Vítor Pereira (footballer, born 1968)

Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira (born 26 July 1968) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a current manager.

Vítor Pereira
Pereira as a coach of Fenerbahçe in 2015
Personal information
Full name Vítor Manuel de 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)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1982 Espinho
1982–1986 Avanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Avanca 23 (3)
1987–1988 Oliveirense 30 (6)
1988–1990 Avanca 54 (11)
1990–1991 Esmoriz 1 (0)
1991–1993 Estarreja 68 (20)
1993–1994 Fiães 14 (0)
1994–1995 São João de Ver 3 (1)
1995–1996 Lobão 4 (3)
Total 197 (44)
Teams managed
2002–2003 Padroense (juniors)
2003–2004 Porto (juniors)
2004–2005 Sanjoanense
2005–2007 Espinho
2007–2008 Porto (juniors)
2008–2010 Santa Clara
2010–2011 Porto (assistant)
2011–2013 Porto
2013–2014 Al Ahli
2015 Olympiacos
2015–2016 Fenerbahçe
2017 1860 Munich
2017–2020 Shanghai SIPG
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Following an amateur playing career, he became manager of Porto, where he won the Primeira Liga in both of his seasons. After leaving in 2013 he worked in several countries, winning a Greek league and cup double with Olympiacos in 2015 and the Chinese Super League with Shanghai SIPG in 2018.

Football career

Early career

Born in Espinho, Pereira only played amateur football, and retired at the age of 28. 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.[1]

Subsequently, Pereira worked with S.C. Espinho in the same level,[2] being fired with ten games left in his second campaign and returning to FC Porto's juniors for a further season.[3] 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 Primeira Liga promotion.[4][5]

Porto

In the summer of 2010, Pereira left Santa Clara to become assistant manager to André Villas-Boas at Porto.[6] On 21 June 2011, following the head coach's departure to Chelsea, he was promoted to first-team manager,[7] winning his first official match – and title – against Vitória de Guimarães, for the season's Portuguese Supercup.[8]

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 led 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), he 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.[9][10][11]

In early May, as Porto ranked second in the league, Pereira deemed the Portuguese league as a "dirty competition".[12] Only a few days later, after his team defeated S.L. Benfica at home to surpass its opponents – eventually winning the league title, conceding six draws in 30 games[13]– he considered it to be a "highly competitive and prestigious league".[14]

Abroad

In late May 2013, Pereira was interviewed for the vacant job at Premier League club Everton,[15] but eventually signed a two-year deal with Al Ahli Saudi FC of the Saudi Professional League. On 7 January 2015 he moved clubs and countries again, replacing fired Míchel at the helm of Olympiacos F.C.[16] and eventually winning the double.[17]

On 10 June 2015, Olympiacos announced a mutual contract termination with Pereira.[18] The following day, he was appointed at Fenerbahçe SK for two years.[19]

The Turkish club cut ties unilaterally with Pereira on 15 August 2016, with the case being subsequently taken to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[20][21] On 18 December he was named head coach of TSV 1860 Munich in the German 2. Bundesliga, with the one-and-a-half-year deal being made effective the following 1 January.[22] The team finished the season third from bottom, and eventually got relegated on 30 May 2017 after a 1–3 loss on aggregate to SSV Jahn Regensburg in the play-offs.[23]

Pereira became the manager of Shanghai SIPG F.C. on 12 December 2017, replacing Villas-Boas at the Chinese Super League club.[24] In his first season in charge, he guided them to their first-ever title in the competition.[25]

In December 2019, Pereira turned down a new approach from Everton.[26] One year later, he was dismissed by Shanghai.[27]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 7 December 2020[28][29]
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Santa Clara 1 June 2008 3 June 2010 73 34 21 18 046.58
Porto 22 June 2011 7 June 2013 93 65 16 12 069.89
Al Ahli 1 July 2013 4 May 2014 37 19 10 8 051.35
Olympiacos 8 January 2015 10 June 2015 27 18 6 3 066.67
Fenerbahçe 11 June 2015 15 August 2016 62 38 15 9 061.29
1860 Munich 1 January 2017 31 May 2017 20 6 3 11 030.00
Shanghai SIPG 12 December 2017 31 December 2020 118 69 27 22 058.47
Total 430 249 98 83 057.91

