Jose Mourinho
- Birthplace: Setubal, Portugal
- Honours: Champions League: 2004, 2010; UEFA Cup: 2003; English Premier League: 2005, 2006;English FA Cup: 2007; English League Cup: 2005, 2007; FA Community Shield: 2005;Portuguese Liga: 2003, 2004;Portuguese Cup: 2003; Italian Super Cup: 2008; Italian Serie A:2009, 2010; Italian Cup 2010
2000 Benfica
2001–2002 União de Leiria
2002–2004 Porto
2004–2007 Chelsea
2008–2010 Internazionale
2010– Real Madrid
Strengths: Always willing to produce a soundbite for the thronged media men, he is a dream for the tabloids and has a silver tongue. His tactical knowledge is second to none and he is always first to defend his players. A real man-manager.
Weaknesses: Hot-headed and passionate, he suffers from red mist occasionally and his antics can detract from the football. Accused of playing defensive, dull football to grind out results.
Tactics: Mourinho likes playing with three men up front, two in the wide positions and then three in central areas. Two defensive midfielders usually provide the spine, and allow one attacker to drift. Flying full backs are also asked to provide the width.
Quotes: ''Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one"-Mourinho's first press conference at Chelsea. He also got the nickname as “The special one” from British press.
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.
2002-2004
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, 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.
On 2 June 2004, Jose Mourinho joined Chelsea on a three-year contract. He won two consecutive Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006, among other domestic honours.
After a fall-out with the Chelsea hierarchy, he moved to Italy's Serie A, Inter Milan FC, 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. He then followed that up the following year by winning the first treble in Italian history: the Serie A league title, Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League. 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.
2008-2010
On 28 May 2010, his appointment as head coach at Real Madrid was confirmed, signing a four-year contract. So far now (February, 2011), the Real Madrid is 2nd place in La Liga.
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