1. John Michael Lewis Mousinho was born on 30 April 1986 and is an English professional football manager and former footballer.
39 Facts About John Mousinho
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John Mousinho is currently manager of EFL Championship club Portsmouth.
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John Mousinho spent two and a half years at Brentford, before joining Wycombe Wanderers in June 2008 on a free transfer.
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John Mousinho played regularly for Wycombe for two seasons, experiencing both a promotion and relegation during his time at the Buckinghamshire club.
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John Mousinho signed for Stevenage in June 2010 on a two-year contract.
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John Mousinho played 127 times for Burton over three seasons, winning the League Two title in his first season and promotion to the Championship a year later.
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John Mousinho grew up supporting Tottenham Hotspur, and states his footballing heroes were Darren Anderton and Teddy Sheringham after watching the attacking football Tottenham played during the early 1990s.
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John Mousinho was recommended to Brentford by Allen's son, having previously played for Chesham United.
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John Mousinho did not make any first-team appearances for Woking, his loan spell lasting just two weeks.
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John Mousinho played 39 times during the season and was rewarded with an extended contract, which was due to run until June 2009.
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John Mousinho played 24 times in all competitions, 15 times fewer than during the club's previous season.
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John Mousinho's contract was terminated by mutual consent with a year to run on 16 June 2008 and he joined Wycombe later that day.
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John Mousinho played 38 times in all competitions during his first season with the club, scoring twice, as Wycombe earned promotion to League One after finishing in the third and final automatic promotion place.
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The red card meant that John Mousinho served a three-game suspension.
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John Mousinho made 23 appearances during an injury-disrupted season, scoring three goals.
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Three days after their play-off semi-final defeat, on 17 May 2012, John Mousinho turned down an improved contract and opted to leave the club after two years.
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John Mousinho joined League One club Preston North End on a free transfer on 29 May 2012, signing a two-year deal with the club.
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John Mousinho was loaned out to fellow League One club Gillingham on 7 November 2013, on a two-month loan agreement.
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John Mousinho made six appearances in his one month at Gillingham.
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The move meant that John Mousinho had been signed by manager Graham Westley for a third time.
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John Mousinho made 16 appearances during the four-month agreement as Stevenage were relegated back to League Two.
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John Mousinho was one of six players released by Preston on 20 May 2014.
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Manager Gary Rowett revealed that John Mousinho had been the club's primary transfer target that summer.
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John Mousinho scored his first goal for Burton in his fifth appearance, a second-half equaliser away at Newport County on 23 August 2014.
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John Mousinho was appointed the club's captain during his first season with Burton, making 45 appearances throughout the season as the club earned promotion to League One after finishing the season as League Two champions.
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John Mousinho stated the muted celebrations despite the club's survival showed how far the club had come in recent seasons.
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John Mousinho left Burton by mutual consent on 31 August 2017, signing a two-year deal with Oxford United on the same day.
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John Mousinho has been a magnificent player for the club.
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John Mousinho made 44 appearances during his first season with the club.
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John Mousinho signed a new one-year contract on 30 June 2020, which enabled him to play in Oxford's League One play-off matches, the club having finished in fourth place, determined on an unweighted points-per-game basis.
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John Mousinho made one appearance in the play-offs, as Oxford were defeated by Wycombe Wanderers in the 2020 EFL League One play-off final on 13 July 2020.
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John Mousinho was appointed as head coach of League One club Portsmouth on 20 January 2023, his first managerial role.
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John Mousinho won the award for a second time in February 2024, four wins from an unbeaten five matches further cementing their place at the top of the league.
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John Mousinho spent the first decade of his senior career being deployed as a central midfielder.
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John Mousinho provided cover at right-back during his time at Brentford.
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John Mousinho was elected as chairman of the newly formed Professional Footballers' Association players' board in May 2021.
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John Mousinho had previously served as a member of the PFA management committee who had overseen a restructure of the organisation.
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John Mousinho stood down from his role as chairman in January 2023 following his managerial appointment at Portsmouth.
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John Mousinho plays the guitar, and mostly likes listening to indie music.