José Manuel Mourinho Félix

José Mourinho Félix
Personal information
Full nameJosé Manuel Mourinho Félix
Date of birth17 June 1938
Place of birthFerragudo, Portugal
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1956–1968Vitória Setúbal96(0)
1968–1974Belenenses131(0)
Total227(0)
National team
1972Portugal1(0)
Teams managed
1971Belenenses (assistant)
1976–1977Estrela Portalegre
1977–1978Caldas
1978–1979Leiria
1979–1981Amora
1981–1982Rio Ave
1982–1983Belenenses
1983–1984Rio Ave
1985Varzim
1985–1986União Madeira
1988–1989O Elvas
1995Vitória Setúbal
1996Vitória Setúbal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Mourinho and the second or paternal family name is Félix.

José Manuel Mourinho Félix (born 17 June 1938 in Ferragudo, Faro, Algarve) is a Portuguese retired football goalkeeper and manager.

Playing career

As a professional, Mourinho Félix played during sixteen seasons, making his top division debuts in the 1958–59 campaign with Vitória de Setúbal. He spent nine 1/2 seasons with the Sado River side, helping it win two Portuguese Cups and also appearing in as many Inter-Cities Fairs Cup editions.

Midway through the 1968–69 season, Félix signed for fellow league club C.F. Os Belenenses, finishing in a personal best-ever second position in 1972–73 - with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup – and retiring in June of the following year at the age of 36. He appeared once for the Portuguese national team, in the Brazil Independence Cup in 1972, coming on as a substitute for S.L. Benfica's José Henrique in the dying minutes of a 2–1 win against the Republic of Ireland.[1]

Managing career

Mourinho Félix 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 level was in the 1980–81 season with Amora FC, which he had led to promotion (as champions) the previous year. He left the club midway through the campaign and rejoined division two with Rio Ave FC,[2] achieving the same feat after winning seven matches in 11.

Félix's only full season in the main category was 1983–84, leading Rio Ave to the ninth place and the final of the domestic cup. In the mid-late 90s he twice came to the rescue of main club Vitória Setúbal, with top division relegation befalling in 1995 as the team only won twice in his 12 games in charge.

Honours

Player

Manager

Personal life

Mourinho Félix married Maria Júlia Carrajola dos Santos, a teacher (born 1939), and had two children, Teresa (1960) and José Mário.[3] The latter went on to become one of the most renowned and successful managers of his era.[4][5]

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