José Manuel Ferreira de Morais (born 27 July 1965) is a Portuguese professional
football
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coach and former player. He is the current manager of Turkish
Süper Lig
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club
Bodrum
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.
Morais arrived at
Inter Milan
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in July 2009 to replace the departing
André Villas-Boas
Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas (; born 17 October 1977) is a Portuguese sports executive, and former professional Manager (association football), football manager, who is currently the List of FC Porto presidents, president of Port ...
, who took the head coaching position with
Académica de Coimbra. Hired by fellow countryman
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...
, the two reportedly first met at
Benfica in 2000.
After head coach Mourinho terminated his contract with Inter, Morais followed Mourinho to
Real Madrid
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in June 2010. Similarly, he then followed Mourinho to
Chelsea in June 2013 following the end of Mourinho's managerial spell with Real Madrid. He then managed in his own right in several countries, winning two
K League 1
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titles with
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in South Korea.
Playing career
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
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after the 1990–91 season.
Coaching career
Morais worked with the
Benfica youth team among several football clubs in Portugal, Swedish club
Assyriska, Tunisian club
Espérance, 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.
On 13 July 2006, Morais joined Saudi Arabian club
Al-Faisaly as manager. He left the club on 16 December 2006 following a 5–1 defeat to
Al-Ittihad. On 6 June 2014, Morais was named as new manager of Saudi side
Al-Shabab. He won
Saudi Super Cup
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Founded in 2013 as a two-team competition, the Super Cup has been contested by four teams since 2022: the winners and runners-up of the King's Cup and the Sa ...
title after defeating
Al Nassr in
penalty shootout
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in his first match as Al-Shabab manager. For the 2014–15 season, Morais took a one-year sabbatical to become manager of Saudi Arabian team Al-Shabab before returning to
Chelsea for the start of pre-season ahead of the
2015–16 Premier League
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campaign.
On 16 August 2018, Morais was appointed manager of
Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
club
Karpaty Lviv. On 28 November 2018, Morais quit as manager of
Ukrainian Premier League
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and was appointed as manager of South Korean
K League 1
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side
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He won the
K League 1
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in both of his first two seasons.
In December 2020, he left Jeonbuk after his contract was terminated. In May 2021, Morais signed a contract until the end season with Saudi club
Al Hilal.
on 24 June 2022, Morais joined
Persian Gulf Pro League side
Sepahan on a new three-year deal. on February 8th 2025 he was appointed coach of
Süper Lig
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side
Bodrum FK on a deal until June 30th 2025.
Managerial statistics
Honours
;Espérance Tunis
*
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
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:
2009–10
;Al-Shabab
*
Saudi Super Cup
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Founded in 2013 as a two-team competition, the Super Cup has been contested by four teams since 2022: the winners and runners-up of the King's Cup and the Sa ...
:
2014
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;Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
*
K League 1
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:
2019
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,
2020
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[
*]FA Cup
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: 2020
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;Al Hilal
*Saudi Professional League
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: 2020–21
;Sepahan
*Hazfi Cup
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The Iranian Football League, Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, h ...
: 2023–24
Individual
* K League 1 Manager of the Year: 2019
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References
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1965 births
Living people
People from Cuanza Norte Province
Angolan emigrants to Portugal
Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
Black Portuguese sportspeople
Portuguese men's footballers
Angolan men's footballers
Men's association football central defenders
U.D. Leiria players
Atlético Clube de Portugal players
S.C. Praiense players
F.C. Penafiel players
Portuguese football managers
Angolan football managers
Regionalliga managers
Liga Portugal 2 managers
Allsvenskan managers
Jordanian Pro League managers
Saudi Pro League managers
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers
Süper Lig managers
Super League Greece managers
English Football League managers
Ukrainian Premier League managers
K League 1 managers
Persian Gulf Pro League managers
S.L. Benfica B managers
G.D. Estoril Praia managers
SC Westfalia Herne managers
Dresdner SC managers
Académico de Viseu F.C. managers
C.D. Santa Clara managers
Assyriska FF managers
Al-Faisaly SC managers
Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) managers
Al-Hazem F.C. managers
Stade Tunisien managers
Yemen national football team managers
Espérance Sportive de Tunis managers
Antalyaspor managers
AEK Athens F.C. managers
Barnsley F.C. managers
FC Karpaty Lviv managers
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors managers
Al-Hilal Saudi FC managers
Sepahan S.C. managers
Bodrum F.K. managers
Portuguese football coaches
FC Porto non-playing staff
Inter Milan non-playing staff
Real Madrid CF non-playing staff
Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff
Portuguese expatriate football managers
Angolan expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Germany
Expatriate football managers in Sweden
Expatriate football managers in Jordan
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate football managers in Tunisia
Expatriate football managers in Yemen
Expatriate football managers in Turkey
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Expatriate football managers in England
Expatriate football managers in Ukraine
Expatriate football managers in South Korea
Expatriate football managers in Iran
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Jordan
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Yemen
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
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Angolan expatriate sportspeople in England
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Converts to Islam from Christianity
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