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José Mourinho

Jose was born on 26 January 1963. He was born in Portugal. The name of Jose’s father is Jose Manuel Mourinho and his mother’s name is Maria Julia. It is known that Jose’s father was also a footballer and Jose’s mother was a teacher at a primary school. Jose was interested in football since a very young age but Jose was forcefully enrolled in a Business School. Jose decided to boycott the classes and he decided to drop out of the university on the very first day of the college. He rather decided to attend Technical University of Lisbon where he got a chance to study sports science.

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Jose started his career as a physical education teacher at a school. Later he left the school job and started working as a football coach of a team. Within two years, he got a position of a manager in the team. In 2000, Jose became a manger of the Benfica and he worked with the club for a year. In 2001, he decided to join Uniao de Leiria and he led the team to victory in several matches. The list teams that Jose worked for is huge.

Jose also worked for Porto in 2002 and he worked with the team for almost 2 years before joining Chelsea in 2004. Chelsea was the winner of League Cup and the credit was given to Jose because of his hard work with the team. Chelsea also won FA Community Shield in 2005 and the next year Chelsea was also declared as the winner of League Cup. This was the beginning of a highly successful career and he catered to the needs of the tea till 2010 after which he joined Real Madrid.

He was again a very successful manager while managing Real Madrid but he was able to work for the team until 2013. In 2013 it came to news that Jose is going to join Chelsea again and he will once again lead the team to top of the charts. Last year in 2016, he was chosen as the manager of Manchester United and since then he is working with the club. Talking about his performance, he has a win percentage of about 65.9 percent during his career time and that is one of the reason why he is addressed as one of the greatest managers in the history of football.

It is known that Jose married Matilde Faria in 1989. After the marriage, his wife gave birth to a daughter and a son. Out of the two children the couple had, Jose’s son became a footballer. Jose had also been actively involved with the social work and he even went ahead to help the victims of Tsunami by auctioning his jacket. Jose is also known for his strange remarks at press conferences. Jose’s annual salary is estimated to be 4.2 Million Great Britain Pound and his net worth is estimated to be around 35 million US Dollars. His net worth speaks of his success.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 26 Jan, 1963
Age: 57 yrs
Citizenship: Portugal
Birth Place: Setúbal
Education: Technical University of Lisbon
Gender: Male
Description: Portuguese association football player and manager
Net Worth 2021: 120 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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