If I wanted to have an easy job, I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.After winning the title of titles in football this was the comment Mourinho made with The Guardian newspaper for his future plan. Termed by critics as Chelsea's prince of darkness, Jose Mourinho is best known for his amazing feat with Porto's teamplay development and tactical brilliance resulting in a UEFA Champions League victory in 2004.
Now at Chelsea Mourinho is making waves on the English football scene with his fiery and to some extent controversial post-match comments. The most recent incident was when he criticised Tottenham for their approach after the two clubs drew 0-0.
He said: "As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal. I would have been frustrated if I had been a supporter who paid £50 to watch this game because Spurs came to defend. I'm really frustrated because there was only one team looking to win, they only came not to concede - it's not fair for the football we played."
Mourinho added: "They fell as if they were dead and for five minutes each time, five more minutes when they change a player and they did this all the time. We played some fantastic football and we created lots of chances. I have no complaints with my players' performance. This is a difficult league with everyone losing games. Maybe even Tottenham will lose a game defending with 11 players."
For his fans Mourihno is the cool, composed and relaxed person with slightly graying hair and light stubble and a loosened tie. Brilliant on the pitch with his tactics and plans and at times flamboyantly entertaining with his comments after the match.
Here's a short bio on the great man for his fans and followers:
- 1963: Born January 26 in Setubal, Portugal.
- 1987: After a modest playing career as a reserve team defender and midfielder completed a UEFA coaching course after studying in Britain.
- 1990-92: Worked as a fitness trainer at various clubs and coached the junior team at Vitoria Setubal before taking a post as assistant coach at Estrela Amadora.
- 1992: Accepted a job as a translator for former England coach Bobby Robson at Sporting, later taking on a role as an assistant coach.
- 1994-1996: Worked as second assistant and later first assistant to Robson at Porto, helping the club to two league titles, one Portuguese Cup and one Portuguese Super Cup.
- 1996: Moved with Robson to Barcelona, again working as his assistant, and won the King's Cup, Super Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in Robson's sole season in charge.
- 1997-2000: Stayed on at Barcelona and began working for Louis van Gaal, who used him at first as assistant and later as a scout. Under Van Gaal, won the league in 1998 and 1999 among other titles.
- 2000: Took first job as fully-fledged coach in charge at Benfica but fell out with club president after short time and quit.
- 2001: Took over at Uniao Leiria.
- 2002: In January, with Leiria in third place, moved to Porto, taking the team up to third by the end of the season.
- 2003: Won a treble of UEFA Cup, and domestic league and cup with Porto in his first full season in charge. Later added Portuguese Super Cup.
- 2004: Clinched second successive league title and failed to complete another domestic double when Porto lost in final of Portuguese Cup to Benfica. Made up for that disappointment with a 3-0 win over Monaco in Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on May 26.
- Announced intention to leave after the match and was appointed coach of Chelsea on a three-year contract on June 2nd.




Comments (1)
Lol.. The Man maybe funny but what he has done for Chelsea is amazing..!
My Favourite Quotes of Jose Are:
We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager.
Guess who he is talking about lol:
Maybe when I turn 60 and have been managing in the same league for 20 years and have the respect of everybody I will have the power to speak to people and make them tremble a little bit.
Posted by Ali Rafi | May 24, 2007 2:09 PM
Posted on May 24, 2007 14:09