach of the Year.^[11] Mourinho then moved to Real Madrid in Spain, where he won the La Liga title in 2011\u201312, breaking numerous domestic records including for most points, goals and wins in a season, and becoming the fifth coach to win league titles in four countries.^[12]^[13] Mourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 and rejoined Chelsea, where he won another league title and League Cup, but was dismissed in 2015 after a poor run of results.^[14]\n

Mourinho was appointed at Manchester United in 2016 and Tottenham Hotspur in 2019,^[15]^[16] but his tenures at both clubs ended acrimoniously.^[17] Despite this, Mourinho won the UEFA Europa League and League Cup with Manchester United and led Tottenham to a League Cup final, but was fired less than a week before it. He was the manager of Roma between 2021 and 2024, where he won the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League in his first season: it was the club's first European title and first trophy since 2008 and made Mourinho the first manager to win a major European competition with four clubs and the third manager to win all UEFA club competitions.^[18] He then joined Fenerbah\u00e7e.\n

Mourinho was named Portuguese Coach of the Century by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) in 2015.^[19] Due to his tactical knowledge, charismatic and controversial personality, and a reputation for prioritising results over attractive football, he has drawn comparisons, by both admirers and critics, with Argentine manager Helenio Herrera.^[20]^[21]\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref.\n
P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %\n
Benfica\n	20 September 2000\n	5 December 2000\n	11\n	6\n	3\n	2\n	17\n	9\n	+8\n	054.55\n	^[49]^[56]^[402]\n
Uni\u00e3o de Leiria\n	1 July 2001\n	23 January 2002\n	23\n	12\n	8\n	3\n	34\n	20\n	+14\n	052.17\n	^[57]^[61]^[403]\n
Porto\n	23 January 2002\n	2 June 2004\n	127\n	91\n	21\n	15\n	254\n	96\n	+158\n	071.65\n	^[61]^[69]^[404]\n
Chelsea\n	2 June 2004\n	20 September 2007\n	185\n	124\n	40\n	21\n	330\n	119\n	+211\n	067.03\n	^[405]\n
Inter Milan\n	2 June 2008\n	28 May 2010\n	108\n	67\n	26\n	15\n	185\n	94\n	+91\n	062.04\n	^[107]^[405]\n
Real Madrid\n	31 May 2010\n	1 June 2013\n	178\n	128\n	28\n	22\n	475\n	168\n	+307\n	071.91\n	^[110]^[143]^[405]\n
Chelsea\n	3 June 2013\n	17 December 2015\n	136\n	80\n	29\n	27\n	245\n	121\n	+124\n	058.82\n	^[405]\n
Manchester United\n	27 May 2016\n	18 December 2018\n	144\n	84\n	32\n	28\n	244\n	121\n	+123\n	058.33\n	^[405]\n
Tottenham Hotspur\n	20 November 2019\n	19 April 2021\n	86\n	44\n	19\n	23\n	166\n	103\n	+63\n	051.16\n	^[405]\n
Roma\n	1 July 2021\n	16 January 2024\n	138\n	68\n	31\n	39\n	213\n	143\n	+70\n	049.28\n	^[405]\n
Fenerbah\u00e7e\n	2 June 2024\n	present\n	38\n	25\n	8\n	5\n	88\n	41\n	+47\n	065.79\n	\n
Total\n	1,171\n	726\n	244\n	201\n	2,251\n	1,035\n	+1216\n	062.00\n	\n

Early life, playing career and education

Education

Coaching career

Managerial career

Benfica

Uni\u00e3o de Leiria

Porto

2002\u201303: First league title and European treble

2003\u201304: Final season and Champions League title

Chelsea

2004\u201306: First trophies in England

2006\u201307: Continued domestic success

2007\u201308: Departure

Inter Milan

2008\u201309: First Serie A title

2009\u201310: Final season in Italy and historic treble

Real Madrid

2010\u201311: First season in Spain

2011\u201312: Record breaking La Liga title

2012\u201313: Final season in Madrid

Return to Chelsea

2013\u201315: Return and Third Premier League title

2015\u201316: Second departure

Manchester United

2016\u201317: Europa League title and double

2017\u201318: Premier League and FA Cup runner-up

2018\u201319: Final season in Manchester

Tottenham Hotspur

2019\u201320: First season with Tottenham

2020\u201321: Cup final and dismissal

Roma

2021\u201322: Ending Roma's trophy drought and UEFA Treble

2022\u201323: Back-to-back European finals

2023\u201324: Struggles and fourth consecutive early departure

Fenerbah\u00e7e

Manager profile

Tactics

Reception

Media attention and controversies

Chelsea

Inter Milan

Presentation

Lo Monaco comments

Comparison with Mancini

Wild celebration against Siena

Statement about the 2006 Scudetto

Zeru tituli conference

Italy national team representatives

Incident with Ramazzotti

Two draws in a row

Handcuffs gesture

Parames statement

Real Madrid

Manchester United

Roma

Media

Personal life

Managerial statistics

Honours

Assistant Manager

Manager

Others

Records

See also

Notes

References

External links

José Mourinho

Talks

26 January, 1963