When is Jose Mourinho Netflix documentary coming out? Release date, latest news on upcoming show

Few footballing figures have defied the sport's transformation and cultural refresh in the 21st century quite like Jose Mourinho. A generation-defining coach who has been winning titles at the top level for over 20 years now, the Portuguese manager is one of a kind when it comes to sheer personality mixed with a long, long list of success.

The "Special One", a title self-dubbed by Mourinho when he arrived at Premier League side Chelsea in 2004 — fresh off the back of an unlikely Champions League final victory with Porto — proved to be exactly that in the mid-to-late 2000's, recording back-to-back league titles in west London before reaching arguably the apex of his career — and winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League treble with Inter Milan in 2010.

Further success would follow for Mourinho at Real Madrid, overhauling the all-conquering Barcelona side of Pep Guardiola — the other mainstay of top-level management in the new millennium — with a record-breaking LaLiga points total. A return to Chelsea resulted in another Premier League title in 2015, while his move to Manchester United yielded three trophies in Mourinho's first season.

From there though, the "Special One's" story has gone through quite the downturn. Early success at Old Trafford wasn't sustained, leading to his sacking, and after a similarly drab 18-month spell at Tottenham Hotspur, Mourinho returned to Italy in 2021 with a move to Serie A's sleeping giants, Roma.

That's where we, and Netflix, come in. Mourinho's departure from the Italian capital in January 2024 — despite winning the UEFA Conference League in 2022 — coincided with the announcement of a documentary produced by the US streaming giants. Mourinho's footballing philosophy and