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José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix, GOIH ( portuguese pronunciation : [ ʒuˈzɛ moˈɾiɲu ] ; born 26 January 1963 ), is a portuguese professional football director and erstwhile musician who is the current head coach of Serie A club Roma. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is one of the most decorate managers ever. [ 4 ] After an uneventful career as a midfielder in the Portuguese leagues, Mourinho moved into coach, first as an spokesperson for Sir Bobby Robson at Sporting CP and Porto, before gaining success as an adjunct at Barcelona under both Robson and his successor, Louis avant-garde Gaal. After impressing with brief stints at Benfica and União de Leiria, Mourinho returned to Porto as coach in 2002, winning the Primeira Liga twice, a Taça de Portugal, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League, Porto ‘s first european Cup entitle since 1987. That success earned him a move to England with Chelsea in 2004, where he won two Premier League titles, a FA Cup, and two League Cups in his three seasons at the club, before he departed in 2007 amid reports of disagreements with baseball club owner Roman Abramovich. [ 5 ] In 2008, Mourinho joined italian club Inter Milan, where he won Serie A twice, including a european soprano of Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League in 2010, a first for an italian golf club. This made him one of five coaches to have won the european Cup with two clubs, [ 6 ] and later that year, earned him the first gear FIFA World Coach of the Year. [ 7 ] Mourinho then moved to Real Madrid, where he won La Liga in 2011–12 with a record points reckoning, becoming the fifth coach to have won league titles in four countries. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He besides won a Copa del Rey and a Supercopa de España. Mourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 and rejoined Chelsea, where he won another league entitle and League Cup, but was dismissed in 2015 after a poor function of results. [ 10 ] In 2016, Mourinho was appointed at Manchester United, and won the UEFA Europa League, League Cup, and FA Community Shield in his first season. In 2018, after Manchester United suffered a hapless scat of league results, he was dismissed. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In November 2019, he became director of Tottenham Hotspur, reaching the concluding of the League Cup in his moment season but was dismissed towards the end of the season. [ 13 ] He was soon hired by Roma. He was named portuguese Coach of the Century by the Portuguese Football Federation ( FPF ) in 2015, [ 14 ] and was the beginning passenger car to spend more than £1 billion on transfers. [ 15 ] Due to his tactical cognition, charismatic and controversial personality, and a repute for prioritising results over attractive football, he has drawn comparisons, by both admirers and critics, with Argentine director Helenio Herrera. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]

early life and education

Mourinho was born in 1963 to a big middle-class syndicate in Setúbal ( a suburb of the Lisbon metropolitan area ), Portugal, the son of José Manuel Mourinho Félix, who was known by the appoint Félix Mourinho, and wife Maria Júlia Carrajola do Santos. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] His father played football professionally for Os Belenenses and Vitória de Setúbal, earning one capital for Portugal in the class of his career. His mother was a chief school teacher from an affluent background ; [ 20 ] her uncle funded the construction of the Vitória de Setúbal football stadium. The precipitate of António de Oliveira Salazar ‘s Estado Novo government in April 1974, however, led to the syndicate losing all but a single place in nearby Palmela. [ 21 ] Mourinho wanted to follow in his father ‘s footsteps and joined the Belenenses youth team. Graduating to the senior level, he played at Rio Ave ( where his father was coach ), Belenenses, and Sesimbra. He lacked the needed pace and might to become a professional and chose to focus on becoming a football coach rather. [ 20 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] His mother enrolled him in a commercial enterprise school, but Mourinho dropped out on his first day, deciding he would rather focus on sport, and chose to attend the Instituto Superior de Educação Física ( ISEF ), Technical University of Lisbon, to study sports science. [ 21 ] After attending coaching courses held by the English and Scottish Football Associations, former Scotland director Andy Roxburgh took eminence of the young Portuguese ‘s drive and attention to detail. [ 24 ] Mourinho sought to redefine the role of coach in football by mixing coaching theory with motivational and psychological techniques. [ 20 ]

Coaching career

After leaving his occupation as a school coach, Mourinho looked for a path into master management in his hometown and became youth team coach at Vitória de Setúbal in the early 1990s. former he accepted the put of adjunct director at Estrela district attorney Amadora, [ 24 ] then was a lookout at Ovarense. then, in 1992, an opportunity arise to work as a translator for a top alien coach : Bobby Robson had been appointed as the new coach of Lisbon club Sporting CP and needed an english-speaking local coach to work as his interpreter. [ 22 ] His presentation was on 7 July, aboard president of the united states Sousa Cintra, director Robson and Manuel Fernandes. [ 25 ] Mourinho began discussing tactics and coaching with Robson in his translate function. [ 22 ] Robson was sacked by the club in December 1993. When Porto appointed him as their head coach, Mourinho moved with him, continuing to coach and interpret for players at the new club. [ 24 ] The Porto team, consisting of players like Ljubinko Drulović, Domingos, Rui Barros, Jorge Costa and Vítor Baía, went on to dominate Portuguese football the take after years. With Robson as head coach and Mourinho as his adjunct, Porto reached the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, and won the 1993–94 Taça de Portugal, the 1994–95 and 1995–96 portuguese backing, and the 1994, 1995 and 1996 Portuguese Super Cup, the latter with a 5–0 victory over arch-rivals Benfica, in what proved to be Robson ‘s final game at Porto before moving to Barcelona, earning Robson the nickname “ Bobby Five-O ” in Portugal. After two years at Porto, the duet moved again, joining Barcelona in 1996. [ 26 ] Mourinho and his class moved to the city of Barcelona, and he gradually became a big figure of the club ‘s staff by translating at bid conferences, planning rehearse sessions and helping players through tactical advice and analyses of the opposition. Robson and Mourinho ‘s styles complemented each other : the Englishman favoured an attack style, while Mourinho covered defensive options, and the Portuguese ‘s love of plan and train combined with Robson ‘s mastermind man-management. The Barcelona attack was led by a prime Ronaldo – whom Mourinho regards as the best player post-Diego Maradona. [ 27 ] The partnership was fruitful and Barcelona finished the season by winning the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup, the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España. [ 28 ] Robson moved clubs the follow season but this time Mourinho did not follow as Barcelona were keen to retain him as assistant coach. [ 24 ] The two remained dear friends and Mourinho subsequently reflected on the effect Robson had had upon him :

One of the most authoritative things I learnt from Bobby Robson is that when you win, you should n’t assume you are the team, and when you lose, you should n’t think you are rubbish. [ 24 ]

He began working with Robson ‘s successor, Louis van Gaal, and he learned much from the Dutchman ‘s conscientious dash. Both assistant and mind coach combined their studious approach to the game and Barcelona won La Liga twice in Van Gaal ‘s first two years as coach. [ 24 ] Van Gaal saw that his number two had the promise to be more than a skilled adjunct. He let Mourinho develop his own independent coach manner and entrusted him with the coaching duties of Barcelona B. [ 26 ] Van Gaal besides let Mourinho take charge of the first team ( acting as Mourinho ‘s adjunct himself ) for certain trophies, like the Copa Catalunya, which Mourinho won in 2000. [ 29 ]

