Jose Mourinho will coach Fenerbahce, take stock of the madman's coaching career, can he return to the top in the future?

Brother Bao loves football

2024-06-01 03:26Published in Zhejiang

According to Fabrizio Romano, Mourinho has signed a contract with Turkish Super League side Fenerbahce until June 2026. Fenerbahce are the traditional giants of the Turkish Super League, having finished runners-up in the Turkish Super League this season and will play in next season's Champions League qualifiers. Mourinho has been on a downward trend since he left Manchester United in 2018, and his coaching career has shown a significant downward trend, successively coaching Tottenham and Roma, but he was fired by the team, and now he is going to the Turkish Super League, which is the first time he has left the top five leagues in the past 20 years, taking stock of the more than 20 years of coaching career of the madman, Mourinho, who is already 61 years old, will he have a chance to return to the top in the future?

Mourinho had a very ordinary playing career, and after retiring from football, he first worked as a youth team coach and assistant coach for domestic teams such as Porto, and then moved to Barcelona in 1996 to work as an interpreter and assistant coach for Robson and Van Gaal, gradually accumulating his coaching experience. In September 2000, Jose Mourinho accepted Benfica's offer to become the team's manager, but was sacked less than three months later; In July 2001, Jose Mourinho became the manager of Leiria, and half a season later, he received an invitation from Porto, thus starting his journey as a legendary manager.

In the 2002-2003 season, Mourinho's second season in charge of Porto, led the team to win the Europa League, the Portuguese Super League, the Portuguese Cup and the Portuguese Cup quadruple, becoming a rising star in European football coaching. In the 2003-2004 season, Mourinho led Porto to defend the Portuguese Super League title, and became the biggest dark horse in the Champions League, winning the Champions League, becoming the first non-top five league team to win the Champions League in the past 20 years, Mourinho became the hottest manager in European football in one fell swoop.

In July 2004, Jose Mourinho accepted Abou's invitation to coach Chelsea in the Premier League, transforming Chelsea from a mid-table Premier League team to another Premier League giant. Jose Mourinho took charge of Chelsea for more than three seasons for the first time, leading Chelsea to break Manchester United's monopoly and win two Premier League titles, one FA Cup, two League Cups and one Community Shield, and was twice named the Premier League's best manager. However, after the start of the 2007-2008 season, Chelsea's poor start to the season saw Jose Mourinho fall out with owner Abou Abou and be sacked in September 2007, his first setback since becoming famous.

In July 2008, Jose Mourinho accepted Moratti's invitation to become the coach of the Serie A giants Inter Milan, at this time Juventus was in dormant due to the influence of the phone, and Inter Milan had won three consecutive Serie A titles under the coaching of Mancini. In order to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, Moratti brought in Mourinho to replace Mancini, which created another glorious period for Inter. In his first season, Mourinho led Inter to four consecutive Serie A titles; In the 2009-2010 season, he led Inter Milan to the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia treble, and Mourinho won the Champions League for the second time, reaching the peak of his coaching career.

After leading his team to win the Champions League, Mourinho accepted Real Madrid's invitation to challenge Barcelona for supremacy in La Liga. From July 2010 to June 2013, Mourinho managed Real Madrid for three seasons, leading them to win one La Liga title, one Copa del Rey and one Super Cup, and led Real Madrid to the semi-finals of the Champions League for three consecutive seasons, but unfortunately failed to go further. Jose Mourinho's three years in charge of Real Madrid helped Real Madrid end the suppression of Barcelona in previous seasons, and the confrontation between Mourinho and Pep Guardiola during this period has also become a major attraction of the Spanish national derby.

Jose Mourinho returned to Chelsea in July 2013 and led Chelsea to third place in the Premier League in his first season and to the Premier League title in his second season. In December 2015, Chelsea suffered another unfavourable start when Jose Mourinho had an affair with the female team doctor, but was not supported by the player or Abou, and eventually left for a second time at Chelsea. This dismissal also became the beginning of Mourinho's coaching career downhill, and since then, he has been fired in less than 3 seasons when he has coached other teams, and since then there has been the saying "Mu three years".

