John Mortimore (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Henry Mortimore | ||
Date of birth | (1934-09-23)23 September 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Farnborough, Hampshire, England | ||
Date of death | 26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 86) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Woking | |||
1956–1965 | Chelsea | 249 | (8) |
1965–1966 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1971–1972 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
1973–1974 | Portsmouth | ||
1976–1979 | Benfica | ||
1985–1987 | Benfica | ||
1987–1988 | Real Betis | ||
1988–1989 | Belenenses | ||
1994 | Southampton (joint caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Henry Mortimore (23 September 1934 – 26 January 2021) was an English football player and manager.[1]
Career
Mortimore played as a centre half in the Football League for Chelsea, with whom he scored 10 goals from 279 games in all competitions between 1956 and 1965[2] and won the 1965 Football League Cup,[3] and for Queens Park Rangers.[1] As manager, he had spells at Portsmouth,[4] Benfica, where he won the national championship in both 1976–77 and 1986–87, and the Portuguese Cup in 1986 and 1987,[5][6] Belenenses[7] and, in a very brief stint as joint caretaker, Southampton.[8] He also coached at clubs including Sunderland,[1] Chelsea and Southampton,[9] where he eventually became club president.[10]
He died on 26 January 2021, aged 86.[11][12]
Honours
Player
- Chelsea
Manager
- Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1976–77,[11] 1986–87[11]
- Taça de Portugal: 1985–86,[13] 1986–87[13]
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1985[13]
References
- ^ a b c "John Mortimore". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "John Mortimore". Historical Player Database. Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Fort, Didier (25 February 2001). "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Manager History for Portsmouth". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "100 anos: John Mortimore" [100 years: John Mortimore]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2003. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Bliss, Dominic (24 December 2014). "Exclusive: John Mortimore reminisces on his Benfica tenure". PortuGOAL.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Lista de treinadores da equipa principal" [List of first-team coaches] (in Portuguese). C.F. Os Belenenses. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Haylett, Trevor (18 January 1994). "Saints' attention focuses on Webb". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Fox, Norman (6 December 1998). "So How Good Is Your Right Hand Man?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ Media Guide 2008/09 (PDF). Southampton F.C. p. 14. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ a b c d "John Mortimore 1934-2021". chelseafc.com. 26 January 2021.
- ^ "John Mortimore: Ex-Chelsea defender and title-winning Benfica manger dies, aged 86". BBC Sport. 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "John Mortimore, treinador bicampeão pelo Benfica, morre aos 86 anos". visao.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). 27 January 2021.
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- 2019: Lage
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- 2021: Amorim
- 2022: Conceição
- 2023: Schmidt
- 2024: Amorim
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