José Mourinho (manager)

                                                    

José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix,  or simply José Mourinho had been really outstanding in recent times.he was born 26 January 1963.He is a Portugese football manager., currently the head coach of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One". Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches, and critics as one of the best football coach of all time. Mourinho started out as a player and eventually switched to management. He worked with Robson at Sporting Lisbon and Porto in Portugal, and Barcelone in Spain. He remained at the Catalonian club after Robson's departure and worked with his successor Louise Van Gaal.

He began focusing on coaching and impressed with brief but successful managerial periods at Benifica and Uniao de Leiria, taking the latter to their highest ever league finish. He returned to Porto in early 2002 as head coach, winning the Primiere, Taça de Portugal, and UEFA Cup in 2003. In the next season Mourinho guided the team to victory in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, to the top of the league for a second time, and won the highest honour in European club football, the UEFA Champions League. Mourinho moved to Chelsea the following year and won the Premier League title, the club's first league title in 50 years, and the League Cup in his first season. In his second year Chelsea retained the Premier League and in 2006–07 he took the club to an FA Cup and League Cup double, though they finished as league runners-up. He often courted controversy for his outspokenness, but his victories at Chelsea and Porto established him as one of the world's top football managers. Mourinho left Chelsea in September 2007, amidst reports of a rift with club owner Roman Abramovich.^[9]

In 2008 Mourinho signed a three-year contract with Serie A club Internazionale. Within three months he had won his first Italian honour, the Supercoppa Italiana, and completed the season by winning the Serie A title. In 2009–10 Inter became the first Italian club to win the treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League, the first time Inter had won the latter competition since 1965. In doing so, Mourinho became the third manager in football history to win the UEFA Champions League with two different teams, after Ernst Happel and Ottmar Hitzfeld.^[10] He won the first ever FIFA Ballon d'Or Best Coach Award in 2010. He then signed with Real Madrid in 2010, winning the Copa del Rey in his first season. The following year he won the La Liga and became the fourth coach, after Tomislav Ivić, Ernst Happel, and Giovanni Trapattoni, to have won league titles in at least four different countries: Portugal, England, Italy, and Spain,^[11] also becoming the first manager to win the traditional top three European league championships

                                                                                                 Mourinho at Chealse

                                         

Mourinho at Real Madrid

Achivements as a manager

In eight seasons of club management, including an eight month sabbatical in 2007–08, Mourinho has led his club to win its domestic league seven times, the UEFA Champions League twice and the UEFA Cuponce. Since 2002, Mourinho has not gone a full calendar year without winning at least one trophy.

Porto  (2002–2004)

• Primeira Liga (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
• Taça de Portugal (1): 2002–03
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2003
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2003–04
• UEFA Cup (1): 2002–03

Chelsea  (2004–2007)

• Premier League (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
• FA Cup (1): 2006–07
• Football League Cup (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
• FA Community Shield (1): 2005

Internazionale  (2008–2010)

• Serie A (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
• Coppa Italia (1): 2009–10
• Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2008
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2009–10

Real Madrid  (2010–present)

• La Liga (1): 2011–12
• Copa del Rey (1): 2010–11
• Supercopa de España (1): 2012

Individual

• Primeira Liga Manager of the Year (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
• Premier League Manager of the Year (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
• Premier League Manager of the Month (3): November 2004, January 2005, March 2007
• Serie A Manager of the Year (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
• Albo Panchina d'Oro (1): 2009–10
• Miguel Muñoz Trophy (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
• UEFA Manager of the Year (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
• UEFA Team of the Year (4): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010
• Onze d'Or Coach of the Year (2): 2005, 2010
• FIFA World Coach of the Year (1): 2010
• IFFHS World's Best Club Coach (3): 2004, 2005, 2010
• World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year (3): 2004, 2005, 2010
• LPFP Awards Best Portuguese Manager in Foreign Countries (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award (1): 2005
• La Gazzetta dello Sport Man of the Year (1): 2010^[98]
• International Sports Press Association Best Manager in the World (1): 2010^[99]
• Prémio Prestígio Fernando Soromenho (1): 2012^[100]

Special awards

• Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique
• Honoris causa – degree by the Technical University of Lisbon for his accomplishments in football
• Football Extravaganza's League of Legends (2011)

Lionel Messi (ST)

                                                                   

Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi is recognized as one of the best players of alltime. He was born 24 June 1987 and is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He serves as the captain of his country's national football team. Messi is Barcelona's all-time top scorer in all official club competitions excluding friendlies.By the age of 21, Messi had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year in 2009 he won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year, and the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 and 2011. He also won the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

Frequently rated by commentators, experts and former players as the best player in the world,^{[5][6][7][8][9]} Messi is the fourth football player to win three Ballons d'Or and the second player to win three consecutive Ballons d'Or. Messi has won five La Ligas, two Copas del Rey, five Supercopas de España, three Champions Leagues, two Super Cups and two Club World Cups. In 2012, Messi made UEFA Champions League history by becoming the first player to score five goals in one match.He also matched José Altafini's record of 14 goals in a single Champions League season.Messi became the first player to top-score in four successive Champions League campaigns^. He set the world record for most goals scored in a season during the 2011–12 season, with 73 goals. In the same season, he set the current goalscoring record in a single La Liga season, scoring 50 goals.

Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year, in which he was elected young player of the tournament. In 2008, he won his first international honour, an Olympic gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team. Sportspro has rated Lionel Messi as the third most marketable athlete in the world. His playing style and stature have drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi his "successor".

                                                                  Messi shortly before scoring a goal against Getafe

                                                   Messi takes Barcelona to 2–0 against Sevilla

"Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable. He's the only player who can change direction at such a pace.
"He is the best player in the world by some distance. He's (like) aPlayStation. He can take advantage of every mistake we make."

Arsène Wenger after Barcelona won 4–1 against Arsenal

Messi playing against Real Madrid in a Champions League match

Messi playing against Real Madrid during the 2011–12 Copa del Rey

Messi at the 2007 Copa América

Messi, playing for Argentina in 2011, has been compared to compatriot Diego Maradona

Honours

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12; Runner-up 2010–11.
• Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011; Runner-up 2012.
• UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11.
• UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006.
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011.

Argentina

• Olympic Gold Medal: 2008.
• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2005.

Runner up:

• Copa America: 2007.

Third place:

• U20 South American Youth Championship: 2005.

Individual

• FIFA Ballon d'Or (2): 2010, 2011. Created in 2010.
• Ballon d'Or (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
• FIFA World Player of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2009.
• European Golden Shoe (2): 2010, 2012.
• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer (1): 2011.^[260]
• LFP Best Forward (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
• LFP Best Player (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
• UEFA Champions League Top Goalscorer (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
• Onze d'Or (3): 2009, 2011, 2012. No winner in 2010.
• Pichichi Trophy (2): 2010, 2012.
• La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year (5): 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
• World Soccer Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2011, 2012.
• ESM Team of the Year (6): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12.
• UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match (1): 2011.
• FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball (2): 2009, 2011.
• FIFA/FIFPro World XI (5): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
• La Liga Player of the Year (3): 2009, 2010, 2011.
• UEFA Best Player in Europe Award (1): 2011. Created in 2011.
• UEFA Team of the Year (4): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
• La Liga Foreign Player of the Year (3): 2007, 2009, 2010. Ceased to exist in 2010.
• UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
• UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2009. Ceased to exist in 2010.
• Marca Leyenda (1): 2009.
• FIFPro World Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
• World Soccer Young Player of the Year (3): 2006, 2007, 2008.
• Bravo Award (1): 2007.
• Copa América Young Player of the Tournament (1): 2007.
• European Golden Boy (1): 2005.
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament (1): 2005.
• FIFA U-20 World Cup Top Goalscorer (1): 2005.

Records

As of 14 December 2012^{[261][262][263][264][265][266][267]}

World

• Guinness World Records title for the most goals in a year: 88 goals.
• Most international goals in a year (club and national team): 25 goals (shared with Vivian Woodward).
• Most goals scored in FIFA Club World Cup: 4 goals (held jointly with Denilson and Mohamed Aboutrika).

Europe

• Most goals scored in a season (club): 73 goals.
• Most goals scored in a year (club): 76 goals.
• Most goals scored in a European Cup season: 14 goals (held jointly with José Altafini).
• Most European Cup top scorer awards: 4 awards (shared with Gerd Müller).
• Highest scorer in a European Cup game: 5 goals (held jointly with ten other players).

Argentina

• Most goals scored in a year (national team): 12 goals (shared with Batistuta).

Spain

• Most goals scored in La Liga in a season: 50 goals.
• Most La Liga hat-tricks in a season: 8 hat-tricks.
• Most goals scored in the Supercopa de España: 10 goals.
• Most consecutive La Liga matches scored in: 10 matches (shared with Ronaldo and Mariano Martín).

Barcelona

• Top scorer in official competitions: 285 goals.
• Top scorer in La Liga: 192 goals.
• Top scorer in UEFA Champions League: 56 goals.
• Top scorer in European Competitions: 57 goals.
• Top scorer in international Competitions: 61 goals.
• Most all competitions hat-tricks overall: 21.
• Most La Liga hat-tricks overall: 15.
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