Managerial career

Benfica

The chance to become a top-tier coach arrived in September 2000 when Mourinho moved up from his role as adjunct director at Benfica to replace director Jupp Heynckes after the fourth week of the Primeira Liga. [ 30 ] The Benfica hierarchy wanted to appoint Jesualdo Ferreira as the newfangled adjunct coach, but Mourinho refused and picked Carlos Mozer, a retire Benfica defender, as his right-hand man alternatively. [ 31 ]

When I spoke with Van Gaal about going back to Portugal to be an assistant at Benfica, he said : “ No, do n’t go. Tell Benfica if they want a first-team coach you will go ; if they want an assistant you will stay. ” [ 32 ]

Mourinho was highly critical of Ferreira, whom he had first encountered as his teacher at ISEF and late lambasted the veteran passenger car by stating, “ This could be the history of a donkey who worked for 30 years but never became a horse. ” [ 33 ] alone weeks after being given the speculate at Benfica, Mourinho ‘s mentor, Sir Bobby Robson, offered him the assistant coach ‘s character at Newcastle United. such was Robson ‘s desperation for Mourinho to join him he offered to step down after two years in charge and bridge player over the reins to Mourinho. Mourinho turned the offer down and said he knew Robson would never step down at the club he loved. [ 34 ] Mourinho and Mozer proved a popular combination, enjoying a 3–0 win against rivals Sporting CP in December. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Their reign, however, appeared to be at risk after Benfica ‘s election turned against golf club president João Vale vitamin e Azevedo, and the newly elected Manuel Vilarinho said that he would instate ex-Benfica musician Toni as his newfangled passenger car. [ 26 ] Although Vilarinho had no purpose of firing him immediately, Mourinho used the victory over Sporting to test the president of the united states ‘s loyalty and he asked for a contract extension. [ 35 ] Vilarinho refused the requirement and Mourinho resigned from his position immediately. He left the clubhouse on 5 December 2000 [ 37 ] after just nine league games in charge. Upon late reflection, Vilarinho rued his inadequate judgment and expressed his frustration at losing Mourinho :

[ Put me ] back then [ and ] I would do precisely the diametric : I would extend his compress. merely late I realised that one ‘s personality and pride can not be put before the interest of the mental hospital we serve. [ 35 ]

União de Leiria

Mourinho found a modern managerial post in July 2001 with União de Leiria. [ 38 ] During his time at União de Leiria, the team was on a political campaign contesting places a high as third and fourth. After a 1–1 string against Santa Clara on 20 January 2002, Mourinho recorded eight matches unbeaten in the league ( six wins, two draw ) since 25 November 2001. [ 39 ] And the team was in fourth place, one target ahead of Porto, one point behind of Benfica and six points behind the top of the league table. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Mourinho ‘s successes at Leiria did not go unrecognized and he caught the attention of larger portuguese clubs. [ 26 ]

porto

Mourinho was then hand-pick by Porto to replace Octávio Machado on 23 January 2002. [ 42 ] At this time, Porto was in fifth place in the Liga ( behind Sporting CP, Boavista, União de Leiria and Benfica ), had been eliminated from the Taça de Portugal and was in last place in their UEFA Champions League second group stagecoach. Mourinho guided the team to third station that year after a firm 15-game run ( including 11 wins ) and gave the promise of “ making Porto champions next year ”. He cursorily identified several keystone players whom he saw as the backbone of what he believed would be a arrant Porto team : Vítor Baía, Ricardo Carvalho, Costinha, Deco, Dmitri Alenichev and Hélder Postiga. He recalled captain Jorge Costa after a six-month loanword to Charlton Athletic. The signings from other clubs included Nuno Valente and Derlei from União de Leiria ; Paulo Ferreira from Vitória de Setúbal ; Pedro Emanuel from Boavista ; and Edgaras Jankauskas and Maniche, who both had been out of contract at Benfica .

2002–03 season

During the pre-season, Mourinho put detailed reports of the team train on the golf club web site. The reports were filled with formal vocabulary, as, for example, he referred to a 20-kilometre ( 12 secret intelligence service ) ramble on as an carry aerobic exercise. One of the key aspects in Mourinho-era Porto was the coerce play, which started at the offense pipeline, dubbed “ pressão alta “ ( “ high pressure ” ). The physical and contentious abilities of the teams ‘ defenders and midfielders allowed Porto to apply atmospheric pressure from the dysphemistic lines and forced opponents either to concede the musket ball or try longer, changeable passes. In 2003, Mourinho won his first Primeira Liga with a 27–5–2 record, 11 points clear of Benfica, the team he quit two years earlier. The sum of 86 points out of the possible maximum of 102 was a portuguese record, until the 2015–16 season won by Benfica ( 88 points ), since the rule of three points per win was introduced. Mourinho besides won the Taça de Portugal, beating former club Leiria in the final, and the UEFA Cup final against Celtic, both in May 2003 .

2003–04 temper

The watch season witnessed far successes : he led Porto to victory in the one-match Portuguese Super Cup, beating Leiria 1–0. They lost, however, the UEFA Super Cup 1–0 to Milan, with Andriy Shevchenko scoring the solitary confinement goal. The team was prevailing in the Primeira Liga and finished the season with a perfect home record, an eight-point advantage, and an unbeaten run that only ended against Gil Vicente ; they secured the title five weeks before the goal of the season. Porto lost the 2004 Taça de Portugal Final to Benfica in May 2004, but two weeks late, Mourinho won a greater choice : the UEFA Champions League, with a 3–0 win over Monaco in Germany. The club had eliminated Manchester United, Lyon and Deportivo de La Coruña and their exclusive defeat of the competition came against Real Madrid in the group round. In the first branch between Manchester United and Porto, United coach Sir Alex Ferguson confronted Mourinho after Roy Keane received a red card for stamping on Vítor Baía. [ 43 ] In the second leg at Old Trafford, Porto were on the scepter of an away-goals get the better of when Costinha scored a goal in the 89th infinitesimal to win the tie. Mourinho flamboyantly celebrated the goal by leaving his dugout canoe, fists punching the vent as he sprinted down the avocation near to his celebrating players – this dramatic celebration is regarded as the here and now when Mourinho announced himself to the game. [ 44 ] Mourinho ‘s Porto gain over Ferguson ‘s United was a preview of his move to the Premier League managing Chelsea, where the two men would enjoy a competitive but respectful kinship. In 2005, after Chelsea clinched the Premier League title, Ferguson had his players form a guard of honor at Chelsea ‘s next plot at Old Trafford, [ 45 ] a privilege that Mourinho returned in 2007 at Stamford Bridge after Ferguson ‘s team were confirmed league champions. [ 46 ] [ 47 ]

Liverpool are a team that interests everyone and Chelsea does not interest me so much because it is a new stick out with lots of money invested in it. I think it is a project which, if the club fail to win everything, then [ Roman ] Abramovich could retire and take the money out of the club. It ‘s an changeable 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. [ 48 ]

