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Portugal has the best coach and the best player in the world, says Jorge Mendes
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 by Goal.com

Portugal has the best coach and the best player in the world, says Jorge Mendes

Fifa agent Jorge Mendes has hailed Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho and striker Cristiano Ronaldo, saying that they are the best at what they do.

Mendes received on Friday the Necklace of Honour for Sporting Merit from the hands of the Portuguese government for his role in football over the years.

The Gestifute owner is hopeful that Portugal will scale great heights at Euro 2012 and did not forget in his acceptance speech to talk about Mourinho and Ronaldo, two of his biggest clients.

"I am proud to receive this award, it acknowledges my work over many years, but I owe everything to the coaches and players with whom I have worked," he told reporters.

"My dream now is that Portugal win Euro 2012. We are a reference in world football for the quality coaches and players that we have and for the fact that we have the best player in the world right now and, without a doubt, the best coach."

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    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia