Today, Thursday January 26, 2023, World renowned football Coach, Jose Mourinho clocks 60 year old.
It’s a special moment for the Portuguese who is fondly called the ‘Special one’.
Mourinho,who has held sways in different countries namely Portugal,England,Italy and Spain has won 25 trophies in his career till date.
Mourinho moved in to Coaching after an ‘uneventful’ career as a midfielder in the Portuguese leagues. At first,he served as an interpreter for Sir Bobby Robson at Sporting CP and Porto, before becoming assistant at Barcelona under both Robson and his successor, Louis van Gaal.
After a brief working at Benfica and União de Leiria, Mourinho returned to Porto as manager in 2002 where he won a total number of six titles.
During his first season in charge, he won the league title, the Taca de Portugal, the Supertaca Candiido de Oliveria (the Portuguese Super Cup) and the UEFA Cup.
The following season saw Mourinho win the Portuguese league title once more as well as the UEFA Champions League.
He would later have two spells with Chelsea in 2004-2007 and in 2013-2015. During his first spell with the Blues, he won the League Cup twice, Premier League twice, FA Cup once and Community Shield once. In his second coming, he guided the team to another League Cup and league title- bringing the total trophy’s haul he won for the team to Eight.
After his first spell with Chelsea, Mourinho joined Inter Milan in Italian Serie A. In another stint of success, he won the Supercoppa Italiana in 2008 and Serie A in 2008/09 before completing a historic treble in 2009/10-where he won the Coppa Italia, Serie A and Champions League- bringing his trophy haul to five in total in Serie A.
He would later leave Italy and return back to Spain to take over reins at Real Madrid. At Los Blancos, he won one Copa del Rey, one La Liga and one Supercopa de Espana.
Mourinho came back to England for the third time to team up with Manchester United. At the old Trafford, he won the League Cup, Europa League and Community Shield with the Red Devils.
He might have also won a league cup with Tottenham but was sacked before the final where they eventually lost 1-0 to Manchester City.
Currently at AS Roma, Mourinho won the maiden edition of the UEFA conference league last season- making it all 25 trophies so far.
Happy birthday to Mourinho