Jose Mourinho languages: How many languages does Mourinho speak?
Jose Mourinho is arguably one of the most successful football managers in the world, and will be chasing a trophy for Tottenham Hotspur as the new season kicks off next month. But how many languages does the Spurs manager speak?
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Jose Mourinho has won titles with Real Madrid, Porto, Inter Milan and Chelsea, and managing football teams all over the world has meant the Portuguese former footballer has picked up a few language skills on the way. Mourinho is currently busy preparing Tottenham for the 2020/21 Premier League season, and will also heavily feature in the Amazon Prime series All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur, which is released on Monday, August 31.
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How many languages does Jose Mourinho speak?
While most can speak one or two languages, the former footballer can speak a total of six different languages.
The achievement puts Mourinho in a very exclusives club, with just one percent of the world's population speaking five languages or more.
Mourinho speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and French.
It’s reported he once got upset when someone referred to him as a “translator”.
He has previously told Sports Illustrated: "I think because I can speak five languages, it doesn't make me a translator.
"That makes me an awful translator because I am not very, very good in any one of these languages.
"I was just trying to help my boss - the manager at that time - to communicate the best way with the players and the media.
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Jose Mourinho will feature in the upcoming Tottenham Hotspur documentary on Amazon Prime (Image: GETTY)
Jose Mourinho will be chasing a trophy with Tottenham this season (Image: GETTY)
"Don't call me a translator because that would be an offence to every translator.
"But it helps me, the fact that I can communicate.
"Even today with a Scottish coach by my side [Aston Villa's then boss Paul Lambert] I was communicating with Azpilicueta in Spanish, with Fabregas in Catalan, with Oscar in Portuguese and I suppose that he couldn't understand a word of what I was saying to the pitch."