José Bosingwa (full name José Bosingwa da Silva) is a Portuguese football player who plays for the Portuguese national football team. As of July 2009, Bosingwa plays for Chelsea FC where he is nicknamed ‘The Machine’ by Chelsea fans. Bosingwa moved to Chelsea in May 2008 from FC Porto, where he had played under future Chelsea manager José Mourinho. Born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) to a Portuguese father and a Congolese mother in 1982, Bosingwa moved to Portugal at a young age and played on a few teams before moving to Porto in 2003.
Chelsea suffer double blow with the Portugal international and Michael Essien suffering major setbacks in their bids to recover from serious knee injuries... more
Chelsea have been stunned by the news that right-back Jose Bosingwa is facing three months on the sidelines after having an operation on a knee injury... more
Football: Chelsea are expected to complete their first signing of the summer tomorrow with the arrival of Yuri Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow for £18million... more
Football: Chelsea are considering their response to UEFA's decision to hand lengthy European bans to Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa following their controversial Champions League exit... more
Football: Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa have been charged by UEFA over their behaviour at the end of the Champions League semi-final defeat by Barcelona... more
Football: Chelsea and three of their star players, Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Jose Bosingwa are likely to be charged following the ugly scenes at the end of Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Barcelona... more
Football: Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink refused to confirm Didier Drogba has a long-term future at Stamford Bridge but urged UEFA to be lenient over his actions against Barcelona... more
Football: Jose Bosingwa has branded referee Tom Henning Ovrebo “a thief” after Chelsea crashed out of the Champions League in controversy at Stamford Bridge... more
Football: John Obi Mikel must play at the expense of Michael Ballack if Chelsea are to nullify the threat of Xavi and Iniesta and reach the Champions League Final... more
Football: Chelsea could turn the loan deal of Ricardo Quaresma from Inter Milan into a permanent transfer in the summer should he impress in the second half of the season... more
Long before Chelsea made the mistakes that allowed Manchester United to claim a crucial three points at Old Trafford yesterday, they lost their cool and their discipline... more
The defender has finally solved the problem position at right-back for the Blues and has even helped them play some ‘sexy’ football, says Scott Minto... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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