José Mourinho’s has won five league titles in the six full seasons he’s managed in his career. On Sunday, an Internazionale win at Siena will bolster the the Portuguese’s stunning managerial resumé. SB Nation editor Richard Farley looks at that was well as three other noteworthy coaching jobs in this year’s Italian Serie A.
Italian Serie A: Inter Milan Tries To Close-Out Fifth Straight Title
In 2006-07, Chelsea won England’s FA Cup for the fourth time in the 92-year history of the club. They also won the League Cup, finished second in the Premiership and made it to the Champions League semifinals before losing on kicks. The team allowed a Premier League-low 24 goals while losing only three matches, also a league-low mark.
The 2006-07 can also be seen as José Mourinho’s bad year - his least successful full season as a manager. Mourinho started his career in Portugal with Benfica, resigning from his job after a change in club president, landing at União de Leiria after less than three months on the job in Lisbon. Before he had completed a full season Leiria, FC Porto signed him. It was at the Dragão, in the first year it was open, that Mourinho completed his first full season as a manager: 2002-03. That year, Mourinho won the UEFA Cup, Portuguese Cup, Portuguese SuperCup and ended Porto’s three year drought without a league title.
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