Jose Mourinho became Manchester United manager in July 2016 and led the Reds to the Europa League, League Cup and Community Shield in his first season. In the 2017-2018 season, Jose Mourinho led Manchester United to a runners-up finish in the Premier League, which Mourinho called the greatest achievement of his career, and was scoffed at by others at the time, after all, this is Manchester United. In December 2018, Mourinho had a conflict with some Manchester United players led by Pogba, but he did not receive the support of the management and left in disgrace.

In November 2019, Jose Mourinho succeeded Mauricio Pochettino as Tottenham boss and it was Mourinho's first time in charge of a team that did not have the quality to compete for the title. In his first season, Jose Mourinho led Tottenham to sixth place in the Premier League and reached the last 16 of the Champions League. In the 2020-2021 season, Mourinho led Tottenham to the League Cup final, but just a few days before the League Cup final, Mourinho was sacked by Levy because of his opposition to the European Super League. Jose Mourinho has not won any titles in charge of a team for the first time since landing in the top five leagues, so that Mourinho can forgive Chelsea and Manchester United, but he can never forgive Tottenham.

In July 2021, Mourinho once again lowered his price to coach Roma in Serie A, leading Roma to 6th place in Serie A in his first season and winning the first UEFA Europa League, which was also the last title of Mourinho's coaching career. In his second season, Jose Mourinho led Roma to sixth place in Serie A and led the team to the Europa League final, but unfortunately lost to Sevilla on penalties and missed out on Champions League qualification next season. This season is Mourinho's third season in charge of Roma, although in January 2024, Mourinho was sacked by Roma due to poor results.

Jose Mourinho has been in charge of Roma for more than two years, almost single-handedly putting Roma back into the top of European football, but due to financial reasons and strength problems, he has not been able to go further. After the end of the Qatar World Cup, the Portuguese Football Association once sent an invitation to Mourinho to coach the Portuguese national team, but unfortunately the emotional Mourinho still hoped to lead Roma to rebuild its glory, and refused the invitation of the Portuguese Football Association, so that after being fired by Rome, Mourinho once expressed regret for missing the opportunity to become the coach of Portugal.

Jose Mourinho accepted Fenerbahce's offer to coach outside the top five leagues for the first time in the last 20 years. Although Fenerbahce is a Turkish Super League giant, it cannot be compared with the strong teams in the five major leagues in terms of team popularity and strength, and even Tottenham and Roma. Fortunately, Fenerbahce finished runners-up in the Turkish Super League this season, and thus got the opportunity to participate in the Champions League qualification, if Fenerbahce can successfully qualify, then Mourinho will also return to the Champions League after a five-year hiatus.

Finally, a brief introduction to Fenerbahce. Fenerbahce is a traditional powerhouse in the Turkish Super League, having won the Turkish Super League 19 times in its history, second only to Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League, but the last time Fenerbahce won the Turkish Super League was in the 2013-2014 season, 10 years ago. Fenerbahçe's team is worth a total of 200 million euros, and the most valuable player in the team is 24-year-old Turkish defender Kadioglu, worth 21 million euros; The most famous player in the team is the 38-year-old Bosnian center Dzeko, who also won the silver boot in the Turkish Super League this season.

From Manchester United to Tottenham, from Tottenham to Roma, and from Roma to Fenerbahce, Mourinho's coaching team has been declining in recent years, and the magic bird has gradually fallen out of the ranks of first-line coaches in world football. Some time ago, when Bayern, Chelsea, Liverpool and Barcelona and other giants changed coaches, Mourinho was not even considered at all, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to the "madman" and an important reason why he finally decided to accept Fenerbahce. Mourinho hopes to prove himself again in Fenerbahce, but this may be Mourinho's last chance, if he fails again this time, I am afraid that he can only go to the Saudi league to pan for gold in the future, I hope Mourinho can return to the top of football!

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