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Sporting reserve workforce coach Joao Pereira has change into first-team supervisor on the membership following Ruben Amorim’s departure for Manchester United, the reigning Primeira Liga champions have introduced.
Former Sporting full-back Pereira’s appointment was confirmed by the Lions on the identical day as Amorim, who had been in cost since 2020 and received the top-flight title twice, began work as Erik ten Hag’s successor on the Premier League giants.
One in all Pereira’s former Sporting team-mates, Luis Neto, will help the 40-year-old alongside Jose Caldeira, Antonio Pina, and Hugo Tecelcao, with Tiago Teixeira taking cost of the Portuguese leaders’ under-23s and Pedro Coelho changing into Sporting B supervisor.
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Joao Pereira profession
Pereira performed greater than 400 occasions throughout a profession largely spent with a lot of Portugal’s high golf equipment, in addition to successful 40 caps for his nation, together with appearances on the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
The Lisbon-born attacking wideman received the Portuguese Cup and Primeira Liga with Benfica, the place he started his taking part in profession in 2002, and left his homeland for the primary time when he joined Valencia from Sporting in 2012.
He frolicked with German membership Hannover and Turkish workforce Trabzonspor in between two later spells with Sporting, ending his taking part in days by successful the highest flight with them underneath Amorim in 2020/21.
One in all his seven purple playing cards got here for Sporting within the Champions League in 2016, when he was dismissed for punching Actual Madrid’s Mateo Kovacic throughout a 2-1 group-stage defeat.
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Amorim: Pereira ‘prepared’
Talking about Pereira on Thursday, Amorim stated he had not spoken to the 40-year-old however backed him to guide a aspect who’re but to drop a degree after 11 league video games.
“For those who ask me if he’s able to tackle different challenges, I’ll say clearly sure,” he defined. “Not simply due to Joao Pereira, however due to the teaching workers and what I’ve seen from the B workforce and the standard that the gamers present bodily and tactically.
“Once I name them up, there’s nearly no want for any work. [Forward Geovany] Quenda is proof of that, he labored with him.
“Joao Pereira is clearly able to tackle different challenges. He’s performed for giant golf equipment, he’s very mature and has numerous character. He’s prepared for something.”
Sporting’s excellent begin to the season continued with a 4-2 win at Braga in Amorim’s closing match in cost on Sunday, recovering from 2-0 behind after 57 minutes.
The 20-time home champions additionally got here from behind to file among the best outcomes of Amorim’s reign on Tuesday, successful 4-1 at house to Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League.
