UPDATE : 14 November 2025 - 22:29
13.3 C
Napoli
UPDATE : 14 November 2025 - 22:29
13.3 C
Napoli

Mourinho returns to Benfica after 25 years as the Portuguese club's new manager.

José Mourinho returns to Benfica after twenty-five years.
Listen to this article now...
Loading ...

LISBON – Twenty-five years after, José Mourinho He returns to Benfica. It's official: the Special One is the Portuguese club's new coach. President Rui Costa chose him to revitalize the team after the shocking home defeat against Qarabag, which cost Bruno Lage his job.

A return that has the taste of destiny.

It might interest you

Read more onFootball
Mourinho He had previously led Benfica in 2000, but his tenure lasted just three months, interrupted by a contract dispute. Now, with a trophy cabinet that includes two Champions League titles and dozens of trophies, the Portuguese coach returns to Da Luz with a much greater stature and the goal of leading the club back to the top, both domestically and in Europe. Interestingly, his new role comes after his recent dismissal from Fenerbahçe, who were eliminated by Benfica in the Champions League qualifiers.

And equally curious is the connection with Richard Rios, a player long courted by Roma, the Special One's latest Italian adventure. For Mourinho, it's also a homecoming, to the Portuguese league that saw him explode in 2004 with Porto, when he won the Champions League and definitively entered world football history.

Article published on September 18, 2025 - 17:13 PM - Vincenzo Scarpa

Daily News

Top News

PODCAST
Latest episodes
Naples, inside the invisible clan: the new Amato-Pagano clan.
Listen to the full episode
0:00 0:00