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 staff faces Leicester Metropolis this weekend.
Pereira started his managerial journey in 2004 with Portuguese aspect Sanjoanense, and his resume now boasts 13 managerial roles throughout a number of nations.
He discovered main success at Porto, successful consecutive Primeira Liga titles in 2012 and 2013, along with his staff shedding just one league match over two seasons.
Later, he achieved an analogous 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 completely different leagues and can convey a brand new strategy for the check forward.
“It is a difficult second for the membership, and we need to thank Vitor for taking up this duty.
“We’ve full confidence in his skill to information us again on monitor, alongside the gamers and workers, and your complete membership will probably be united in supporting him to attain success.”
Sporting director Matt Hobbs echoed the sentiment, including: “Vitor is a extremely skilled and achieved head coach who has demonstrated his skill to succeed on the highest degree.
“His character, want, 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 staff each day, supporting them in each manner potential – from getting the utmost out of our workers at Compton to recruitment within the upcoming switch window – as we work collectively to strengthen the squad and obtain our collective targets.”
