José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinhoborn 26 January 1963 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga. He has the nickname "The Special One", a self-proclaimed title which was later taken up by the British media.The son of Portuguese goalkeeper José Félix Mourinho, Mourinho started out as a player but he was dissatisfied with his lack of skill and switched to management. After spells working as an assistant manager and a youth team coach in the early 1990s, he became an interpreter for Sir Bobby Robson. There, Mourinho learnt much from the veteran coach and worked with him at Sporting Clube de Portugal and Porto in Portugal, before following him to Spanish club Barcelona.
He began focusing on coaching and impressed with brief but successful managerial periods at Sport Lisboa e Benfica and União de Leiria. He returned to Porto in 2002, this time as head coach, and soon became a force to be reckoned with, making the treble, winning the Portuguese Liga, Cup of Portugal, and UEFA Cup in 2003. Greater success followed in 2004 as Mourinho guided the team 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 two consecutive Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006, among other domestic honours. He often courted controversy for his outspokenness, but his victories at Chelsea and Porto established him as one of the world's top football managers, well regarded by both his peers and the press. Additionally, he was named the world's best football manager by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) for both the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons.
After a fall-out with the Chelsea hierarchy, he moved to Italy's Serie A, signing a three-year contract with Internazionale in mid-2008. Within three months, he had won his first Italian honour, the Supercoppa Italiana, and completed his first season in Italy by winning the Serie A league title. Mourinho followed that on the next season by winning the first treble in Italian history, the Serie A league title, Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League, thus becoming the third manager in football history to win two UEFA Champions League with two different teams, after Ernst Happel and Ottmar Hitzfeld. Due to these achievements he again won the IFFHS best football manager for the 2009–10 season and the first ever FIFA Ballon d'Or Best Coach Award in 2010.
Mourinho is regarded by some as the best manager in world football today. In 2010, before their semi-final second-leg clash, Josep Guardiola of Barcelona said: "In terms of the world's best managers, when you compare José [Mourinho] to Sir Alex [Ferguson], Arsène [Wenger] and Fabio [Capello], he is still very young. But even at his age there is a very strong case for him being the best manager in the world. That's the truth."
On 28 May 2010, his appointment as head coach at Real Madrid was confirmed, signing a four-year contract. The legendary multi-time World Champion and previous World No.1 former chess player, Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, has used the Portuguese coach as an example of strategy and leadership in February 2011 on a press conference, and said: "Whoever shows such good results with several teams, as is the case of José Mourinho, has to be a great psychologist and strategis
Personal life
Mourinho with his children, Matilde and José Jr. Mourinho met his wife Matilde "Tami" Faria, born in Angola, when they were teenagers in Setúbal, Portugal, and the couple married in 1989. Their first child, daughter Matilde, was born in 1996 and they had their first son, José Mário, Jr., four years later. Mourinho, whilst dedicated to football, describes his family as the centre of his life and has noted that the "most important thing is my family and being a good father." He was selected as the New Statesman Man of the Year 2005 and was described as a man devoted to both his family and his work. Mourinho has also been a part of social initiatives and charity work, helping with a youth project, bringing Israeli and Palestinian children together through football and donating his "lucky" jacket to Tsunami Relief, earning £22,000 for the charity. José Mourinho is a Catholic.
Widely known for his strong personality, refined dress sense, and quirky comments at press conferences, Mourinho has experienced fame outside of football circles, featuring in European advertisement campaigns for Samsung, American Express and adidas, amongst others. An unofficial biography of Mourinho, titled O Vencedor – De Setúbal a Stamford Bridge (The Winner – from Setúbal to Stamford Bridge), was a best seller in Portugal. However, Mourinho did not authorise the biography and attempted, unsuccessfully, to prevent the book from being published.
Mourinho was part of an unusual event in May 2007 when he was arrested for preventing animal welfare officials from putting his dog in to quarantine. The dog had not been sufficiently inoculated but the situation was resolved after it was returned to Portugal and Mourinho received a police caution.
In 23 March 2009, José Mourinho was awarded a doctorate honoris causa degree by the Technical University of Lisbon for his accomplishments in football.
Mourinho speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French and English fluently. He also speaks Catalan. In October 2010, Mourinho was ranked No.9 on the list of Most Influential Men published by AskMen.com.
Personal information
Full name: José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho
Date of birth: 26 January 1963 (1963-01-26) (age 48)
Place of birth: Setúbal, Portugal
Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[citation needed]
Club information:
Current club Real Madrid (Manager)
Senior career*
1980–1982 Rio Ave 16 (2)
1982–1983 Belenenses 16 (2)
1983–1985 Sesimbra 35 (1)
1985–1987 Comércio e Indústria 27 (8)
Teams managed
2000 Benfica
2001–2002 União de Leiria
2002–2004 Porto
2004–2007 Chelsea
2008–2010 Internazionale
2010– Real Madrid
Honours
Managerial
In eight seasons of club management, including an eight month sabbatical in 2007–08, Mourinho has led his club to win its domestic league six times, the UEFA Cup once and the UEFA Champions League twice. Since 2002, Mourinho has not gone a full season or a calendar year without winning at least one trophy.
Portugal Porto (2002–2004)
* 2003 Portuguese Liga
* 2003 Portuguese Cup
* 2003 UEFA Cup
* 2003 Portuguese Super Cup
* 2004 Portugese Liga
* 2004 UEFA Champions League
England Chelsea (2004–2007)
* 2005 FA Premier League
* 2005 League Cup
* 2005 FA Community Shield
* 2006 FA Premier League
* 2007 League Cup
* 2007 FA Cup
Italy Internazionale (2008–2010)
* 2008 Supercoppa Italiana
* 2009 Serie A
* 2010 Serie A
* 2010 Coppa Italia
* 2010 UEFA Champions League
The Treble (League, Cup and European trophy)
* 2002–03 with Porto: League, Cup and UEFA Cup
* 2009–10 with Internazionale: League, Cup and UEFA Champions League
Individual
* Portuguese Liga Manager of the Year (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
* Premier League Manager of the Year (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
* Premier League Manager of the Month (3): November 2004, January 2005, March 2007
* Serie A Manager of the Year (2): 2009, 2010
* Albo Panchina d'Oro Coach of the Year (1): 2010-2011
* UEFA Manager of the Year (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
* UEFA Team of the Year Coach of the Year (4): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010
* BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award (1): 2005
* La Gazzetta dello Sport Man of the Year (1): 2010
* Onze d'Or Best Coach (1): 2005
* FIFA Ballon d'Or Best Coach (1): 2010
* IFFHS World's Best Club Coach of the Year (3): 2004, 2005, 2010
* World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year (3): 2004, 2005, 2010
* International Sports Press Association Best Manager in the World (1): 2010
* CNID Best Portuguese Manager in Foreign Countries (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
Special awards
* Honoris causa – degree by the Technical University of Lisbon for his accomplishments in football.