Vítor Pereira

Born in Espinho, Pereira only played amateur football. He retired at the age of 28.

Early career

Pereira started managing at junior level. His first head coach experience arrived midway through the 2004–05 season, when he was appointed at Sanjoanense in the third division. Subsequently, Pereira worked with Espinho of the same league, being fired with ten games left in his second campaign and returning to Porto's juniors for a further season. In 2008 he returned to head coaching again, with Santa Clara in the Segunda Liga, 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.

Porto

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 – 2–1 against Vitória de Guimarães in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Despite a less than stellar performance both in Europe – being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the group stage and in the UEFA Europa League's round of 32– and in the Taça de Portugal, 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 (2–1 on aggregate against Málaga), he came under heavy criticism, notably due to his decision of benching James Rodríguez during the first half of both legs. The Colombian stated his…

Porto

Primeira Liga: 2011–12, 2012–13 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2011, 2012 Taça da Liga runner-up: 2012–13 UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 2011 Al-Ahli

King's Cup runner-up: 2014 Olympiacos

Super League Greece: 2014–15 Greek Football Cup: 2014–15 Fenerbahçe

Turkish Cup runner-up: 2015–16 Shanghai SIPG

Chinese Super League: 2018 Chinese FA Super Cup: 2019 Corinthians

Copa do Brasil runner-up: 2022 Flamengo

Supercopa do Brasil runner-up: 2023 Campeonato Carioca runner-up: 2023 Recopa Sudamericana runner-up: 2023 Individual

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