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José Mourinho

Mourinho in 2007
Personal information
Full name José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Team information
Current team Inter (Manager)

José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho, GOIH (IPA: [ʒuˈzɛ moˈɾiɲu]) (born 26 January 1963 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Italian club F.C. Internazionale Milano.

Mourinho won four consecutive league titles (two at Porto and two at Chelsea) and also the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup with Porto. For two consecutive years (2004 and 2005), Mourinho was named the world's best football manager by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (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 Belenenses, and then played for Rio Ave F.C.. He later returned to Lisbon's Belenenses. 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 Estrela da Amadora by invitation of the then head coach Manuel Fernandes. He returned to his hometown to assist Vitória de Setúbal's staff in the early 1990s. Later, Mourinho earned the nickname Tradutor (translator), when he worked with Sir Bobby Robson as his translator and trainer (technically his interpreter) at both Sporting and then FC Porto.

He followed Robson to Barcelona in 1996, where he learned Catalan. When Robson left Barcelona for PSV, Mourinho stayed at the Nou Camp and worked with Robson's successor, Dutchman Louis van Gaal. Over time Mourinho began to participate actively in coaching sessions and management meetings and went on to coach FC Barcelona B.

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 Lisbon side Benfica to replace manager Jupp Heynckes after the fourth week of the Portuguese Liga. Mourinho picked Carlos Mozer, 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 João Vale e Azevedo, and the newly-elected Manuel Vilarinho already had another coach waiting on the wings, Toni – 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 5 December 2000. 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 União de Leiria, whom he took to their highest-ever league finish of 5th place (finishing just above Benfica).

F.C. Porto

He was then hand-picked in January 2002 by Porto (FCP) to replace Octávio Machado 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: Baía, Ricardo Carvalho, Costinha, Deco, Dmitri Alenichev and Postiga. He recalled captain Jorge Costa after a six-month loan to Charlton Athletic (after a dispute with Machado). The signings from other clubs included Nuno Valente and Derlei from Leiria, Paulo Ferreira from Vitória Setúbal, Pedro Emanuel from Boavista FC, and Edgaras Jankauskas and Maniche 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 jog as an extended aerobic exercise. 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 Superliga 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 1996–97 season. Mourinho also won the Portuguese Cup (against former club Leiria) and the UEFA Cup final against Celtic in Seville, 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 Super Liga title. The club pulled off a perfect home record, an eight-point advantage, and an unbeaten run that only ended against Gil Vicente FC. 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 Champions League, with an emphatic 3–0 win over Monaco in the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The club had eliminated Manchester United, Olympique Lyonnais and Deportivo de La Coruña and saw only one defeat against Real Madrid in the group round .

Whilst still at FCP, Mourinho was linked with several top European clubs, including Liverpool, 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."

Chelsea

Mourinho moved to Chelsea 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. 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".

Mourinho recruited his backroom staff from Porto, consisting of assistant manager Baltemar Brito, fitness coach Rui Faria, chief scout Andre Villas Boas and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro. He retained the services of Steve Clarke, 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 Claudio Ranieri left off, as, bankrolled by Roman Abramovich, he spent in excess of £70m in transfer fees on players such as Tiago Mendes (£10million) from Benfica, Didier Drogba –(£24million) from Olympique Marseille, Mateja Kezman (£5.4million) from PSV Eindhoven and FC Porto pair Ricardo Carvalho (£19.8million) and Paulo Ferreira (£13.3million).

Under Mourinho, Chelsea built on the potential developed in the previous season. By early December, they were sat top of the Premier League table and had reached the knock-out stages of the Champions League. He quickly scooped his first trophy, winning the League Cup, after beating Liverpool 3–2 (AET) 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 Premier League records 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.

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 2005–06 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 eBay.

The 2006–07 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 Frank Arnesen and Abramovich advisor Piet de Visser. Mourinho later cleared doubts regarding his future at Stamford Bridge, 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. 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 League Cup again by defeating Arsenal in the final at the Millennium Stadium. However the dream of the quadruple was brought to an end on 1 May 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 6 May, 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 2007 FA Cup Final, to capture Chelsea's fourth FA Cup and the manager's first, in the first final to be played at the new Wembley. 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. However, despite this feat, Chelsea's start to the 2007–08 season was not as successful as previous starts. The team lost at Aston Villa and followed this with a goalless draw at home to Blackburn Rovers. Their opening game in the UEFA Champions League saw them only manage a 1–1 home draw against the Norwegian team Rosenborg in front of an almost half-empty stadium.

