Matilde Faria is a renowned philanthropist and the wife of football’s greatest manager Jose Mourinho.
She has been part of her husband’s journey helping him to fulfill most of his obligations off the pitch.
Her journey in life has also been good both as a career woman, mother of two children, and also a wife.
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Matilde Faria Biography
She was born on August 14, 1965, in Angola which is located in the Southern part of Africa.
Matilde Faria was born during her parent’s carrying out humanitarian assistance in Angola.
She is of Angolan-Portugal heritage from birth, although nothing has been made public about her parents.
It is still not known if either of her parents is from Angola or both are Portuguese as several research has been done but no information was made known.
She will be 57 years old on August 14th, 2022 and her birthdays are always celebrated with so many people coming together.
She didn’t stay long in Africa as after her birth, she was moved down to Portugal where she did her growing up.
Most of her growing up was in the coastal town of Setúbal in Portugal which was with her parents.
She live in the same street as her husband Jose Mourinho during their growing up which played a huge part in their getting together.
She had so much given to her parents who also made sure their daughter grew up as a hardworking woman.
There isn’t much information we can gather about her for now as most of them have not been made public by her or their husband.
The little details that can be gathered about her growing up include her educational life which is off the media records.
Although she did attend all her schooling in Portugal she did well enough to make it through age-grade and high school.
She also did her University in Portugal where she might have studied a humanitarian course or something close to that.
Matilde Health Condition
Matilde Faria is a cancer survivor who had to go through a lot to make sure she beat the deadly sickness.
The cancer fight started a long time ago after being diagnosed with the illness and she had to undergo treatment.
Emergency surgery was set for late December of 2016, this wasn’t a good time for her husband who had to leave everything he was doing.
Jose Mourinho has to rush from London to Portugal twice in a private jet just to make sure he was with her all through.
It was claimed that the emergency operation was due to complications from a previous one concerning her cancer.
Although everything was carried out with success, some time ago she had to undergo some other operation.
This time she had to undergo surgery before Christmas day her husband then had to leave the training session with Manchester United players and left for Lisbon.
It hasn’t been an easy fight for Matilde Faria who has faced a series of issues and health conditions but she has come out of them all successfully.
Matilde Children
Matilde Faria has two children named José Mário Jr. and Matilde who she gave birth to her husband Jose Mourinho.
A son and one daughter all through their marriage and it has been a joy for both of them.
They were blessed with their first child together in 1996 who was born in Portugal during their younger days.
She was Matilde which was the same as her mother, and she is the eldest of both children in her family of Mourinho.
Their daughter will be 26 years old as of 2022, she’s a model and an entrepreneur who already making a name for herself.
While their son José Mário Jr was born on 2nd February 2000 in Spain and will be 22 years in 2022.
He took after his father to pursue a career as a football player who started with Real Madrid and Chelsea youth teams as a goalkeeper.
It was also reported a signed a two-year contract to play for Fulham in 2016, but he was injured after just one year.
His contract was then terminated by mutual agreement leaving him as a free agent in 2017.
Nothing has been heard about him since then as he could have given up his dream and started something else.
Both of their children are getting equal support from their parents as they have been seen together most of the time.
During their father’s stint with Chelsea both of the children were always there to watch and celebrate with their father on the pitch.
Jose Mourinho Wife
Matilde Faria is the wife of football manager Jose Mourinho who currently works for AS Roma in Italy.
Their marriage has been one of the longest by any well-known individual or public figure.
Although things weren’t as always good along the way as they have had their ups and downs.
The important thing was that their love was too strong to be broken by the obstacles they had to face.
Their relations started when they were very young living across the street in Portugal with little distance separating them.
Things got serious between them along the way as they started dating as teenagers who were madly in love.
Soon after they already welcomed their first child who was born in 1996, then Matilde was still a teenager.
They have been married for over 30 years and still counting, so far they have two children who are both grown-ups.
So many things have happened to their relationship over the years which for many could have easily separated them for good, but it didn’t.
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Two women were claimed to have been in a relationship with the football manager, but it was all a made-up story.
They have been through the same issues on many occasions which has been rubbished by both of them.
Their love was proven during the time the manager had to move from London back to his hometown just to be with his wife.
Times like that showed how much they value each other and will do anything to make sure they are together in all situations.
Matilde Faria and Jose Mourinho have remained stronger together despite everything that has happened in their respective lives.
