Manager Head-to-Head
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.
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