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{{Infobox Football biography
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| image = ]<br>Mourinho in 2007
| fullname = José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho
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| currentclub = ] (manager)
| manageryears = '''Years'''<br />2000<br />2001&ndash;2002<br />2002&ndash;2004<br />2004&ndash;2007<br />2008&ndash;
| managerclubs = '''Clubs'''<ref>This list does not include job as coach-interpreter in ], ] and FC Barcelona, and deputy coach at ].</ref><br />]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br/> ]
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'''José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho''', <small>]</small> ({{pronounced|ʒuˈzɛ moˈɾiɲu}}) (born ] ] in ]) is a ] ] ] and the current manager of ] club ].

Mourinho won four consecutive league titles (two at ] and two at ]) and also the ] and the ] with Porto. For two consecutive years (2004 and 2005), Mourinho was named the world's best football manager by the ] (IFFHS).

==Career==
===Pre-management===
Mourinho's short playing career consisted of a few generally unsuccessful spells at small and medium sized Portuguese clubs during the years he was studying. He joined the youth team of ], and then played for ]. He later returned to Lisbon's ]. Without success as a player, he ended his career playing for small amateur teams such as Sesimbra and Comércio e Indústria.

Leaving his job as a school coach, Mourinho was taken on in a backroom job at ] by invitation of the then head coach ]. He returned to his hometown to assist ]'s staff in the early 1990s. Later, Mourinho earned the nickname ''Tradutor'' (translator), when he worked with ] as his translator (technically his ]) at both ] and then ].

He followed Robson to ] in 1996, where he learned ]. When Robson left Barcelona for ], Mourinho stayed at the ] and worked with Robson's successor, ] ]. Over time Mourinho began to participate actively in coaching sessions and management meetings and went on to coach ].
===Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and União de Leiria===
His chance of becoming a manager finally arrived in September 2000 when he moved up from his role as assistant coach at ] side ] to replace manager ] after the fourth week of the ]. Mourinho picked ], a retired but still highly respected Benfica defender, to be his assistant.

However, while the duo was popular, especially after a 3–0 win against fierce rivals Sporting, Benfica's election turned against club president ], and the newly-elected ] already had another coach waiting on the wings, ] – a legend for Benfica's fans. Although Vilarinho had no intention of firing him immediately, Mourinho decided to ask for an extension to his contract in the middle of the season, immediately after the win over Sporting. When the president refused, Mourinho quit Benfica (after just nine league games in charge) on ] ]. Vilarinho later said in an interview that if Mourinho had won the championship, he would have extended his contract.

Mourinho quickly found a new managerial post in January 2001 with ], whom he took to their ] of 5th place (finishing just above Benfica).

===F.C. Porto===
He was then hand-picked in January 2002 by ] (FCP) to replace ] as the manager of the badly-motivated and unhappy team, which was already out of contention for the league title and was on the verge of not qualifying for any European competition. Mourinho guided the team to third place that year after a strong 15-game run (WDL 11-2-2) and gave the promise of "making FCP champions next year".

He quickly identified several key players whom he saw as the backbone of what he believed would be a perfect FCP team: ], ], ], ], ] and ]. He recalled captain ] after a six-month loan to ] (after a dispute with Machado). The signings from other clubs included ] and ] from ], ] from ], ] from ], and ] and ] who had been out of contract at Benfica, the latter after a season in the reserve.

During the pre-season, Mourinho put on the club website detailed reports on the team training. The reports were filled with formal vocabulary, as, for instance, he referred to a 20km ] as an ''extended ]''. While they attracted some scorn for the pretentiousness, others praised the innovation and the application of a more scientific approach to the prevalent old-fashioned training methods practised in Portugal. One of the key aspects in Mourinho-era FCP was the pressuring play, which started at the offensive line, dubbed "pressão alta" ("high pressure"). The physical and combative abilities of defenders and midfielders such as Derlei, Maniche and Deco allowed FCP to apply pressure from the offensive lines, forcing the opponents either to concede the ball or try longer, uncertain passes.

In 2003, Mourinho won his first ] with a 27-5-2 WDL record, 11 points clear of Benfica, the team he quit two years earlier. The total of 86 points out of the possible maximum of 102 was a Portuguese record since the rule of three points per win was introduced, beating the previous record of 85 points set by FCP in their ] season. Mourinho also won the ] (against former club Leiria) and the ] ] against ] in ], both in May 2003.

The following season witnessed further successes beginning by winning the one match SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira, beating Leiria 1-0; however the UEFA Super Cup was lost 1-0 to AC Milan, Andrei Shevchenko scoring the solitary goal. As while perhaps not playing as impressively, FCP scooped their 20th ] title. The club pulled off a perfect home record, an eight-point advantage, and an unbeaten run that only ended against ]. They secured the title five weeks before the end of the season, while heavily involved in the Champions League at the same time. FCP lost the Portuguese Cup final to Benfica in May 2004, but two weeks later Mourinho won the ultimate prize: the ], with an emphatic ] win over ] in the ] in ], ]. The club had eliminated ], ] and ] and saw only one defeat against ] in the group round .

