Morais is a new coach for Chonbuk in South Korea

South Korean Chunbuk said Jose de Morais would take over from coach Choi Kang-he, who will be leaving at the end of the season.

Morais has worked with his fellow Manchester United coach, Jose Mourinho, in meetings with Benfica, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Chelsea, and will become the first foreign coach of the South Korean team.

"Given his great experience of European football, we think that Morais would be the best option to apply the club's philosophy," Chunbuk said, quoted by the Yonhap news agency.

Choi Chunbuk is a long-time coach for six league titles and two AFC Champions League titles twice, the first of which began in 2005. He will be traveling to Tianjin, China.

Morais briefly worked with Mourinho in Benfica before joining his native country at Inter during the 2009-2010 season and helping the club win the Serie A, Champions League and World Cup titles. the Cup of Italy. The two men then moved to Spain, where they helped Real win the league and cup before joining Chelsea, winning the Premier League title in 2014-2015.

Aged 53, he trained in Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Greece, England and Ukraine.