Félix Mourinho
Personal information
Full name José 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 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1968 Vitória Setúbal 143 (0)
1968–1974 Belenenses 131 (0)
Total 274 (0)
International career
1972 Portugal 1 (0)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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]

Before 1968–69 started, Mourinho signed for fellow league club Belenenses, finishing in a personal best-ever second position in his fifth season – with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup – and retiring in June of the following year at the age of 36. He earned one cap for the Portugal national team, coming on as a substitute for Benfica's José Henrique in the dying minutes of a 2–1 win against the Republic of Ireland in the 1972 Brazil Independence Cup.[3]

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 tier 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]

Mourinho's only full seasons in the top flight 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 former saw his son José involved with the squad for the first time, and he was also 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 campaign against champions-elect Sporting CP, a defender was injured in the pre-match warm up, so he told his son to get changed. However, president José Maria Pinho, fearing the threat of nepotism, overruled the decision to do so;[7] the incident saw the pair leave the club to join Belenenses the following summer – before that, the manager 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 team 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.

Personal life

Mourinho married Maria Júlia Carrajola dos Santos (born 1939), a teacher, and had two children, Teresa (1960–1995) and José.[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

Vitória Setúbal

Manager

Amora

Rio Ave

  • Taça de Portugal runner-up: 1983–84[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Morreu Félix Mourinho, pai de José Mourinho" [Death of Félix Mourinho, José Mourinho's father] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Jose Mourinho pays tribute to his father, Felix, who passes away aged 79". The Daily Telegraph. London. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Tovar, Rui (26 January 2011). "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"]. i (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Pires, Sérgio (28 October 2015). "Mourinho e as memórias de um Rio Ave em maré alta" [Mourinho and the memories of on-a-rise Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  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" (in Portuguese). Geneall. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "Sitting pretty". The Observer. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  10. ↑ Almeida, Isaura (25 June 2017). "Mourinho Félix. Partiu um dos guarda-redes de Abril" [Mourinho Félix. One of April's goalkeepers has left]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  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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