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Faria left Chelsea in late 2007, following Mourinho out of the club, and joined him at [[Inter Milan]] in the summer of 2008. In June 2009, André Villas Boas left to manage [[Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.|Académica]] (later following in Mourinho's footsteps by taking over Porto, then Chelsea) and was replaced at Inter by [[ |
Faria left Chelsea in late 2007, following Mourinho out of the club, and joined him at [[Inter Milan]] in the summer of 2008. In June 2009, André Villas Boas left to manage [[Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.|Académica]] (later following in Mourinho's footsteps by taking over Porto, then Chelsea) and was replaced at Inter by [[José Morais]]. After winning the [[Serie A]] in their first season, the side completed a high-profile treble of league, cup and [[UEFA Champions League]] in 2010. Since the [[2010-11 Real Madrid C.F. season|2010-11 season]], Faria has been the fitness trainer of Real Madrid, moving the club along with Mourinho, Morais and Louro.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.portugoal.net/index.php/more-real-madrid-news/11338-mourinho-adds-karanka-as-assistant |
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| Full name | Rui Filipe da Cunha Faria | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid (fitness coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2001 | U.D. Leiria (fitness coach) | ||
| 2002-2004 | FC Porto (physiotherapist) | ||
| 2004–2007 | Chelsea FC (fitness coach) | ||
| 2008-2010 | Inter Milan (fitness coach) | ||
| 2010– | Real Madrid (fitness coach) | ||
Rui Filipe da Cunha Faria (born 14 June 1975 in Balugães, Barcelos), better known as Rui Faria, is a Portuguese football coach, known for his association with football manager José Mourinho, currently working with Mourinho at Real Madrid in the Spanish Primera Liga as a fitness coach.
Biography
Early life
Faria was born in Balugães, a tiny parish of Barcelos in Portugal.[1] Like Mourinho, he was a physical education graduate who had not played football at a high level.[2] Faria's education took him to a seminar day at the Camp Nou, FC Barcelona's home stadium, where Mourinho was working as assistant manager to Louis van Gaal. Mourinho saw a kindred spirit in Faria, and when he took the U.D. Leiria job in April 2001 he hired Faria as fitness coach and video analyst.[2]
Coaching career
Faria's early time at Leiria, emblematic of Mourinho's new fitness regime, led to a stand-off with the club's directors.[2] Since then, the two have been inseparable, with Faria joining FC Porto in January 2002,[3] Mourinho's first month in charge of his new club. He was part of the club's staff for their 2003 league, cup and UEFA Cup treble and won the UEFA Champions League in 2004 with the club. Faria followed Mourinho to Chelsea FC that summer along with assistant manager Baltemar Brito, chief scout André Villas-Boas and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro. He became ubiquitous in his Chelsea tracksuit on the London side's bench.
Faria left Chelsea in late 2007, following Mourinho out of the club, and joined him at Inter Milan in the summer of 2008. In June 2009, André Villas Boas left to manage Académica (later following in Mourinho's footsteps by taking over Porto, then Chelsea) and was replaced at Inter by José Morais. After winning the Serie A in their first season, the side completed a high-profile treble of league, cup and UEFA Champions League in 2010. Since the 2010-11 season, Faria has been the fitness trainer of Real Madrid, moving the club along with Mourinho, Morais and Louro.[4] He has worked alongside Mourinho since 2002, a period that had seen the manager and his staff fail to lose a league game at home in 8 years. The run ending with a 0-1 defeat to Sporting Gijon.[5]
Honours
As a fitness coach, including a sabbatical in 2007–08, Faria's club sides have won their domestic league six times, the UEFA Cup once and the UEFA Champions League twice. Since 2002, Mourinho and Faria have not gone a full season or a calendar year without winning at least one trophy.
Porto (2002–2004)
- 2003 Primeira Liga
- 2003 Taça de Portugal
- 2003 UEFA Cup
- 2003 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- 2004 Primeira Liga
- 2004 UEFA Champions League
Chelsea (2004–2007)
- 2005 FA Premier League
- 2005 League Cup
- 2005 FA Community Shield
- 2006 Premier League
- 2007 League Cup
- 2007 FA Cup
Internazionale (2008–2010)
Real Madrid (2010-present)
The Treble (League, Cup and European trophy)
- 2002–03 with Porto: League, Cup and UEFA Cup
- 2009–10 with Internazionale: League, Cup and UEFA Champions League
Controversy
As with his longtime manager and colleague Mourinho, Faria has been the subject of controversy in the media. In a match against Reading FC in 2006 where Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech received a severe blow to the head, Faria was sent off alongside Chelsea midfielder Jon Obi Mikel.[6] In a 2005 Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munich where Mourinho was suspended for Chelsea, Faria was seen wearing a woolly hat and scratching his ear enough to elicit suspicions that Mourinho was covertly communicating with his fitness coach.[7] At Real Madrid, Faria was said to have been party to an alteraction with Sporting Gijon manager Manuel Preciado after a match between the two clubs in November 2010.[8]
References
- ^ "Rui Faria da Cunha Faria". zerozerofootball. Retrieved 09 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c "Porto coaching staff likely to follow Mourinho to Chelsea". The Guardian. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 09 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Rui Faria - Coach data sheet". transfermarkt. Retrieved 09 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Mourinho adds Karanka as assistant". PortuGoal. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 09 March 2011
Rui Faria and Jose Mourinho.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); line feed character in|accessdate=at position 14 (help) - ^ "Mourinho reaches home landmark". FIFA. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 09 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Cech Facing Months Out After Brain Operation". Guardian News and Media. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 09 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Mourinho denies ordering 'deliberate' red cards". Telegraph. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 09 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Mou's Clues: The Preciado Affair Continues". Managing Madrid. November 2010. Retrieved 09 March 2011.
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