Liverpool offered their managerial put to Rafael Benítez and Mourinho rather accepted a bombastic offer from Roman Abramovich and pledged his immediate future to Chelsea. [ 48 ]

Chelsea

On 2 June 2004, Mourinho moved to Chelsea on a three-year contract, after a £ 1.7 million recompense package was agreed with Porto. [ 49 ] In a compress conference upon joining the English side, Mourinho spoke on Chelsea ‘s credentials, stating, “ We have top players and, sorry if I ‘m arrogant, we have a top director ”, before adding ,

Please do n’t call me arrogant, but I ‘m european champion and I think I ‘m a particular one. [ 50 ]

This comment resulted in the media dubbing him “ The particular One ”. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Mourinho recruited his backroom staff from Porto, consisting of assistant director Baltemar Brito, fitness coach Rui Faria, chief scout André Villas-Boas, and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro. He retained Steve Clarke, a long-serving early actor at Chelsea, who had besides performed an adjunct managerial-type role under previous managers at the club. In terms of outgo, Mourinho carried on where his predecessor Claudio Ranieri left off, as, bankrolled by Roman Abramovich, he spent in overindulgence of £70 million in remove fees on players such as Tiago ( £10 million ) from Benfica, Michael Essien ( £24.4 million ) from Lyon, Didier Drogba ( £24 million ) from Marseille, Mateja Kežman ( £5.4 million ) from PSV, and Porto copulate Ricardo Carvalho ( £19.8 million ) and Paulo Ferreira ( £13.3 million ) .

2004–05 season

Under Mourinho, Chelsea built on the potential develop in the previous season. By early December, they were at the top of the Premier League mesa and had reached the knock-out stages of the Champions League. He secured his foremost trophy by winning the League Cup against Liverpool 3–2 ( AET ) in Cardiff. Towards the end of the match, Mourinho was escorted from the touchline after putting his finger to his mouth in the direction of Liverpool fans, as a reception to taunts directed towards him whilst Liverpool were leading, before the equal goal. Chelsea met Barcelona in the Champions League round of 16, a highly contested catch where the Blues lost away in the first gear leg 2–1 but advanced on aggregate, winning at home 4–2. In the quarter-finals against Bayern Munich, Mourinho who was banned from attending the stadium, waited in the preen room before the match to talk to his players, then he hid in a laundry basket to leave the stadium. [ 53 ] Later on, he missed the gamble of 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. [ 54 ] Under Mourinho, Chelsea secured their beginning top-flight domestic deed in 50 years, setting a string of English football records in the march, including the most points ever achieved in the Premier League ( 95 ) and the fewest goals conceded ( 15 ) .

2005–06 season

Chelsea started the next season well : they defeated Arsenal 2–1 to win the 2005 FA Community Shield, and topped the Premier League from the first weekend of the 2005–06 temper. Chelsea beat rivals Manchester United 3–0 to win their second consecutive Premier League title and Mourinho ‘s fourth domestic championship in a row. After the presentation of his backing decoration, Mourinho threw his decoration and blazer into the push. He was awarded a second base decoration within minutes, which he besides threw into the crowd. [ citation needed ]

2006–07 season

The 2006–07 season saw growing media speculation that Mourinho would leave the baseball club at the temper ‘s conclusion, due to alleged poor relations with owner Roman Abramovich and a world power struggle with sporting conductor 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 fresh contract in June 2010, and if Chelsea were to sack him. [ 55 ]
Mourinho with Chelsea in 2007 Didier Drogba had the highest score season of his career that year and this led to his newly signed hit spouse Andrey Shevchenko to be dropped from the starting line-up towards the goal of the season by Mourinho. notably, in the Champions League semi-final peer against Liverpool at Anfield, Shevchenko was not even included on the bench. The early high-profile arrival besides Shevchenko was german captain Michael Ballack, a free agent from Bayern Munich who was signed to strengthen the midfield. The Icelandic striker Eiður Guðjohnsen departed the baseball club for Barcelona. Despite the unrest, Chelsea won the League Cup again by defeating Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium. The possibility, however, of the quadruple was brought to an end on 1 May 2007 when Liverpool eliminated Chelsea from the Champions League on penalties at Anfield, following a 1–1 sum draw. Days later, Chelsea drew 1–1 with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, which secured the Premier League title for Manchester United. This was Mourinho ‘s first season without a league title acquire in five years. Mourinho led Chelsea to a 1–0 victory against Manchester United in the 2007 FA Cup Final, winning in the first final to be played at the rebuild Wembley Stadium. This was his first FA Cup win which meant that he had won every domestic trophy available to a Premier League coach. There was, however, to be far friction between Mourinho and Abramovich when Avram Grant was appointed as film director of football, despite objections from Mourinho. Grant ‘s situation was further enhanced by being given a seat on the board. In malice of these tensions, the 2007–08 transfer season would see the passing of Dutch winger Arjen Robben to Real Madrid and the arrival of french midfielder Florent Malouda from Lyon .

2007–08 season

In the first meet of the 2007–08 season, Chelsea beat Birmingham City 3–2 to set a fresh record of 64 back-to-back home league matches without frustration. Despite surpassing the record set by Liverpool between 1978 and 1981, [ 56 ] the beginning to the 2007–08 Chelsea season was less successful than former starts. The team lost at Aston Villa and followed this with a scoreless 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 BK in presence of only 24,973 ( an about half-empty stadium ) which included an unimpressed owner Roman Abramovich. [ 57 ] Mourinho by chance left Chelsea on 20 September 2007 “ by reciprocal consent ”, although there had been a series of disagreements with owner Abramovich. [ 5 ] The Chelsea board held an emergency meeting and decided it was time to share with their director. Mourinho left as the most successful coach in Chelsea ‘s history, having won six trophies for the club in three years. He was besides undefeated in all home league games. Avram Grant succeeded Mourinho as Chelsea coach but failed to win any trophies in his year in charge and would be sacked at the end of the 2007–08 season. Grant ‘s team managed to reach the concluding of the Champions League ( something Mourinho failed to achieve in his three years at Chelsea ), reach the final examination of the League Cup and maintained the unbeaten home streak at Stamford Bridge. Grant ‘s Chelsea besides finished second in the Premier League .

