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José Mourinho

Tottenham Hotspur FC

José Mourinho returned to Chelsea in June 2013
José Mourinho returned to Chelsea in June 2013 ©Getty Images

Date of birth: 26 January 1963
Nationality: Portuguese
Coaching career: Benfica, Leiria, Porto, Chelsea (twice), Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Tottenham

• A former teacher, Mourinho had spells working at Sporting CP, Porto and Barcelona as a coaching assistant in the 1990s. As coach, had a nine-game stay at Benfica and a highly successful tenure at Leiria before really making his mark after arriving at Porto in January 2002. In his first full season, 2002/03, Porto won the UEFA Cup and a domestic double. The next year they retained their league title and claimed the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 defeat of Monaco in Gelsenkirchen.

• Joined Chelsea in 2004 and led the club to the League Cup and their first league championship for 50 years in his first season. Followed up with the league title again in 2006, and both the League Cup and FA Cup in 2007 but left the club that September.

• Took over at Inter in June 2008 and in his first campaign retained the Scudetto, a feat the Nerazzurri repeated in 2009/10 when they also added the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League title, their first European Cup since 1965.

• Victory at the Santiago Bernabéu was Mourinho's last act as Inter coach before he joined Real Madrid. His first season featured the club's first Copa del Rey victory in 18 years and his second brought the Liga title; also led Madrid to three successive UEFA Champions League semi-finals before returning to Chelsea at the start of June 2013.

• Won a third Premier League title with the London club in 2015, also adding the English League Cup. Left in December 2015 and appointed Manchester United manager the following summer, leading the club to the League Cup and the UEFA Europa League in his first season in charge. Parted company with United in December 2018, returning to English football the following November as Mauricio Pochettino's successor at Tottenham.