Vitor Pereira was appointed head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers on 19 December 2024, replacing Gary O'Neil. 

Born and brought up in Espinho, a beach resort 15km outside the city of Porto, former midfielder Pereira played as an amateur, retiring at the age of 28 in 1996.

He started on the coaching ladder at junior level, beginning his first job as head coach midway through the 2004/05 season when he was appointed at Sanjoanense in Portugal's third tier.

Pereira worked with his hometown club Espinho, leaving with 10 matches remaining in his second season, and returned to FC Porto's juniors for a further season before then moving to Santa Clara in the Segunda Liga.

Pereira left in the summer of 2010 to take up the role as assistant coach to Andre Villas-Boas at Porto, and following the latter's departure to Chelsea in June the following year he was promoted to head coach.

It was at Porto where Pereira enjoyed success, winning the Primeira Liga in both of his seasons at the helm.

Then followed a passage of globetrotting, in which Pereira took up roles in five countries including Greece, Turkey, Germany, China and Brazil across an eight-year period.

He moved to Saudi Professional League side Al-Ahli Saudi, before joining Olympiacos in January 2015, and led the Greek side to the double. After a short stay with them, he was announced as new head coach at Fenerbahce.

Pereira then had spells with German side 1860 Munich and Shanghai SIPG in China, where he replaced Villas-Boas, and he guided them to their first ever Chinese Super League title.

Fenerbahce came calling again in 2021, kickstarting a spell of four different clubs for Pereira in as many years including Corinthians (2022), Flamengo (2023), Al-Shabab (2024) and now Wolves.

Pereira is the eighth Portuguese to manage in the top flight, and the third to take charge of Wolves, following in the footsteps of Nuno Espirito Santo and Bruno Lage at Molineux.