Inter Milan

On 2 June 2008, Mourinho was appointed the successor of Roberto Mancini at Inter Milan on a three-year sign, and brought along with him a lot of his backroom staff who had served him at both Chelsea and Porto. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] He chose Giuseppe Baresi, a early Inter musician and ex-head passenger car of their youth academy, as his adjunct. [ 60 ] He spoke entirely in italian in his beginning press conference as Inter foreman, claiming to have learnt it “ in three weeks ”. [ 61 ] Mourinho stated that he only intended to make a few major signings in the summer. [ 62 ] By the end of the transmit window, he had brought three new players to the side : brazilian winger Mancini ( €13 million ), [ 63 ] [ 64 ] ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari for a reported €14 million [ 65 ] and portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma for a cash/player switch over fee of €18.6 million plus young portuguese midfielder Pelé. [ 66 ] [ 67 ]

2008–09 season

In his first base season as Inter question coach, Mourinho won the Supercoppa Italiana, beating Roma on penalties, [ 68 ] and finished top of Serie A. Inter, however, were eliminated 2–0 on aggregate by Manchester United in the first knock-out round of the Champions League, and he besides failed to win the Coppa Italia, being defeated 3–1 on sum by Sampdoria in the semi-finals. [ 69 ] As UEFA was beginning to push the larger clubs in peak leagues to play more homegrown players, Mourinho regularly played 18-year-old italian forward Mario Balotelli and promoted academy defender Davide Santon to the first team permanently, installing an italian contingent into a team previously composed of largely foreign players. Both teenagers played a part in the Scudetto -winning season and played enough games to earn their beginning elder trophy. Despite his domestic successes in winning the Scudetto by a 10-point allowance, Mourinho ‘s first base season in Italy was viewed as disappointing by some Inter fans, as the cabaret failed to improve on the performances of his harbinger Roberto Mancini in the Champions League. Inter put in a series of lackluster group stage performances that included a shock 1–0 home loss to Panathinaikos and an away draw with Cypriot minnows Anorthosis Famagusta. Inter qualified, however, for the smasher stages of the Champions League but failed to make it to the quarter-finals after being defeated by Manchester United. On 16 May 2009, Inter mathematically won the Serie A title after runner-up Milan lost to Udinese. This loss left the Nerazzurri seven points above their crosstown rivals with merely two games remaining. They would finally finish 10 points clear of Milan. [ 70 ]

2009–10 season

Mourinho in 2009 On 28 July 2009, Mourinho was reported to have shown matter to in taking over at Manchester United when Alex Ferguson retired. He was quoted as saying, “ I would consider going to Manchester United but United have to consider if they want me to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson. If they do, then of course. ” [ 71 ] Adriano left Inter in April 2009, and the exit of the brazilian striker was followed by the Argentine couple Julio Cruz and Hernán Crespo. Legendary Portuguese attacking midfielder and veteran Luís Figo retired. Figo was on the verge of leaving Inter under Mancini due to a lack of play meter, but in his final temper Mourinho used him frequently. Mourinho signed Argentine hitter Diego Milito, who fell just one goal short of winning the top scorer award with Genoa, a well as Thiago Motta and Wesley Sneijder, to bolster the midfield. possibly his most celebrated sign of the summer of his second season was a barter deal of Zlatan Ibrahimović in substitution for Barcelona ‘s cameroonian hitter Samuel Eto’o and a reported £35 million. This transfer was the moment most expensive in the history of the transfer market, after Cristiano Ronaldo moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid earlier in the summer. Eto’o got off to a predict originate with Inter by scoring two goals in the beginning two matches of the season. Ricardo Quaresma ‘s sign from Mourinho ‘s erstwhile club Porto was viewed as a missing link in the Inter team, but his play disappointed the club and led him to be loaned off to Chelsea midway through the season, ironically Mourinho ‘s other erstwhile club. Mancini besides failed to dominate in the midfield and addressing these shortcomings in the transportation market became a precedence for Inter. Inter ‘s miss of a creative playmaker, or trequartista, had been blamed for the Champions League failure. In an try to deal with this topic, Inter signed Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder from Real Madrid. [ 72 ] Inter struggled in their first two matches of the new season. The team lost the Supercoppa to Lazio 2–1 and drew 1–1 with newly promoted Bari at the San Siro. Mourinho ‘s team improved dramatically after that, however, as he built a formidable midfield with Sneijder at the heart of it and the likes of new signing Thiago Motta and veterans Javier Zanetti and Dejan Stanković. Inter went on to score more than 30 goals before the end of November, thrashing bowler hat rivals Milan 4–0, with raw signings Diego Milito and Motta both score, and hammering Genoa 5–0, the largest margin of victory in the Serie A that season. Mourinho was sent off in the December Derby d’Italia away fixture after he sarcastically applauded the referee for what he felt was a doubtful free-kick given to Juventus and Inter went on to lose 2–1, courtesy of a Claudio Marchisio achiever in the second half. [ 73 ]
Mourinho in 2009 Mourinho achieved what was hailed as one of his career highlights after Inter managed to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals by defeating his former team Chelsea in both legs ( 2–1 acquire at San Siro, then followed by a 1–0 win at Stamford Bridge ). [ 74 ] His difficult relationship with young hitter Mario Balotelli and the team ‘s loss of form that led Inter to achieve alone seven points in six games ( with three of those games, including a traumatize 1–3 defeat at the hands of sicilian minnows Catania, happening during Mourinho ‘s ban ) were heavily criticised by the media and pundits. On 6 April 2010, José Mourinho became the first director in history to take three different teams to the semi-finals of the Champions League ( this commemorate was equalled by Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal a day belated ) after Inter managed to overcome CSKA Moscow 1–0 in Russia in the second branch of their quarter-final marry, which ended 2–0 on aggregate. Wesley Sneijder ‘s goal in the sixth minute proved the difference in a match played in laid-back style. This marked the first time in seven years that Inter managed to make it to the semi-finals of the rival. [ 75 ] On 13 April, Inter continued their full season, having managed to reach the Coppa Italia final, for the first time under Mourinho, by beating Fiorentina 1–0 away ( 2–0 on aggregate ). [ 76 ] On 28 April 2010, José Mourinho reached the Champions League final for the second time in his career after Inter beat holders Barcelona 3–2 on aggregate, despite losing 1–0 at Camp Nou ( which Mourinho called “ the most beautiful frustration of my life ” ). This brought Inter back into a european Cup final 38 years after their last ( a defeat by Ajax ). [ 77 ] Mourinho was involved in a brief scuffle with Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés while attempting to join in the Inter celebrations. [ 78 ] Mourinho afterwards stated that “ anti-Madridismo ” had motivated the Barça fans, suggesting that they were obsessed with reaching the final and winning the tournament in their arch-rival ‘s home ground. Marca proclaimed that Mourinho had passed the test to become the future head coach of Real Madrid, as their fans celebrated the elimination of Barcelona. [ 79 ] On 2 May, after a 2–0 away win at Rome against Lazio, Inter about secured the Serie A title. On 5 May 2010, the team won the Coppa Italia, defeating Roma 1–0, and on 16 May 2010, Inter beat Siena 1–0 to secure the domestic double, accomplishing the feat of winning all trophies available for a coach in the Serie A. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] On 22 May 2010, Inter won the 2010 Champions League after beating Bayern Munich 2–0, and in doing so became the first italian cabaret to complete the triple, with Mourinho personally celebrating the second Champions League entitle in his managerial career. [ 82 ] The day after having won the Champions League, Mourinho said that he was “ sad, as about for certain it ‘s my last crippled with Inter ”. He then added that “ if you do n’t coach real Madrid then you will constantly have a gap in your career ”. [ 83 ] After days of discussions between Real Madrid and Inter, a universe record breaking recompense package was successfully agreed on 28 May 2010, and Mourinho was consequently released by Inter. [ 84 ] [ 85 ]