Honours
Pereira with Olympiacos in February 2015

Porto[30]

Al-Ahli

Olympiacos

Shanghai SIPG

References
  1. "Vítor Pereira tem lugar em equipa com mística" [Vítor Pereira has a place in a team with mystique]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 May 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. "Sp. Espinho-Infesta, 0–0: Tigres marcam passo na luta pela liderança" [Sp. Espinho-Infesta, 0–0: Tigers slow down in fight for first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 January 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. "Vítor Pereira futuro técnico" [Vítor Pereira future manager]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 May 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. "Vítor Pereira olha para a subida" [Vítor Pereira eyeing promotion]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 April 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. "Chegou a hora da verdade" [The moment of truth has arrived]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  6. "Muralha de aço" [Steel wall]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. Mira, Luís (21 June 2011). "New Porto boss Vitor Pereira says club will 'continue winning'". Goal. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  8. Andrade, David (7 August 2011). "Época nova, o mesmo FC Porto" [New season, same FC Porto]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. Coombs, Dan (14 March 2013). "Manchester United target James Rodriguez unhappy being benched by Porto". Here Is The City. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  10. Coombs, Dan (15 March 2013). "Porto coach hits back at unhappy Manchester United target James Rodriguez". Here Is The City. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  11. "Vítor Pereira e James: afinal, quem tem razão?" [Vítor Pereira and James: who's right, after all?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  12. "Vítor Pereira: "É um campeonato sujinho, sujinho"" [Vítor Pereira: "It's a dirty, dirty championship"]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 May 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  13. Tavares, Nuno (19 May 2013). "Unbeaten Porto wrap up 27th league title". UEFA. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  14. "Vítor Pereira: "Foi uma Liga competitiva e de alto nível"" [Vítor Pereira: "It was a competitive and prestigious League"] (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  15. O'Keeffe, Greg (30 May 2013). "Vitor Pereira shouldn't be ruled out of Everton FC manager hunt". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  16. "Vitor Pereira, new coach of Olympiacos". Olympiacos F.C. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  17. Lianos, Konstantinos (19 April 2015). "Olympiakos win Greek league for the fifth straight year". The Independent. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  18. "Λύση συνεργασίας με τον Βίτορ Περέιρα" [Collaboration with Vítor Pereira ended] (in Greek). Olympiacos F.C. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  19. "Our new football coach Vitor Pereira". Fenerbahçe S.K. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  20. "OFICIAL: Fenerbahçe termina contrato de Vítor Pereira" [OFFICIAL: Fenerbahçe end Vítor Pereira's contract] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  21. "Turkey's Fenerbahce sacks manager Pereira mid-contract". Anadolu Agency. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  22. "Vítor Pereira neuer Trainer von 1860 München" [Vítor Pereira new 1860 Munich manager] (in German). German Football Association. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  23. "Former Bundesliga champions 1860 Munich relegated to Germany's third tier". BBC Sport. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  24. "官宣!佩雷拉成为上港新任主帅 昔日曾辅佐博阿斯" [Official announcement! Former Villas-Boas assistant Pereira became the new coach] (in Chinese). Sina. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  25. Pereira, David (7 November 2018). "Vitor Pereira conquista título chinês e faz história a triplicar" [Vitor Pereira wins Chinese title and makes history three times]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  26. "Vitor Pereira out of running for Everton manager's job". BBC Sport. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  27. "Vitor Pereira, Shanghai SIPG part ways". Asian Football Confederation. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  28. "Vítor Pereira". Zerozero. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  29. Vítor Pereira coach profile at Soccerway
  30. "Vítor Pereira – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  31. Fernandes, Mariana (23 February 2019). "Shanghai SIPG, de Vítor Pereira e Hulk, junta Supertaça Chinesa ao título de campeão nacional" [Shanghai SIPG, of Vítor Pereira and Hulk, add Chinese Supercup to national champions title]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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