NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Vitor Pereira has become Nottingham Forest’s fourth coach after a tumultuous season. hired Sunday on an 18-month contract.
In a statement, Forest said the 57-year-old Portuguese will be joined by two assistant coaches and two analysts.
The club is based in the Midlands. 17th in the Premier League With 12 matches remaining, they are now one place above the relegation zone. Next Sunday, Forest play at home to defending champions Liverpool.
Prior to that, Forest face Turkish side Fenerbahce in the first leg of the Europa League play-offs on Thursday.
Pereira replaces Sean Dyche. fired on wednesday It has been only 114 days since taking office.
Forest finished 7th in the Premier League Nuno Espirito Santo Last season. Nuno signed a three-year contract at the City Ground in June 2025, but was sacked in September after his relationship with the owner deteriorated. Evangelos Marinakis.
Former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was subsequently appointed. But it only lasted 40 days Marinakis’ tenure ended within minutes of the 3-0 defeat at Chelsea.
Pereira is in his second coaching job this season. In November he sacked by Wolverhampton Wanderers After a winless start to the Premier League season.
Before joining Wolves in 2024, Pereira had brief stints as a coach at Fenerbahce, Flamengo in Brazil and Corinthians. He previously worked under Marinakis at Olympiakos.
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