Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Manuel Ferreira de Morais | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | União de Leiria | ||
1986–1988 | Dragões de Alferrarede | ||
1988–1990 | Atlético CP | ||
1990 | → Praiense (loan) | ||
1990–1991 | Penafiel | ||
Teams managed | |||
1999–2001 | Benfica B | ||
2001–2002 | Estoril | ||
2002 | Westfalia Herne | ||
2002 | Dresdner SC | ||
2003–2004 | Porto (assistant) | ||
2004–2005 | Santa Clara | ||
2005 | Assyriska Föreningen | ||
2007–2008 | Al Hazm | ||
2008 | Stade Tunisien | ||
2008 | Yemen | ||
2008–2009 | Espérance | ||
2009–2010 | Inter Milan (assistant) | ||
2010–2013 | Real Madrid (assistant) | ||
2013–2014 | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
2014–2015 | Al-Shabab | ||
2015–2016 | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
2016 | Antalyaspor | ||
2016–2017 | AEK Athens | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
José Manuel Ferreira de Morais (born 27 July 1965) is a Portuguese football coach who most recently managed Greek club AEK Athens.
Morais arrived at Inter Milan in July 2009 to replace the departing André Villas-Boas, who took the head coaching position with Académica de Coimbra. Hired by fellow countryman José Mourinho, the two reportedly first met at Benfica in 2000.
After head coach Mourinho terminated his contract with Inter, Morais followed Mourinho to Real Madrid in June 2010. Similarly, he then followed Mourinho to Chelsea in June 2013 following the end of Mourinho's managerial spell with Real Madrid. In February 2015, Morais started with Tunisian club Espérance.
Morais' playing career started at the União de Leiria in 1984. He stayed there for two seasons before moving to Dragões de Alferrarede in 1986, playing there for two years. His next stint at Atlético CP lasted only one year. In 1990, he went on loan to Praiense before finally retiring in Penafiel after the 1990–91 season.
Morais worked with the Benfica youth team among several football clubs in Portugal,Swedish club Assyriska, African club Espérance de Tunis (EST), as well as once holding the head coach position for the Yemen national team. On 27 April 2002, he became the coach of Westfalia Herne in the German fourth division. Between 20 January 2003 and 30 June, he was the head coach from two times German champion Dresdner SC in the German third league.