real Madrid

On 28 May 2010, it was confirmed that Mourinho would take over from Manuel Pellegrini at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. [ 86 ] On 31 May 2010, Mourinho was unveiled as the new coach of Real Madrid after signing a four-year abridge, and became the 11th coach in the by seven years at the club. [ 87 ] Mourinho was appointed frolic director vitamin a well as first-team bus, and he was referred to as a Galáctico ( a term more often used for star players rather of coaches ). [ 88 ] [ 89 ] anterior to Mourinho ‘s arrival, Real Madrid had underperformed despite paying record transfer fees for Galácticos such as Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo. Their 2009–10 season was marked by disappointments such as Alcorconazo, a daze 2009–10 Copa del Rey round-of-32 knockout by Segunda División B team Alcorcón, and elimination from the Champions League by Lyon in the rung of 16, though they finished second in La Liga with a cabaret read 96 points. [ 89 ] By the end of the transportation window, after the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mourinho had brought four raw players to the team : the Germans Sami Khedira ( €13 million ) and Mesut Özil ( €15 million ), portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho ( €8 million ) and Argentine winger Ángel Di María ( €25 million plus €11 million on incentives ) .

2010–11 season

On 29 August 2010, Real Madrid drew 0–0 at Mallorca in Mourinho ‘s first La Liga game as coach. [ 90 ] When asked about all the lost opportunities against Levante in La Liga and Auxerre in the Champions League, Mourinho said, “ One day some poor equal is going to pay for the chances we ‘ve missed nowadays. ” The adopt match at the Bernabéu ended with a 6–1 victory over Deportivo de La Coruña. The be league games confirmed Mourinho ‘s argument, defeating Málaga 4–1 and Racing Santander 6–1. On 29 November 2010, Mourinho ‘s Madrid were defeated in his first Clásico meet against Barcelona. The match, held in Camp Nou, ended 5–0 to the hosts, with Real Madrid director Florentino Pérez regarding it the worst game in the history of Real Madrid. [ 91 ] Sporting director Jorge Valdano besides criticised Mourinho for his “ inability to bring a major discipline to the game ” and “ not leaving his bench for the [ majority ] of the match ”. [ 92 ] When asked by a media reporter, however, Mourinho refused to call the personnel casualty a “ chagrin ”. [ 93 ] On 30 November 2010, Mourinho was fined £33,500 for appearing to instruct Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos to attempt to receive a tactical irregular jaundiced card in the 4–0 Champions League gain against Ajax. [ 94 ] He was besides banned for two Champions League matches, the second of which is suspended for three years. [ 95 ] On 22 December 2010, Mourinho won a match by the widest margin in his career, winning 8–0 against Levante, besides of La Liga, in the first leg of their quarter-final of the Copa del Rey. [ 96 ] On 20 April 2011, Mourinho won his first trophy in spanish football as substantial Madrid defeated arch-rivals Barcelona 1–0 in the Copa del Rey final hold at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia, ending substantial Madrid ‘s 18-year-long Copa del Rey drought. [ 97 ] It was besides Real ‘s beginning trophy since their 2007–08 La Liga deed. One week late, the two teams met again in the first stage of the semi-finals of the Champions League, Real Madrid ‘s furthest advance in the tournament since the 2003 semi-finals, as the golf club was knocked out in the 2004 quarter-finals, and then from 2005 to 2010 the cabaret had suffered six back-to-back exits at the round of 16. At the Bernabéu, Real ‘s Pepe was dismissed in the 61st hour and Mourinho was sent to the stands for protesting ; subsequently, Barça ‘s Lionel Messi scored two former goals to take control of the link. The second leg at Camp Nou finished 1–1, which eliminated Real from the tournament. [ 98 ] [ 99 ]

2011–12 season

On 7 December 2011, Real Madrid defeated Ajax with a 3–0 scoreline and concluded the Champions League group stage with six victories, [ 100 ] becoming the fifth team in Champions League history to accomplish the feat. [ 101 ] The victory was the team ‘s 15th straight winnings to equal a baseball club read set 50 years sooner, in 1961. [ 102 ] On 21 April 2012, Real Madrid won 2–1 against Barcelona in El Clásico at Camp Nou, extending their run in La Liga to seven points with four matches remaining. This was the first victory for Real Madrid in La Liga against their archrivals since 2008 and the first overall at Camp Nou since 2007. besides, in this match Real Madrid broke the record for most goals scored in the championship, with 109. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] Barça coach Pep Guardiola conceded the title to Real Madrid. [ 105 ] Mourinho ‘s side advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second back-to-back year. [ 106 ] The first leg off finished with a 2–1 win to Bayern Munich. In the second leg at base, Real Madrid took a 2–0 lead from two Cristiano Ronaldo goals but Bayern ‘s Arjen Robben ( a former Real player whom Mourinho previously managed at Chelsea ) converted a penalty to level the sum score at 3–3, and Madrid was eliminated in the gunfight with Ronaldo, Kaká and Ramos all failing to convert their spot kicks. [ 107 ] Bayern director Jupp Heynckes said that Mourinho “ came to the dress room to congratulate my players and coaching staff after the game. It was identical baronial ”. [ 108 ] [ 109 ] On 2 May 2012, Real Madrid won 3–0 against Athletic Bilbao to clinch the Liga title for the first gear time in four years. [ 110 ] On 13 May 2012, Real Madrid defeated Mallorca 4–1 in their last league catch of the season, which set records for most games won in a La Liga season ( 32 ), most away wins ( 16 ), most points obtained in any of the top european leagues ( 100 ), improving the most goals scored record they already had set early ( 121 ) and finishing the season with the highest goal remainder ( +89 ). [ 111 ] [ 112 ] Real Madrid topped the league nine points clear of runner-up Barcelona .

