Jose Mourinho appointed as Benfica coach

Benfica appointed Jose Mourinho arsenic their manager connected Thursday, with the Portuguese returning to enactment successful his homeland, 21 years aft leaving Porto for Chelsea.

The 62-year-old, who besides coached Real Madrid and Manchester United among different clubs, was sacked by Turkish broadside Fenerbahce successful August aft Benfica bushed them successful the Champions League play-offs.

Mourinho has signed a declaration “to tally until the extremity of the 2026/27 season”, Benfica said successful a statement, with an enactment for either enactment to extremity the woody astatine the extremity of the existent campaign.

The two-time European champions sacked Bruno Lage aft a daze decision successful their Champions League opener against Azerbaijani minnows Qarabag connected Tuesday.

Mourinho volition soon look reunions against erstwhile sides Chelsea and Porto, successful the Champions League connected September 30 and successful the Primeira Liga connected October 5 respectively.

After starting retired his coaching vocation arsenic an adjunct to Bobby Robson and past Louis van Gaal astatine Barcelona, Mourinho made the measurement up to caput manager astatine Benfica successful September 2000.

He discontinue aft conscionable 11 matches and then, aft impressing astatine Uniao de Leiria, helium joined the Eagles’ fierce rivals Porto and guided them to back-to-back league titles and the Champions League crown successful 2004.

That acceptable him connected the way to a palmy vocation coaching Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid earlier his fortunes dived aft joining Manchester United successful 2016.

More humble stints past followed astatine Tottenham, Roma and Fenerbahce.

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