The World Cup may be over but Netflix’s footballing docuseries and are still coming. This time, it’s about one of the most well known and controversial career in football. José Mourinho. This three-part documentary attempts to go beyond the headlines and the touchline theatrics.
Set to release globally on August 11, 2026, the documentary series is three-episodes long and was directed by Joe Pearlman (Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now; Robbie Williams; Bros: After The Screaming Stops). From BECKHAM producer and John Battsek, Mourinho is set up to be a portrait of football’s ultimate contradiction: “the winner the game can’t live without, and can’t always live with.”
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What is Mourinho about?
“If I speak…” is one of the best memes for any football fan, but José Mourinho’s career is far more than any meme. The official synopsis for the docuseries is listed below as presented by the streamer:
No career in football has generated more masterstrokes, headlines or contradictions. Twenty years on from the night he shocked the sporting world by leading FC Porto to Champions League glory, José Mourinho has gone on to manage some of the biggest clubs on the planet – from Chelsea and Inter Milan to Real Madrid, where he has now returned.
Filmed over two years, Mourinho tells the story of the man who revolutionised what it meant to be a football manager, charting his rise into one of football’s most trophy-laden and outspoken figures — winning league titles in four different countries and lifting the Champions League twice.
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Who is interviewed in Netflix’s Mourinho?
In addition to featuring interviews with the subject himself, the Netflix Original docuseries also features new interviews with the following, including footballing great:
- André Villas-Boas
- Claude Makelele
- Didier Drogba
- Eden Hazard
- Frank Lampard
- Iker Casillas
- Javier Zanetti
- John Terry
- Luis Figo
- Marcelo
- Marco Materazzi
- Massimo Moratti
- Petr Čech
- Peter Kenyon,
- Ricardo Carvalho
- Rui Faria
- Sami Khedira
- Samuel Eto’o
- Sir Alex Ferguson
- Zlatan Ibrahimović
What is the release date?
The three-part Netflix docuseries release globally on August 11, 2026, only on the streaming platform.
