Barca chief revels in Mourinho exit

1963: Born January 26. Father Felix Mourinho was a former Portugal goalkeeper.

1992: After middle-ranking jobs at Estrela Amadora and Vitoria Setubal, works as Bobby Robson’s translator at Sporting Lisbon.<<p> 1993: Moves to Porto with Robson.

1996: Joins Barca as Robson’s assistant coach.

1997: Stays on under new coach Louis van Gaal.

2000: Lasts nine games as coach of Benfica before resigning due to problems in the boardroom.

2001: Appointed coach of Uniao de Leiria.

2002: Joins Porto.

2003: In first full season, Porto win the treble of domestic league, cup and UEFA Cup.

2004:
May – Porto win the league and Champions League, with 3-0 win vs Monaco.
June 2 – Appointed Chelsea manager.

2005:
February 27
– Wins Carling Cup with final defeat of Liverpool.
April – Chelsea seal Premier League title – the club’s first top-flight crown in 50 years – with 2-0 win at Bolton.

2006: Chelsea claim a second consecutive Premier League title.

2007:
February
– Chelsea win Carling Cup, beating Arsenal 2-1.
May – Chelsea lose Champions League semi-final to Liverpool, but win the FA Cup against Man Utd.
August – Chelsea set a new record of 64 unbeaten home matches in the English top flight.
September – Leaves Chelsea by “mutual consent”.

2008:
June – Appointed Inter Milan boss on three-year contract.
August – Wins Italian Supercoppa with victory over Roma.

2009:
May 16 – Wins Serie A at the first attempt.
May 25 – Signs a contract extension at Inter until 2012.

2010:
March – Inter knock Chelsea out of the Champions League in the last 16.
May 5 – Inter win the Coppa Italia.
May 16 – Mourinho claims his second Serie A title with Inter.
May 22 – Guides Inter to Champions League triumph with a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich.
May 26 – Madrid part company with coach Manuel Pellegrini and approach Mourinho.
May 31 – Unveiled as Real Madrid coach.

2011:
May 3
– Madrid lose Champions League semi-final to Barcelona.
August 18 – Appears to poke then Barca assistant Tito Vilanova in the eye during Supecopa defeat.

2012:
May 2
– Guides Madrid to their first Primera Division title in four years.
May 22 – Signs contract extension until June 2016.
August – Leads Madrid to a Supercopa victory over Barcelona.

2013:
April – Eliminates Man Utd in UCL but Madrid beaten by Dortmund in semi-finals.
May 17 – Madrid lose Copa del Rey final to city rivals Atletico Madrid.
May 20 – It is confirmed that Mourinho will leave Real at end of 2012-13 season.

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