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Association football club in Spain
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional association football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football.
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Town in Valencian Community, Spain
Vila-real, also known in Spanish as Villarreal, is a town and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain.
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Portuguese football manager (born 1963)
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Real Madrid. Nicknamed "The Special One", he is one of the most decorated managers of all time. Mourinho has won league championships in four countries, is one of only seven managers to have won the European Cup with two clubs, and is the only manager to have won all three current UEFA club competitions. He was named Portuguese Coach of the Century by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) in 2015.
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The shortcomings in Real Madrid's squad highlight the importance of the signings requested by the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, which the club was unable to complete in the summer of 2026.