Wolves have confirmed Vitor Pereira as their new head coach, with the Portuguese supervisor signing an 18-month contract with the membership.
At 56, Pereira brings an unlimited array of expertise to Molineux, having secured league titles in Portugal, Greece, and China throughout his managerial profession.
The previous head coach of Al Shabab in Saudi Arabia, Pereira oversaw his first coaching session at Wolves’ Compton Park facility on Thursday.
He’ll make his Premier League debut as Wolves’ supervisor when the workforce faces Leicester Metropolis this weekend.
Pereira started his managerial journey in 2004 with Portuguese facet Sanjoanense, and his resume now boasts 13 managerial roles throughout a number of international locations.
He discovered main success at Porto, profitable consecutive Primeira Liga titles in 2012 and 2013, together with his workforce dropping just one league match over two seasons.
Later, he achieved an identical feat in Greece, the place he led Olympiacos to the Tremendous League title in 2015.
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Pereira’s teaching profession additionally contains stints in Turkey and Germany, together with a triumphant league title win with Shanghai SIPG in 2018.
Wolves chairman Jeff Shi welcomed Pereira to the membership, saying: “We’re delighted to welcome Vitor Pereira to Wolves as the brand new head coach of our males’s first-team.
“Vitor is a extremely revered and skilled coach who has achieved success throughout totally different leagues and can convey a brand new method for the take a look at forward.
“It is a difficult second for the membership, and we need to thank Vitor for taking up this accountability.
“We have now full confidence in his potential to information us again on monitor, alongside the gamers and employees, and your complete membership will probably be united in supporting him to realize success.”
Sporting director Matt Hobbs echoed the sentiment, including: “Vitor is a extremely skilled and achieved head coach who has demonstrated his potential to succeed on the highest stage.
“His character, need, and management qualities stood out to us throughout this course of, and we’re excited to see how he applies his experience right here at Wolves.
“I’m wanting ahead to working intently with Vitor and his workforce each day, supporting them in each method doable – from getting the utmost out of our employees at Compton to recruitment within the upcoming switch window – as we work collectively to strengthen the squad and obtain our collective targets.”
