After Porto and then Chelsea, Mourinho coached Inter Milan, winning the Champions League, the Italian league title and the Italian Cup in his second and final season with the club, before leaving to join Real.
He followed a similar script in his two seasons at Inter Milan, where he built a siege mentality which some believe was instrumental in the club winning two league titles, an Italian Cup and a Champions League title.
For now, he is focused on helping the Galaxy in the MLS Cup final, which will decide the league title.
Van der Sar saved well from Puyol as Barcelona dominated until the final whistle - and not even the most partisan Manchester United follower can doubt that Pep Guardiola deserved to round off a dream first season in charge by adding the Champions League to the La Liga title and the Spanish Cup.
He helped the club win the league title in 1988 and 1990 and the FA Cup in 1989.
The victory hands Leicester their first league title since 2002 and with the EDF Energy Cup already won and the Heineken Cup final against Wasps to come, the Tigers are now two-thirds of the way to an historic Treble.
This result is another severe blow to Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti, who has already seen his team's Premier League title defence come off the rails and their Carling Cup bid ended by Newcastle.
Lehmann joined Arsenal from Dortmund in August 2003 and won the Premier League title with the Gunners in 2004 and the FA Cup in 2005, but has made just two league appearances this term.
Sturridge was Chelsea's top scorer in the FA Cup last season as they added the trophy to the league title.
Nicholl's greatest success in coaching came when Rovers stunned Celtic to lift the League Cup in 1994, which he followed by winning the First Division title.
Mourinho also led Porto to a domestic league and cup double last term and they can clinch the 2004 Portuguese title with a home win over Alverca on Sunday.
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He helped appoint Jose Mourinho as manager in the summer of 2004 and under the Portuguese coach, Chelsea won the Premier League title in 2005 and 2006 as well as the FA Cup in 2007.
Antonucci, the commissioner of Women's Professional Soccer, is tirelessly pitching sponsors and television executives on the notion that the start-up league will not repeat the mistakes of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the ill-fated pro league that failed to capitalize on a U.S. World Cup title nearly a decade ago.
They will also now travel to Premier League title rivals Manchester United in the last eight of the FA Cup.
He helped Jose Mourinho's side win the Premier League English title in 2005 and 2006, as well as two Carling Cup triumphs and the FA Cup last May.
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Knocked out of the FA Cup by Barnsley, a League Cup final defeat at the hands of Tottenham and being pipped to the title by Manchester United for the second year running are not the sort of results demanded by this most ambitious of oligarchs.
He won a league title with the Welsh All Blacks and was also a Konica Minolta Cup winner with Pontypridd.
The Coach of the Year award will be contested between Lamine N'Diaye, who led TP Mazembe to the African Champions League title, Milovan Rajevac, the man who masterminded Ghana's World Cup campaign, and Egypt's Hassan Shehata.
As Old Trafford celebrated at the final whistle, Ancelotti cut a predictably disconsolate figure with only the very faint prospect of challenging United for the title left in his attempts to follow up the Premier League and FA Cup Double he claimed in his first season.
Mancini's side may have dropped out of the title race but are in a strong position in both the Europa League and FA Cup.
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The New Zealander helped his side win the Magners League title last season, with the Ospreys also reaching the final of the EDF energy cup.
In 2011 he won the Champions League again and also a third successive Spanish title, followed by success at the Club World Cup for a second time, winning a total of 13 trophies during his tenure.
He won the Champions League again last season and also a third successive Spanish title, followed by success at the Club World Cup for a second time in December 2011.
Briers, winner of just one Great Britain cap, has already masterminded his side's Challenge Cup win over Leeds Rhinos and is now trying to help his Wolves win the Super League play-off title.
Sunday's Premier League defeat to Manchester United prompted declarations that Chelsea's title bid is over, while Scolari himself called this Cup tie as "the game of the year" - and right from the off it was clear the Blues were under no illusions as to the tie's importance.
Drogba narrowly beat Eto'o to the 2009 award but the Inter Milan forward is favourite to win this year's accolade having won the UEFA Champions League and Serie A title, while also setting a new goal scoring record in captaining Cameroon at the African Nations Cup finals in Angola.
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