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Christy O'Connor: How many GAA Mourinhos profit after modest playing careers?

New Roscommon football manager Mark Dowd is among the 7% of bosses who didn't play inter-county
Christy O'Connor: How many GAA Mourinhos profit after modest playing careers?

Mark Dowd, the current manager of the Roscommon Gaels senior footballers, ahead of last year's county senior football final against Pádraig Pearses. Picture: Gerard O'Loughlin

Proving you can survive and thrive at a different level 

Almost exactly 25 years to the day that he departed the Lisbon powerhouse, José Mourinho returned to Benfica this week, the club where he started his managerial career in 2000.

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