Vítor Pereira (footballer, born 1968)

Vítor Pereira

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Personal information
Full name	Vítor Manuel Oliveira Lopes Pereira
Date of birth	(1968-07-26) 26 July 1968
Place of birth	Espinho, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Team information
Current team	Porto (coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2004–2005	Sanjoanense
2005–2007	Espinho
2008–2010	Santa Clara
2011–	Porto

Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira (born 26 July 1968 in Espinho) is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of F.C. Porto.

Football career

Pereira only played in the regional divisions, and retired at the age of 29. He started managing on junior level, and his first head coach experience arrived midway through the 2004–05 season, when he was appointed at A.D. Sanjoanense in the third division.

Subsequently, Pereira worked with S.C. Espinho in the same level, being fired with ten games left in his second campaign, and returning to F.C. Porto's juniors for a further season. In 2008, he returned to head coaching again, with C.D. Santa Clara in division two, leading the Azores side to the third position in his first year and the fourth in the second, on both occasions narrowly missing out on top flight promotion.

In the summer of 2010, Pereira left Santa Clara to become assistant manager to André Villas-Boas at Porto. On 21 June 2011, following the head coach's departure to Chelsea, he was promoted to first-team manager, winning his first official match – and title – against Vitória de Guimarães, for the season's Portuguese Supercup.

Despite a less than stellar performance both in Europe – with Porto being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the group stage and in the UEFA Europa League round-of-32 – and in the Portuguese Cup, Pereira lead the club to the league title in his first season in charge.

In March 2013, following the team's elimination from Champions League contention (1–2 on aggregate against Málaga CF), Pereira came under heavy criticism, notably due to his decision of benching James Rodríguez during the first half on both games. The Colombian stated his disappointment in the coach's decision, but said that he respected him and trusted his reasons, adding that the situation was possibly created because of his questionable fitness, even though he claimed to be 100% fit.

Honours

Porto

• Primeira Liga (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (2): 2011, 2012

Managerial statistics

As of 11 May 2013.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Sanjoanense		2004	2005	39	16	12	11	041.03
Espinho		2005	2007	57	27	19	11	047.37
Santa Clara		2008	2010	67	33	19	15	049.25
Porto		2011		92	64	16	12	069.57
Total				255	140	66	49	054.90

External links

• Profile at Zerozero
• Player profile at ForaDeJogo
• Coach stats at ForaDeJogo