2012–13 season

Mourinho with A.C. Milan players anterior to a pre-season meet with Real Madrid in New York City, August 2012 On 22 May 2012, Mourinho signed a new four-year abridge to remain as veridical Madrid coach through to 2016. [ 113 ] After losing 3–2 in Barcelona in the inaugural leg of the 2012 Supercopa de España, Real Madrid won the return branch in Madrid 2–1. real Madrid won the competition on the away goals rule after a tie of 4–4 on aggregate. This mean Mourinho had won every domestic title available for a coach in the spanish exceed division within two years. He became the only passenger car who has won the home superintendent cups in four european countries. [ 114 ] This besides made Mourinho the first base director in history to win every domestic title, the league backing, cup, super cup and league cup ( if available ) in four european leagues. real Madrid reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the third gear straight year under Mourinho ‘s management. The clubhouse, however, was defeated 4–1 in the first leg away at Borussia Dortmund. In the second leg at dwelling, Real managed to score two goals in the last 10 minutes, but the team could not get the third goal that would have levelled the aggregate grade and sent them through on aside goals. [ 115 ] In the post-game iron league after the second base leg with Dortmund, Mourinho hinted that the 2012–13 season with real Madrid would be his last, saying, “ I am loved by some clubs, particularly one. In Spain it is different, some people hate me, many of you in this [ press ] board. ” [ 116 ] Mourinho ‘s fraught relationships with Sergio Ramos and club captain Iker Casillas ( a democratic player whom Mourinho sidelined in 2013 ) caused divisions between fans in the “ Mourinhistas ” and “ Madridistas ” ( the more traditional Real Madrid fans ) camps. [ 115 ] His relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo became unmanageable because, according to Mourinho, the musician “ possibly thinks that he knows everything and that the coach can not improve him anymore ”, indeed was unwilling to accept constructive criticism. [ 117 ] Mourinho was besides criticised [ 118 ] for controversial incidents, including poking Tito Vilanova ( then assistant coach at Barcelona ) in the eye during a brawl, continual complaints about refereeing bias, clashes with journalists and real number officials, and frequent hints that Barça received favorable treatment from UEFA. [ 116 ] Following the 2013 Copa del Rey final loss to Atlético Madrid on 17 May, Mourinho called the 2012–13 season “ the worst of my career ”. [ 119 ] Three days belated, Real Madrid president of the united states Florentino Pérez announced Mourinho would leave the club at the end of the temper by “ reciprocal agreement ”, a year after signing a narrow extension to 2016. [ 120 ]

rejoinder to Chelsea

On 3 June 2013, Chelsea appointed Mourinho as coach for the second time, on a four-year contract. [ 121 ] Mourinho told Chelsea TV, “ In my career I ‘ve had two great passions – Inter and Chelsea – and Chelsea is more than crucial for me. ” “ It was very, very heavily to play against Chelsea, and I did it only twice which was not so bad. ” “ now I promise precisely the same things I promised in 2004 with this difference to add : I ‘m one of you. ” [ 122 ] On 10 June 2013, Mourinho was formally confirmed as Chelsea coach for the second time at a bid conference held at Stamford Bridge. [ 123 ]

2013–14 season

Mourinho ‘s first base competitive game back in accusation of Chelsea ended in a 2–0 family victory against Hull City on 18 August 2013. [ 124 ] On 30 August Mourinho faced defending UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup, which was his irregular as a coach. [ 125 ] Despite taking the contribute Chelsea lost to Bayern on penalties as Romelu Lukaku saw his decisive penalty getting saved by Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer. Following the passing to Pep Guardiola ‘s Bayern Munich he said, “ They take the cup and the best team lost. tied with ten men we played fabulously. Pride is all right but we lost. ” [ 126 ] On 29 January 2014, following a 0–0 guide at home to West Ham United, Mourinho described the Hammers as playing “ nineteenth century football ”, saying, “ This is not the best league in the world, this is football from the nineteenth hundred, ” and, “ The entirely [ other ] matter I could bring was a Black and Decker to destroy the wall. ” [ 127 ] On 19 April 2014, Mourinho suffered his foremost ever home league defeat as Chelsea director in a 2–1 loss to Sunderland at Stamford Bridge. [ 128 ] He systematically played down Chelsea ‘s claim chances throughout the season and referred to it as a transitional season, [ 129 ] lento moulding his squad and most importantly dropping ( and finally selling ) Chelsea ‘s player of the year of the two former seasons, Juan Mata. [ 130 ] Chelsea went on to finish one-third in the 2013–14 Premier League, four points behind champions Manchester City, and was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2013–14 Champions League by Atlético Madrid .

2014–15 season

[131] Mourinho with Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard in 2015. Their kinship soured in the keep up season. Chelsea started their 2014–15 Premier League campaign with a 3–1 victory against Burnley on 18 August at Turf Moor. This match marked the first competitive legal action for modern signings Diego Costa, Cesc Fàbregas and Thibaut Courtois, the latter starting in goal after a three-year lend spell at Atlético Madrid. Didier Drogba besides made his hark back appearance to the Chelsea team, coming off the bench in the irregular half. On 24 January 2015, Chelsea were knocked out of the fourthly round of the FA Cup with a surprise 2–4 kill to League One side Bradford City, ending their hopes of a likely quadruple. Mourinho described the kill as a “ take down ”. [ 132 ] On 1 March 2015, Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 in the League Cup final examination to claim their first base trophy of the season, and Mourinho ‘s beginning trophy since returning to Chelsea. [ 133 ] On 11 March 2015, Chelsea were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 after losing to Paris Saint-Germain on away goals. [ 134 ] On 3 May 2015, Chelsea were crowned Premier League champions after beating Crystal Palace with three games to spare. [ 135 ] Mourinho was subsequently named as Premier League Manager of the Season, with Chelsea losing fair three matches all season. [ 136 ]

2015–16 temper

On 7 August 2015, Mourinho signed a newfangled four-year contract with Chelsea, it would have kept him at Stamford Bridge until 2019. [ 137 ] On 29 August, Mourinho reached his hundredth Premier League home plate match at Chelsea, which ended in a 2–1 loss to Crystal Palace. [ 138 ] Chelsea started the season by picking up equitable 11 points in their first 12 games in the Premier League. They besides went out of the League Cup to Stoke City on penalties on 27 October. [ 139 ] [ 140 ] On 17 December 2015, after losing 9 of 16 Premier League matches, Chelsea announced that they had parted company with Mourinho “ by common accept ”. The cabaret went on to state, “ The club wishes to make acquit Jose leaves us on good terms and will constantly remain a much-loved, respected and significant figure at Chelsea. ” [ 141 ]

manchester United

2016–17 season

On 27 May 2016, Mourinho signed a three-year sign with Manchester United, with an choice to stay at the golf club until at least 2020. [ 142 ] On 7 August 2016, Mourinho won his first trophy, the FA Community Shield, beating reigning Premier League champions Leicester City 2–1. [ 143 ] Mourinho was triumphant in his first gear Premier League crippled as United knob, winning 3–1 away to AFC Bournemouth on 14 August 2016. [ 144 ]
Mourinho speaking to his players during a Europa League game against Anderlecht at Old Trafford in April 2017 On 11 September 2016, Mourinho lost his first Manchester bowler hat as a coach in a 2–1 defeat to Manchester City ; this was besides his eighth loss against his rival director while with Real Madrid, former Barça director Pep Guardiola. [ 145 ] On 23 October 2016, Mourinho made his beginning visit back to Chelsea with Manchester United since leaving in December 2015. The match ended in a 4–0 frustration which left them six points off the top of the table. [ 146 ] Mourinho won his second Manchester bowler hat as a director on 26 October 2016 in a 1–0 victory at Old Trafford in the EFL Cup. Juan Mata scored the alone finish of the bet on in the 54th moment, with the victory being Mourinho ‘s one-fourth against Guardiola ( four wins, six tie, eight losses ). [ 147 ] [ 148 ] Following the charges made by the FA over Mourinho ‘s comments about referee Anthony Taylor, [ 149 ] Mourinho once again got into trouble oneself with a reviewer on 29 October when he was sent to the stands by Mark Clattenburg during the 0–0 home draw against Burnley. [ 150 ] On 29 January 2017, despite a 2–1 moment leg loss away to Hull City, Mourinho ‘s United reached the concluding of the EFL Cup by virtue of a 3–2 aggregate win. [ 151 ] Manchester United won 3–2 over Southampton in the EFL Cup Final at Wembley. With the victory, he became the first United coach to win a major trophy in his debut season. [ 152 ] On 24 May 2017, Manchester United won the Europa League courtesy of a 2–0 win over Ajax. [ 153 ] This was Mourinho ‘s second major trophy of his first season as Manchester United coach. It besides maintained his 100 % record of winning every major european Cup final examination as a coach. [ 153 ]

