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Nov 10, 2023

Jose Mourinho shares new tattoo dedicated to Manchester United Europa League win

Former Man United manager Jose Mourinho has had a tattoo drawn to mark each of

Former Man United manager Jose Mourinho has had a tattoo drawn to mark each of his European successes in his career.

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Jose Mourinho has revealed that he has had a new tattoo designed, featuring Manchester United's Europa League triumph at the end of the 2016/17 season.

The Portuguese chief, now in charge of Italian giants Roma, guided United to their first European crown since 2008 by beating Ajax 2-0 in the final in Stockholm. It meant that he ended his first season in charge at Old Trafford with three trophies to his name, following the club's League Cup triumph against Southampton and Community Shield win over Leicester City.

The win over Ajax meant that Mourinho won his second Europa League/UEFA Cup crown of his managerial career, after winning it in 2003 with Porto. He also won the Champions League with Porto a year later, beating United on route to the final, before winning it again in 2010 with Inter Milan.

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And following the introduction of a new European competition last season, Mourinho made it his mission to become the first manager to win the inaugural Europa Conference League. Roma won the tournament after beating Feyenoord 1-0 in the final in May. It means that the former United boss has now won all three European club competitions, amounting to five successes in total.

To mark that achievement, the 59-year-old, who spent just over two years in charge at Old Trafford, has had a tattoo done on his right arm to mark each of those successes, with a tattoo of each trophy being drawn, featuring the colours of the club he won each of them with.

On the decision to get the tattoo, Mourinho, on his Instagram page, said: "This is my tattoo. The joy of the Roman people led me to do it.

"Then I thought about something special, something that would honour all the clubs where I won European competitions. At the same time, I wanted a unique tattoo, one that, so far, I am the only one who can have it.

"Alberto showed me some proposals, I just changed a few details. Here is my tattoo."

Roma will compete in the Europa League this forthcoming season, meaning Mourinho will be going in search of his third Europa League crown of his career.

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