Whilst still at FCP, Mourinho was linked with several top European clubs, including ], Real Madrid and Chelsea. Mourinho publicly stated his preference for the Liverpool job over the Chelsea one. He said: "Liverpool are a team that interests everyone and Chelsea does not interest me so much because it is a new project with lots of money invested in it. I think it is a project which, if the club fail to win everything, then Abramovich could retire and take the money out of the club. It's an uncertain project. It is interesting for a coach to have the money to hire quality players but you never know if a project like this will bring success."<ref> ] ], ]</ref>

===Chelsea===
Mourinho moved to ] in June 2004, becoming one of the highest paid managers in football with a salary of £4.2 million a year, subsequently raised in 2005 to £5.2 million.<ref> ] ], ]</ref> In a press conference upon joining the English side, Mourinho said, "Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one", which resulted in the media dubbing him "The Special One".<ref> ] ], ]</ref>

Mourinho recruited his backroom staff from Porto, consisting of assistant manager ], fitness coach ], chief scout ] and goalkeeping coach ]. He retained the services of ], a long-serving former player at Chelsea, who had also performed an assistant managerial-type role under previous managers at the club. In terms of spending, Mourinho carried on where his predecessor ] left off, as, bankrolled by ], he spent in excess of £70m in transfer fees on players such as ] (£10million) from ], ] –(£24million) from ], ] (£5.4million) from ] and FC Porto pair ] (£19.8million) and ] (£13.3million).

Under Mourinho, Chelsea built on the potential developed in the previous season. By early December, they were sat top of the ] table and had reached the knock-out stages of the ]. He quickly scooped his first trophy, winning the ], after beating ] 3–2 (]) in Cardiff. Towards the end of the match, Mourinho was escorted from the touchline for allegedly inciting Liverpool fans following Chelsea's equaliser.

The club added more silverware as they secured their first top-flight domestic title in 50 years, setting a string of ] in the process. However, he failed to achieve back-to-back Champions League successes when Chelsea were knocked out of the competition by a controversial goal in the semi-finals by eventual winners Liverpool.<ref> ] ], ]</ref>

Chelsea enjoyed a good start to the next season, defeating Arsenal 2-1 in the FA Community Shield. After topping the Premier League for most of the ] season, Chelsea beat rivals Manchester United 3–0 to win their second consecutive Premiership title and Mourinho's fourth domestic title in a row. After the presentation of his championship medal, Mourinho threw his medal and blazer into the crowd. He was awarded a second medal within minutes which he also threw into the crowd. He stated that because the medal was exactly the same as the one he had received a year earlier, he did not need another and wanted to reward the crowd for their support. The items were promptly listed on ].<ref> ], ].</ref>

The ] season saw growing media speculation that Mourinho would leave the club at the season's conclusion, due to alleged poor relations with owner Roman Abramovich and a power struggle with sporting director ] and Abramovich advisor ]. Mourinho later cleared doubts regarding his future at ], stating that there would only be two ways for him to leave Chelsea: if Chelsea were not to offer him a new contract in June 2010, and if Chelsea were to sack him.<ref>{{cite news | date=] | url=http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~986873,00.html| title=Jose:Respect for fans; Respect for Carling Cup | publisher=ChelseaFC | accessdate = 2007-02-24}}</ref> He then launched an ambitious campaign for all four trophies available with the aim of becoming the first club in English football to complete the quadruple.

Despite the unrest, Chelsea under Mourinho won the ] again by defeating ] in the ] at the ]. However the dream of the quadruple was brought to an end on ] when Liverpool eliminated Chelsea from the UEFA Champions League on penalties at Anfield, following a 1-1 aggregate draw. Days later Mourinho missed out on the Premier League title to Manchester United, by drawing 1-1 with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on ], meaning this was his first season to not yield a league title in five years. Mourinho gained some measure of revenge by defeating Manchester United 1–0 in the ], to capture Chelsea's fourth ] and the manager's first, in the first final to be played at the new ]. Thus Mourinho had won every domestic trophy available to a Premier League manager. However there was to be further friction between himself and Abramovich when Avram Grant was appointed as Director of Football despite objections from Mourinho. Grant's position was further enhanced by being given a seat on the board.

The first game of the next season saw Chelsea set a new English record for unbeaten league matches at home. The club's 64-game consecutive run beat the record held previously by Liverpool for an unbeaten run between 1978 and 1981.<ref></ref> However, despite this feat, Chelsea's start to the ] season was not as successful as previous starts. The team lost at {{fc|Aston Villa}} and followed this with a goalless draw at home to {{fc|Blackburn Rovers}}. Their opening game in the ] saw them only manage a 1–1 home draw against the Norwegian team ] in front of an almost half-empty stadium.