He unexpectedly left Chelsea on 20 September 2007 'by mutual consent' although there was a bust up with chairman Roman Abramovich 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. 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

On June 2 2008, Mourinho was appointed the successor of Roberto Mancini at Inter. He is reported to have signed a three-year contract. Mourinho will work alongside Rui Farias, Silvino and André Villas Boas, who were all part of Mourinho's backroom set-up at Chelsea. The assistant coach is Giuseppe Baresi, former head of Inter's youth academy. The following day he attended his first press conference in Milan, declaring he was first contacted by Inter following the nerazzurri's elimination from the UEFA Champions League against Liverpool and speaking solely in Italian, which he admitted he learned "in three weeks".

On 16th June 2008 Massimo Moratti confirmed that bringing Frank Lampard to Inter was Mourinho's "number one objective" stating that Mourinho "likes lampard a lot".

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 October 6 2004, Adrian Mutu accused coach Jose Mourinho of saying he was injured to prevent him from playing in a World Cup qualifier.

He was handed a two-match suspension and a fine by UEFA for bringing the game into disrepute in March 2005, after he had criticised referee Anders Frisk following a Champions League tie against FC Barcelona. He argued that a member of his staff saw Frisk talking with Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard 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. 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. The episode led the UEFA referee's chief, Volker Roth, to describe the manager as an "enemy of football," although UEFA distanced themselves from the comment.

On 2 June 2005, he was fined £200,000 for his part in the meeting with Arsenal full-back Ashley Cole 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 Arsène Wenger 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.

After a league match with Everton on December 17 2006, Mourinho branded Andrew Johnson "untrustworthy" following a challenge with Chelsea keeper Hilário. Everton issued a statement threatening legal action and calling on Mourinho to apologise, which he later did.

Honours

Personal life

Mourinho with his children, Matilde and José Jr.

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 Europe for Samsung, American Express, 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. On 16 May 2007, Mourinho was arrested on suspicion of obstructing police following attempts by police to place his dog in quarantine.

Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win % Draw % Lose %
S.L. Benfica Portugal September 20 2000 December 5 2000 11 6 3 2 54.54 27.27 18.18
U.D. Leiria Portugal July 2001 January 20 2002 31 17 10 4 54.84 32.26 12.90
F.C. Porto Portugal January 23 2002 May 26 2004 123 87 21 15 70.73 17.07 12.20
Chelsea England June 2 2004 September 20 2007 185 131 36 18 70.81 19.46 9.73
Internazionale Italy June 2 2008 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall 350 241 70 39 68.86 20.00 11.14

See also

References

  1. José Mourinho Profile on Imdb.com
  2. This list does not include job as coach-interpreter in Sporting CP, FC Porto and FC Barcelona, and deputy coach at FC Barcelona.
  3. Mourinho would prefer Liverpool The Daily Telegraph 23 April, 2004
  4. Victory for Mourinho as Chelsea back down The Independent 6 April, 2005
  5. What Mourinho said BBC Sport 2 June, 2004
  6. Motion expert says Garcia's shot did cross the line The Independent 5 May, 2005
  7. MaisFutebol.iol.pt - Medalha de campeão de Mourinho já está em leilão na internet (Mourinho's champion medal is already on auction on the Internet) April 30, 2006.
  8. "Jose:Respect for fans; Respect for Carling Cup". ChelseaFC. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2007-02-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. "Mourinho thrilled to break new record" - BBC Sport website
  10. "Chelsea and Mourinho part company" - Club Website
  11. "Josè Mourinho joins Inter". inter.it. Retrieved June 2. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  12. "Inter confirm Mourinho". skysports.com. Retrieved June 2. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  13. "Mourinho takes over as Inter boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved June 2. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  14. "E' subito Mourinho-show. "Né speciale, né pirla"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-06-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. "Lampard Heads Inter Target List". BBC Sport. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-06-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. Mutu hits out at Mourinho
  17. Mourinho accuses Barca's Rijkaard URL accessed 28 July 2006
  18. Uefa: Rijkaard did approach Frisk URL accessed 28 July 2006.
  19. Mourinho accused as Frisk quits URL accessed 28 July 2006.
  20. Uefa Steer Clear of Roth RemarksURL accessed 28 July 2006.
  21. Mourinho regrets 'voyeur' comment URL accessed 28 July 2006.
  22. "Everton want Mourinho retraction". BBC Sport. 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2006-12-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. "Mourinho makes apology to Johnson". BBC. 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2006-12-20. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. Mourinho gives peace a chance URL accessed 28 July, 2006
  25. Mourinho 'arrested after dog row' BBC Sport accessed 16 May, 2007

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