Jose Mourinho has posted a touching tribute online for his daughter to celebrate her birthday.

Matilde Mourinho turned 21 on Friday and the Manchester United manager uploaded two pictures of them together.

The first showed the two of them out for dinner this week with the message: "Happy Birthday daughter, 21 years to make us smile."

The second photo he uploaded was the two of them in Piccadilly Circus in central London showing Matilde when she was a small child.

Jose Mourinho and his daughter Matilde (
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The pair in Piccadilly Circus (
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Matilde lives in the UK, and the family are very close - with Jose previously admitting the most important thing in his life is his family.

Speaking about his family - including wife Matilde Faria - to The Big Issue previously, Jose admitted his wife and kids are the bosses at home.

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"My wife and my son and my daughter have the biggest influence on me, that’s for sure," he said. "And why? Because they are the bosses and control everything in the house!

"And in relation to my job they don’t try to influence me but at the end of the day they have a big influence because when it comes to make big decisions – where to go, where to work, when to change – on this kind of thing they have a big influence on me."