He unexpectedly left Chelsea on ] ] 'by mutual consent' although there was a bust up with chairman ] after the Chelsea board held an emergency meeting and decided it was time to part with their manager. Reactions to his departure nationwide were sensational. Particularly the media, which devoted non-stop coverage of the story, and many journalists writing about their admiration for him.<ref> </ref> Mourinho left as the most successful manager in Chelsea's history having won six trophies for the club in three years. He was also undefeated in all home league games.

===Inter Milan===
On ] ], Mourinho was appointed the successor of ]. He is reported to have signed a three year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=29399&L=en|title=Josè Mourinho joins Inter|publisher=inter.it|accessdate=June 2|accessyear=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3641015,00.html|title=Inter confirm Mourinho|publisher=skysports.com|accessdate=June 2|accessyear=2008}}</ref> Mourinho will work alongside Rui Farias, Silvino and Andrei Villas Boas, who were all part of Mourinho's backroom set-up at Chelsea. The assistant coach is ] head of Inter's youth academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7431480.stm|title=Mourinho takes over as Inter boss|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=June 2|accessyear=2008}}</ref> Mourinho has proposed a transfer move to ], the Inter president, regarding chelsea duo Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.<ref> {{cite web |title=José Mourinho eyes Frank Lampard for Inter |publisher=''The Times'' |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article4023173.ece |accessdate=2008-06-03}} </ref>

==Controversy==
Mourinho has often been seen as a controversial figure in football. His time at Chelsea, in particular, fuelled this viewpoint as he frequently made outspoken comments that saw him face punishment from the footballing authorities.

On ] ], ] accused coach Jose Mourinho of saying he is injured to prevent him from playing in a World Cup qualifier.<ref></ref>

He was handed a two-match suspension and a fine by ] for bringing the game into disrepute in March 2005, after he had criticised referee ] following a Champions League tie against ]. He argued that a member of his staff saw Frisk talking with Barcelona coach ] at half-time in breach of the rules and that the apparent bias of the referee prompted him to send Drogba off when Chelsea were leading 1-0.<ref> URL accessed ] ]</ref> Frisk subsequently retired when he received death threats after the match. As it was later revealed, Rijkaard had tried to converse with Frisk at half-time - the referee's own match report mentioned the incident - but that Frisk sent him away.<ref> URL accessed ] ].</ref> The episode led the UEFA referee's chief, ], to describe the manager as an "enemy of football,"<ref> URL accessed ] ].</ref> although UEFA distanced themselves from the comment.<ref>URL accessed ] ].</ref>

On ] ], he was fined £200,000 for his part in the meeting with ] full-back ] in January 2005 in breach of the Premier League rules. His fine was later reduced to £75,000 after a hearing in August.

Later that year, Mourinho labelled Arsenal manager ] a 'voyeur' after being irked at what he saw as the latter's apparent obsession with Chelsea. The episode eventually died down and the two have since made peace.<ref> URL accessed ] ].</ref>

After a league match with ] on ] ], Mourinho branded ] "untrustworthy" following a challenge with Chelsea keeper ]. Everton issued a statement threatening legal action and calling on Mourinho to apologise,<ref>{{cite news | date=] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6188413.stm | title=Everton want Mourinho retraction | publisher=] | accessdate = 2006-12-18}}</ref> which he later did.<ref>{{cite news | date=] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6196799.stm | title=Mourinho makes apology to Johnson | publisher=BBC | accessdate = 2006-12-20}}</ref>

==Honours==
* With ]:
** ''']''' (2): ]; ]
** ''']''': 2003
** ''']''': 2002/03
** ''']''': ]
** ''']''': ]
* With ]:
** ''']''' (2): ]; ]
** ''']''' (2): ], ]
** ''']''': ]
** ''']''': ]

==Personal life==
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In 1989, he married Tami, whom he has known since childhood. They have two children: Matilde and José Jr.

Widely known for his strong personality, and quirky comments at press conferences, Mourinho features in advertisement campaigns in ] for ], ], and other corporations. His official biography was a best-seller in Portugal.

José Mourinho has also been a part of social initiatives in many parts of the world, such as youth projects for Israeli and Palestinian children and those in his native country.<ref> URL accessed ], ]</ref> On ] ], Mourinho was arrested on suspicion of obstructing police following attempts by police to place his dog in ].<ref> ] accessed ], ]</ref>

==Managerial stats==
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|{{flagicon|Portugal}}
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||11||6||3||2||54.54
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|{{flagicon|Portugal}}
|align=left|] ]
|align=left|] ]
||31||17||10||4||54.84
|-
|align=left|]
|{{flagicon|Portugal}}
|align=left|] ]
|align=left|] ]
||123||87||21||15||70.73
|-
|align=left|]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|] ]
|align=left|] ]
||185||131||36||18||70.81
|-
|align=left|]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|] ]
|align=left|
||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|align=left|
|
|align=left|
|align=left|'''Overall'''
||'''350''' ||'''241''' ||'''70''' ||'''39''' || '''68.86''' <!--updated 21 March, 2008-->
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==See also==
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==References==
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