2017–18 season

Mourinho during a UEFA Champions League pre-match crush league with United in September 2017 Mourinho strengthened his side further in the summer of 2017, with the signings of belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, defender Victor Lindelöf, and midfielder Nemanja Matić. [ 154 ] United made a strong begin to the season before a difficult winter agenda widened the opening between them and city rivals Manchester City. [ 155 ] Mourinho was criticised for Manchester United ‘s Champions League die to Sevilla at the last-sixteen degree, which resulted in a surprise twelve infinitesimal harangue from Mourinho defending his United career. [ 156 ] Manchester United finished second in the postpone after a 1–0 home frustration to West Bromwich Albion, finishing nineteen points behind Manchester City. [ 157 ] United besides lost the 2018 FA Cup Final to Mourinho ‘s erstwhile baseball club Chelsea after an Eden Hazard punishment sealed a 1–0 succeed for the Blues. [ 158 ]

2018–19 temper

After a poor beginning to the 2018–19 temper which saw Manchester United lose two of their orifice three league games for the first time in 26 years, including a 3–0 home personnel casualty to Tottenham Hotspur – the heaviest home kill of his career – an animated Mourinho demanded “ regard ” from critical journalists, and held up three fingers ( one for each Premier League trophy he had won as coach ), adding : “ I won more Premier Leagues alone than the other 19 managers [ in the league ] together. ” [ 159 ] At his following press conference four days later, he said : “ I am the coach of the one of the greatest clubs in the world but I ‘m besides one of the greatest managers in the populace. ” [ 159 ]

“ Of course. Did you never spend time reading the philosopher Hegel ? He said : ‘The truth is in the whole. It ‘s always in the hale that you find the truth. ”Mourinho’s response to being asked if he would still be a great coach if he did not win the Premier League title with Manchester United.[159]

At the end of a Manchester United league game at Mourinho ‘s former cabaret Chelsea on 20 October 2018, Mourinho was involved in a tunnel incident. With Chelsea ‘s Ross Barkley scoring a 96th-minute counterweight, a Chelsea coach, Marco Ianni, celebrated the goal by running across the Manchester United terrace and clenching his fists close to Mourinho ‘s face. [ 160 ] An infuriate Mourinho jump up and attempted to chase Ianni down the burrow, with security intervening. As he sat second down, some Chelsea fans repeatedly ( and loudly ) started chanting against Mourinho. [ 161 ] At full-time, Mourinho walked over to United fans and applauded, and on his means back to the tunnel he held up three fingers towards Chelsea fans, reminding them he won three Premier League titles for the cabaret. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] After starting the 2018–19 season with just seven wins in the first 17 Premier League games, leaving Manchester United 19 points behind the league leaders, Mourinho was sacked by the baseball club on 18 December 2018. [ 162 ]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 20 November 2019, Mourinho was appointed as the director of Tottenham Hotspur on a four-year contract, replacing the sack Mauricio Pochettino. [ 163 ] [ 164 ]

2019–20 season

On 23 November 2019, Mourinho managed his first match with Tottenham Hotspur in a 3–2 away win against West Ham United. [ 165 ] He late sparked media attention on 26 November 2019, when he claimed that ball son Callum Hynes ‘assisted ‘ Spurs ‘ second finish in a 4–2 gain over Olympiacos in the Champions League. [ 166 ] In the Champions League round of 16, Tottenham Hotspur lost both matches to be defeated 0–4 on aggregate against RB Leipzig. [ 167 ] Mourinho recorded his three-hundredth winnings in English football when Tottenham beat West Ham United 2–0 on 23 June 2020. [ 168 ] He secured his inaugural always win as a coach at St James ‘ Park on 15 July 2020 when Tottenham defeated Newcastle by a scoreline of 3–1. [ 169 ] however, Mourinho finished his first season with Tottenham Hotspur at one-sixth position in the Premier League. [ 170 ]

2020–21 season

On 4 October 2020, Mourinho managed Tottenham Hotspur to a 6–1 gain against his former cabaret Manchester United at Old Trafford. [ 171 ] Following a 2–0 victory over Arsenal on 6 December 2020, Tottenham were circus tent of the Premier League, and Mourinho became merely the second gear coach of the clubhouse to win his first two North London Derbies. [ 172 ] however, a last-minute 1–2 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield saw them drop to second place, three points off the top. On 10 February 2021, Tottenham were knocked out of the FA Cup, losing 4–5 after extra time to Everton in the quarter-finals ; this was the first time since 2010 that a José Mourinho-led team had conceded five goals in a equal. [ 173 ] On 23 February 2021, Tottenham lost 0–1 to Chelsea, marking the beginning time in his career that Mourinho had lost two back-to-back home games. [ 174 ] On 18 March, Tottenham lost 0–3 to Dinamo Zagreb after extra time in the second peg of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League round of 16, being eliminated from the contest 2–3 on aggregate. [ 175 ] On 19 April 2021, Mourinho was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur after seventeen months in charge of the club, days before the EFL Cup Final against Manchester City. [ 176 ] This marked the beginning time Mourinho had departed a club without winning a trophy since 2002. He was replaced by early Tottenham Hotspur musician Ryan Mason as interim coach. [ 177 ] [ 178 ]

read-only memory

On 4 May 2021, Mourinho was appointed capitulum bus of Roma from the start of the 2021–22 season, replacing compatriot Paulo Fonseca. [ 179 ] Mourinho reached 1,000 games as a director in a 2-1 win against Sassuolo on 12 September 2021. [ 180 ]

Manager profile

Tactics

In the mod world, at least at elite level, José Mourinho stands alone. He was at the greatest coach seminar the global has seen [ at Barcelona in the mid-90s ], when the game as we know it was shaped, but he did not draw the lapp lessons everybody else did. The other eight [ future coaches who were besides at the golf club ] espoused the proactive, possession-based football seeded at the club by Vic Buckingham, developed by Rinus Michels and taken to new levels by Johan Cruyff. Mourinho, however, was unlike. Mourinho believed in reactive football. He was the foreigner, the outcast who immediately revels in his character as the benighted lord. Saturday ‘s game against Manchester United was typical. Others, playing at home in a equal that could effectively ensure the claim, might have felt compelled to attack. Mourinho [ as coach of Chelsea ] fielded Kurt Zouma, a cardinal defender, in midfield, sitting deep, and won the game with 28 % possession .

