LISBON, Portugal (AP) — José Mourinho will coach in Portugal again, two decades later.

Benfica said on Thursday it reached a deal with Mourinho, sealing his return to the country 21 years after he led rival Porto to the Champions League title in 2004.

Mourinho started his coaching career at Benfica in 2000 but lasted only three months before leaving in a contract dispute.

He will be back in the Champions League after a five-year absence, since a round-of-16 exit while coaching Tottenham in 2020. Mourinho also won the Champions League with Inter Milan in 2010.

He won the third-tier Conference League with Roma in 2022, but his time at the Italian club from 2021-24 was marked by squabbles that resurfaced in his brief and chaotic spell with Fenerbahce in Turkey.

His stint with Fenerbahc

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