Nuno Espírito Santo

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Nuno Espírito Santo
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Nuno Espírito Santo, 2015
Personnel
Surname Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo
birthday January 25, 1974
place of birth Sao Tome ,  Portugal
size 190 cm
position goal
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1992-1996 Vitória Guimarães
1997-2002 Deportivo La Coruña 4 (0)
1998-2000 →  CP Mérida  (loan)
2000-2001 →  CA Osasuna  (loan) 33 (0)
2002-2004 FC Porto 6 (0)
2005-2006 Dynamo Moscow 11 (0)
2006-2007 Desportivo Aves 15 (0)
2007-2010 FC Porto 8 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994-1996 Portugal U-21 3 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2010 Málaga CF (goalkeeping coach)
2010–2012 Panathinaikos Athens (goalkeeping coach)
2012-2014 Rio Ave FC
2014-2015 Valencia CF
2016-2017 FC Porto
2017– Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 Only league games are given.

Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (born January 25, 1974 in São Tomé , Portugal , today São Tomé and Príncipe ) is a former Portuguese football goalkeeper and current coach .

career

In the club

Nuno Espírito Santos' professional career began in the 1992/93 season in northern Portugal with Vitória Guimarães , where he played until 1996 before he was signed by Deportivo La Coruña from Spain . After only one season, however, he was awarded to CP Mérida until the end of the 1999/2000 season. He was then awarded again for a season, this time to the CA Osasuna , after CP Mérida had to give up the game due to economic problems. From the 2001/02 season he played again for Deportivo La Coruña, where he also completed some appearances in the Spanish league and the Champions League .

In July 2002, Espírito Santo moved from La Coruña to FC Porto for three million euros . He spent the most successful period of his professional career in Porto under José Mourinho , being part of the team that won the 2003 UEFA Cup , the Portuguese Championship and the Portuguese Cup, and the 2004 Champions League and again the Portuguese Championship. At the end of the year he also won the World Cup against Once Caldas . In that game he was substituted on for Vitor Baía , who was injured during the game.

At the beginning of 2005 he then moved to Russia to Dynamo Moscow , but without fighting for a regular place. In the 2006/07 season he moved back to Portugal to Desportivo Aves , but without being able to prevent relegation. At the beginning of the 2007/08 season he moved back to FC Porto, where he immediately became Portuguese champion again. After the 2009/10 season, he ended his career.

In the national team

Espírito Santo was nominated for the Portuguese squad at the 2008 European Championship after substitute goalkeeper Quim injured his wrist. However, he did not appear in the tournament and did not play an international match for Portugal after that.

As a trainer

Espírito Santo began his coaching career as a goalkeeping coach under Jesualdo Ferreira, first with FC Málaga and then with Panathinaikos Athens in Greece . In May 2012, he was introduced as the new manager of Rio Ave FC after his predecessor Carlos Brito was released.

From the 2014/15 season he was the first time in his career, head coach, this the Spanish first division side FC Valencia . In November 2015, the club and coach separated. On June 1, 2016, FC Porto announced that Espírito Santo would coach the first team for the next two years from the 2016/2017 season . After a season without a title, however, the engagement ended prematurely in May 2017.

On May 31, 2017, Espírito Santo was introduced as the new coach of English second division team Wolverhampton Wanderers . In his first season he led the Wanderers to the championship title and thus into the English Premier League .

In the 2018/19 season, his team reached 7th place in the table, which qualified for the Europa League qualifiers, which his team mastered.

Achievements / titles

As a player

society

Individually

As a trainer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portugal goalkeeper Quim is out with a broken hand
  2. ^ Transfermarkt.de: Change of coach at Rio Ave
  3. ↑ Valencia CF sacked coach Nuno Espirito Santo: Valencia parted ways with trainee . Sport1.de , November 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Nuno Espirito Santo new coach at FC Porto , goal.com from June 1, 2016
  5. ↑ Nuno Espirito Santo: Wolves appoint former Porto boss as head coach (BBC Sport)
personal data
SURNAME Espírito Santo, Nuno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nuno; Espírito Santo, Nuno Herlander Simões (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Sao Tome , Portugal