Portuguese football has returned as the coach of Jose Morinho Benfika, The club announced on Thursday.
Morinho, 62, has signed that a two-year deal is a two-year deal after a two-year deal with a lisbon-based organization. Dismissed by FENERBAHCE,
The club confirmed the contract of Morinho, which includes a section, stating that “10 days after the final match of the 2025–26 season, under the same conditions, both Benfika and Coaches cannot continue contracts for the 2026–27 season.”
Morinho was allowed by Fanarbahe due to a defeat against his former club Benfika in the Champions League Playoffs.
He replaces Bruno Lease, which was Rejected on Tuesday After the team’s 3–2 domestic loss of Kurbagh in his Champions League opener.
It was in Benfika where Morinho got his first experience as the first-team manager in 2000 and now joined his 12th managerial role.
Morinho Recently declared His desire to return to coaching at his origin Portugal While he is still the “height” of his career.
Morinho, who arrived at Benfika’s training ground, running his black Ferrari, returns to Portuguese football 21 years after leaving FC Porto.
“I have a lot of feelings, but the experience helps me control them,” he said during his unveiling.
“I want to thank you for your belief. Being a Portuguese, there is no one who is not familiar with the history and culture of this club and the history of this club, but I want to clarify that I should be able to block all these emotions and see Benfika in a very simplified way.
“I am the coach of one of the largest clubs in the world. I want to focus on this mission, not difficulty but focus on the joy of a coach’s job, focusing on some exciting.
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“It’s been 25 years, but I am not here to celebrate my career. It’s 25 years in which I have got the opportunity to work for the world’s largest clubs. I want to tell you, as a representative of Benfika fans, that I had no opportunity for the coach, which inspires me more than being a coach.
“Promise is clear: I will be for Benfika for my mission. This is a tremendous honor.”
Morinho left Portugal in summer of 2004 Chelsey Some time after the guide FC Porto For the Champions League Glory.
He has won 26 major honors in mantras with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, real Madrid, Manchester United And Roma. He also spent 17 months in charge Tottenham Hotspur,
Morinho said: “I want to complete two years and successfully contract, so that the club can renew with me again.”
When asked about the difference between her first magic in Benfika and now, Morinho said: “These are two different stages. Before it was the beginning of my career and now I am at a point of very maturity … I will only end only when I feel that something has changed. Today, I think that I think that I am hungry than 25 years ago.
“I am very happy to come here; I feel more alive than ever before. I am on a platform where I am more philanthropist, less self-centered, and focus on the happiness I can bring to others. I am not important, Benfika’s fans are important. I am to serve here, to serve here, to win Benafika.
He has inherited a team that ranks sixth in Primara Leiga Standing, with FC Porto with a game of five points in hand.
Morinho’s first game will be in charge AVS On Saturday at Primra Leiga.
He will return to Stamford Bridge on 30 September, when Benfika will play in Chelsea in the Champions League before going to Porto on 5 October in the Domestic League.
Morinho will face one of her former clubs, when Benfika hosted Real Madrid on January 28, 2026 in Elite Club Competition of Europe.
Benfika, who last won the league title in the 2022-23 campaign, will hold the presidential election on 25 October.
Information from Mark Ogden of ESPN contributed to this report.
