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Jose Mourinho appointed Benfica manager
September 2025
Jose Mourinho has won the Champions League twice - with Porto and Inter Milan.
Benfica have appointed Jose Mourinho as their manager on a deal until the summer of 2027.
Mourinho, 62, succeeds Bruno Lage, who was sacked after the shock Champions League defeat against Qarabag on Tuesday.
The former Chelsea boss returns to management less than a month after being dismissed by Fenerbahce following a Champions League play-offs defeat by his new club Benfica.
Mourinho began his managerial career with Benfica in 2000 but took charge of only 10 games and left following a dispute with the club president.
The promise is very clear - I will live for Benfica, for my mission," said Mourinho.
"I'm not the important thing - Benfica is important."
His new deal at Benfica includes an option for the club and Mourinho to decide not to continue for another season up to 10 days after the end of the 2025-26 campaign.
Lage was sacked despite losing just one game across all competitions this season and Mourinho inherits a side that sit sixth in the Primeira Liga, five points adrift of leaders Porto, but with a game in hand.
'Betrayal' felt in Istanbul - analysis
When Mourinho was appointed Fenerbahce manager in June 2024, millions of fans dared to dream. One of the world's most famous coaches had arrived to end a decade-long title drought and perhaps deliver glory in Europe.
But that dream quickly collapsed.
More than a year on, those hopes have largely turned into frustration. Mourinho failed to win an Istanbul derby and could not deliver the league title.
And now he has joined the very club that knocked Fenerbahce out of the Champions League play-offs.
For many Fenerbahce supporters, this feels like a betrayal. They believe Mourinho not only abandoned them, but played them for fools.
Gokay, a lifelong Fenerbahce supporter, told BBC Sport: "From the very first day, Mourinho was interested in everything except football.
"He played down Turkish football and served up one of the worst styles of play in Fenerbahce's history."
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