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Manager Head-to-Head

JM
José Mourinho
🇵🇹 Benfica
VS
PG
Pep Guardiola
🇪🇸 Manchester City
WINNER
1
stat wins
vs
4
stat wins

Profile

🇵🇹
José Mourinho
Portuguese
VS
🇪🇸
Pep Guardiola
Spanish
63 yrs
Age
55 yrs
Benfica
Club
Manchester City
Setúbal, Portugal
Hometown
Santpedor, Spain
J. Mourinho — Style

Mourinho is a master of defensive organisation and psychological warfare. His teams are compact, hard to beat and devastatingly efficient on the counter-attack. He reads games tactically like few others, adapts his syste…

P. Guardiola — Style

Guardiola's teams play a high-pressing positional game known as 'Juego de Posición'. He demands precise ball circulation, high pressing to win back possession quickly, and frequently uses inverted wingers, a false nine a…

Stats Battle

J. Mourinho
P. Guardiola
26
Trophies
38
£10.0m/yr
Salary/yr
£20.0m/yr
$120m
Net Worth
$150m
12
Clubs Mgd
4
34 yrs
Exp (yrs)
36 yrs

Personal

Married
Status
Married
Matilde Faria
Partner
Cristina Serra
2
Children
3
Catholic
Religion
Catholic
Setúbal, Portugal
Hometown
Santpedor, Spain
Verdict

Mourinho leads on clubs managed. Guardiola leads on trophies and salary and net worth and years of experience.

Full Profiles

JM
José Mourinho
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PG
Pep Guardiola
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