Jonathan Wilson writing for The Guardian : “ José Mourinho, the anti-Barcelona, stands alone in modern football ”, 23 April 2015. [ 181 ]
Mourinho has been noted for his tactical art, [ 182 ] [ 183 ] [ 184 ] plot management, [ 185 ] and adaptability to unlike situations. A common feature of speech of his teams is playing with three or more central midfielders, as Mourinho has stressed midfield superiority as all-important in winning games. As a Porto director, Mourinho employed a diamond 4–4–2 formation, with his midfield – consist of Costinha or Pedro Mendes as defensive midfielder ; Maniche and Dmitri Alenichev as wide cardinal midfielders ; and Deco on the tiptoe – acting as a cohesive unit rather than a solicitation of individuals, [ 186 ] providing Porto with midfield superiority while allowing the full-backs to move forward. [ 186 ] During his first two years at Chelsea, Mourinho employed a fluid 4–3–3 formation, having Claude Makélélé play the function of deep-lying midfielder. This gave Chelsea a three-against-two midfield advantage over most english teams playing 4–4–2 at the clock time, and helped Chelsea win Premier League titles in 2004–05 and 2005–06. Mourinho explained :

Look, if I have a triangulum in midfield – Claude Makélélé behind and two others just in front – I will constantly have an advantage against a pure 4–4–2 where the central midfielders are side by side. That ‘s because I will constantly have an excess man. It starts with Makelele, who is between the lines. If cipher comes to him he can see the unharmed lurch and has time. If he gets closed down it means one of the two early central midfielders is overt. If they are closed toss off and the early team ‘s wingers come inside to help, it means there is space now for us on the flank, either for our own wingers or for our full-backs. There is nothing a pure 4–4–2 can do to stop things. [ 187 ]

Andrei Shevchenko ‘s sign language forced Mourinho to switch to a 4–1–3–2 for the 2006–07 season. [ 188 ] At Inter, he won his first Serie A title alternating between a 4–3–3 and a diamond [ 189 ] and in his moment season, the signings of Samuel Eto’o, Diego Milito, Wesley Sneijder and Goran Pandev, along with that of Thiago Motta, enabled him to play a 4–2–3–1 formation, effectively becoming a arrant 4–5–1 without the ball, with which he won the ternary that season. As Real Madrid director from 2010 to 2013, Mourinho utilised an even more flexible 4–2–3–1 formation, with Xabi Alonso and Sami Khedira as holding midfielders, Mesut Özil as the attacking midfielder, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Ángel Di María flanking Karim Benzema as the lone striker. [ 190 ] This constitution allowed for rapid counter-attacks, with the four attackers being able to play any of the four offensive positions. [ 190 ] In the 2011–12 season, Madrid won La Liga nine points clear of second-placed Barcelona, breaking many records, including points collected ( 100 ) and goals scored ( 121 ). [ 190 ] In all of Mourinho ‘s three seasons at Madrid, the team systematically reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. The counter-attacking arrangement pioneered by Mourinho continued, with its variations, to be used to promote success at Madrid by his successors Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane. [ 191 ] Mourinho is praised for his quick reactions to a game ‘s events. [ 192 ] In a 2013 Champions League find with Manchester United at Old Trafford, and with Real Madrid losing 1–0 and facing at hand elimination, United ‘s Nani was sent off for a harsh charge on Álvaro Arbeloa. Mourinho quickly introduced Luka Modrić and moved Sami Khedira to the right flank, where Manchester United had a numeric disadvantage due to Nani ‘s red circuit board. This forced United coach Sir Alex Ferguson to move Danny Welbeck from the midfield to that flank, frankincense freeing Xabi Alonso, and two promptly goals turned the game in Madrid ‘s party favor. [ 192 ] [ 193 ] Mourinho is besides renowned for constantly being intelligent about his following opponent and tactically outwitting early managers in games. In a 2004 family Champions League hard stage game between Porto and Sir Alex Ferguson ‘s Manchester United, Mourinho had already asserted that United ‘s weakness was on the flanks, specially on the exit where Quinton Fortune was protected by Ryan Giggs. The central match of Maniche and Deco targeted that flank with their thread passes, and Dmitri Alenichev wreaked havoc. He set up Benny McCarthy ‘s counterweight in the first one-half, then with United focussed on defending the left, Porto switched to the early side, where McCarthy was able to beat Gary Neville and Wes Brown to score the winner. [ 193 ] [ 194 ] [ 195 ] Mourinho is besides acknowledged for his attention to detail, organizational plan and in-game communication. In a 2013–14 Champions League hard game against Paris Saint-Germain, when Chelsea needed one goal within 10 minutes to progress, he played a bad 4–1–2–3 in the last quarter, which led to Demba Ba ‘s winning goal. After the game, Mourinho said that his team had worked excessively on three option formations in aim :

We trained yesterday with the three different systems we used, the one we started with, the one without [ Frank ] Lampard and ultimately the one with Demba and Fernando [ Torres ] in, and the players knew what to do. [ 196 ]

When Ba hit the winner, Mourinho darted down the touchline “ in celebration ”, but afterwards he said he was primarily running to tell Torres and Ba their positional instructions for the remaining six minutes of the contest, which is backed up by the pictures. Ba ‘s speculate was to sit in front of the defense and marker Alex if he ventured forward, Torres ‘ to man-mark Maxwell. [ 196 ] On 16 April 2017, Mourinho ‘s Manchester United all in league leaders Chelsea 2–0. [ 197 ] During the game, Mourinho instructed Ander Herrera to man-mark Eden Hazard. This tactic proved effective as Hazard, and Chelsea, were nullified for large portions of the game. A previously untested strike partnership of Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard besides caused the Chelsea defense problems, with the erstwhile opening the marking in the 7th infinitesimal. Mourinho ‘s tactical organization throughout the match drew praise within the footballing world. [ 198 ]

reception

Mourinho is wide regarded by respective players and coaches to be one of the best managers of his generation and one of the greatest always managers. [ 199 ] [ 200 ] [ 201 ] [ 2 ] In 2010, Pep Guardiola described Mourinho as “ credibly the best coach in the world ”. [ 202 ] Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has stated that Mourinho is the best director he has always worked for. [ 203 ] however, a overplus of Mourinho ‘s tactical decisions have been met with criticism. Throughout his career, he has sometimes been accused of playing defensive, muffle football to grind out results. [ 204 ] [ 205 ] [ 206 ] [ 207 ] [ 208 ] [ 209 ] In 2011, Morten Olsen concluded that he does n’t “ like his persona or the means he plays football negatively ”. [ 210 ] Additionally, Johan Cruyff stated that same year, “ Mourinho is a negative bus. He merely cares about the consequence and does n’t care much for thoroughly football. ” [ 211 ] Mourinho, along with his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo, is credited with inspiring changing fortunes of Portuguese football in 2010s and 2020s. [ 212 ]