José Manuel Mourinho Félix

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Full nameJosé Manuel Mourinho Félix
Date of birth(1938-02-12)12 February 1938
Place of birth Ferragudo, Portugal
Date of death 25 June 2017(2017-06-25) (aged 79)
Place of death Setúbal, Portugal
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1955–1968 Vitória Setúbal 143 (0)
1968–1974 Belenenses 131 (0)
Total274(0)
National team
1972 Portugal 1 (0)
Teams managed
1971 Belenenses (assistant)
1976–1977 Estrela Portalegre
1977–1978 Caldas
1978–1979 União Leiria
1979–1981 Amora
1981–1982 Rio Ave
1982–1983 Belenenses
1983–1984 Rio Ave
1985 Varzim
1985–1986 União Madeira
1988–1989 O Elvas
1995 Vitória Setúbal
1996 Vitória Setúbal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Manuel Mourinho Félix (12 February 1938 – 25 June 2017), known as Félix Mourinho, [1] [2] was a Portuguese football goalkeeper and manager.

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Playing career

Mourinho was born in Ferragudo, Faro District, Algarve. He played 19 seasons as a professional, making his Primeira Liga debut in 1955–56 with Vitória de Setúbal. He spent 13 campaigns with the Sado River side, helping them win two Portuguese Cups and appearing in as many Inter-Cities Fairs Cup editions. [3]

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Coaching career

Mourinho started coaching on a full basis in 1976 (he had worked as an assistant with Belenenses, while still an active player). His first spell in the top level was in 1980–81 with Amora, which he had led to promotion as champions the previous year. He left the team midway through the campaign and rejoined the Segunda Liga with Rio Ave, [4] achieving the same feat after winning seven matches in 11. [3]

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Mourinho's only full seasons in the top tier were 1981–82 and 1983–84, leading Rio Ave to the fifth place in the former and the final of the domestic cup in the latter. [5] The 1981–82 season saw Mourinho's son José involved with the Rio Ave squad for the first time; he was usually tasked with scouting other teams for his father when not playing for the reserves. [6] Mourinho rarely selected his son, but on the final day of the season against champions-elect Sporting CP, a defender was injured in the pre-match warm up, so Mourinho told his son to get changed. However, then-president José Maria Pinho, fearing the threat of nepotism, overruled the decision to do so. [7] The incident saw the Mourinhos leave the club to join Belenenses the following summer. Before that, Mourinho was considered for the Portugal job, but he was passed over for Fernando Cabrita. [6] Mourinho returned to Rio Ave in 1983, but was sacked on Christmas Day 1984 after the club went on a bad run and lost to Covilhã. [6] In the mid-to-late 1990s, he twice came to the rescue of Vitória Setúbal, with top division relegation befalling in 1995 as they only won twice in his 12 games in charge.

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Personal life

Mourinho married Maria Júlia Carrajola dos Santos (born 1939), and had two children, Teresa (born 1960) and José (born 1963). [8] The latter went on to become one of the most renowned and successful football managers of his era. [9]

Death

Mourinho died on 25 June 2017 in Setúbal, at the age of 79. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Honours

Player

Manager

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References

  1. ↑ Jose Mourinho pays tribute to his father, Felix, who passes away aged 79; The Daily Telegraph, 26 June 2017
  2. ↑ "Morreu Félix Mourinho, pai de José Mourinho" [Félix Mourinho, José Mourinho's father died] (in Portuguese). Sapo. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tadeia, António (12 February 2016). "Defendeu apenas dois clubes em 19 anos: o V. Setúbal e o Belenenses. O pai do melhor treinador português de sempre sofreu o primeiro golo de Eusébio, mas no mesmo jogo defendeu-lhe um penalti. E ganhou uma Taça de Portugal" [He only represented two clubs in 19 years: V. Setúbal and Belenenses. The father of the best Portuguese coach of all time let in Eusébio's first goal, but he saved his penalty in the same match. And he won a Portuguese Cup.] (in Portuguese). António Tadeia. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Félix Mourinho. "Comparei as luvas do Cech com as minhas e é para rir" (Félix Mourinho. "I've compared Cech's gloves with mine and it's a joke") Archived 29 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine ; i, 26 January 2011 (in Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Mourinho e as memórias de um Rio Ave em maré alta (Mourinho and the memories of on-a-rise Rio Ave); Mais Futebol, 28 October 2015 (in Portuguese)
  6. 1 2 3 Wallace, Sam (8 May 2015). "Mourinho's invaluable lesson from his dad". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Barclay, Patrick (2011). "Born into football". Mourinho: Further Anatomy of a Winner. Hachette UK. ISBN   9781409134213.
  8. ↑ José Manuel Mourinho Félix; at Geneall (in Portuguese)
  9. ↑ Sitting pretty; The Observer, 1 August 2004
  10. ↑ Mourinho Félix. Partiu um dos guarda-redes de Abril (Mourinho Félix. One of April's goalkeepers has left); Diário de Notícias, 25 June 2017 (in Portuguese)
  11. ↑ "Jose Mourinho's father Felix dies at the age of 79". Sky Sports. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Man United manager Jose Mourinho's father dies in Portugal". USA Today. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  13. ↑ Porter, Alex (26 June 2017). "Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho posts poignant photo in reaction to his Dad's death". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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