Former Chelsea boss named coach of the year
Jose Mourinho was named world coach of the year on Monday following his historic treble with Inter Milan.
The Portuguese boss, known as the 'Special One', guided the Nerazzurri to the UEFA Champions League and Serie A titles as well as the Italian Cup last season.
The 47-year-old edged out Spain's World Cup-winning coach Vicente Del Bosque and Barcelona's Pep Guardiola to lift the gong.
Mourinho, now in charge at Real Madrid, became only the third coach to win the European trophy with two different clubs last term having first lifted it with Porto in 2004.
Mourinho said he felt 'great pride' to receive the award, and likened himself to revered Portuguese compatriots Eusebio, Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo
He said: "Obviously for me, the most important are the collective titles, not the individual ones. But it's an historic trophy, historic for me, historic for Portuguese football as well and obviously I feel great pride.
The Portuguese boss, known as the 'Special One', guided the Nerazzurri to the UEFA Champions League and Serie A titles as well as the Italian Cup last season.
The 47-year-old edged out Spain's World Cup-winning coach Vicente Del Bosque and Barcelona's Pep Guardiola to lift the gong.
Mourinho, now in charge at Real Madrid, became only the third coach to win the European trophy with two different clubs last term having first lifted it with Porto in 2004.
Mourinho said he felt 'great pride' to receive the award, and likened himself to revered Portuguese compatriots Eusebio, Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo
He said: "Obviously for me, the most important are the collective titles, not the individual ones. But it's an historic trophy, historic for me, historic for Portuguese football as well and obviously I feel great pride.
Proud
"I'm proudly Portuguese, the Portuguese don't have so many of these proud moments, and this is certainly good for Portuguese ego.
"After Eusebio, Figo, and Cristiano (Ronaldo), we are now four golden balls."
However, Mourinho was not entirely satisfied with the evening, insisting that the Inter team he coached to a treble last term should have been represented among the three candidates for the Player of the Year award won by Lionel Messi.
"Inter were a little hard done by in my opinion. European champions, world champions, champions of everything, to have not had anyone among the players sitting in these three chairs," he said.
"For me it was something of an injustice. It had special meaning that their trainer had won an historic trophy."
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