Hugo_Pereira
Hugo Pereira
Portuguese football coach and former player
Hugo Carlos Rodrigues Ganchinho Pereira (born 6 November 1978), is a Portuguese football coach and former player. He is currently head coach for Ranheim. He was also assistant manager of Kåre Ingebrigtsen at Rosenborg along with Erik Hoftun. During his period at the club, Pereira contributed to two Norwegian league titles, two Norwegian super cup and one Norwegian cup.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugo Carlos Rodrigues Ganchinho Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-11-06) 6 November 1978 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Portugal | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1998 | Benfica | ||
| 1995–1996 | → Alverca (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Montijo | ||
| 1999–2001 | Almada | ||
| 2001–2002 | Juventude | ||
| 2002–2004 | Amora | 67 | (12) |
| 2004–2005 | Estrela Vendas Novas | 18 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Alcochetense | ||
| 2006–2007 | Oeiras | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Follo (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2016 | Rosenborg (player developer) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Rosenborg (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Colombia (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2023 | Ranheim | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hugo Pereira was a youth player at Benfica but never managed to take the step up to professional football. After playing amateur football for about 10 years, Pereira retired and instead started pursuing a career as a football manager.[1] Pereira has a master's degree in education and a post-graduation in high performance football coaching from the University of Lisbon.[2] In 2012, Pereira became the assistant manager and academy director of Follo.[3] Due to the club struggling with finances, Pereira stepped down after the season to spare the club money. In 2013, he left for Rosenborg to enter the position of a player developer at the Rosenborg academy.[4] In January 2017 he became the assistant manager of Kåre Ingebrigtsen at Rosenborg alongside Erik Hoftun.[5]
In January 2017, Pereira was chosen as one of two to spend a week with José Mourinho at Manchester United.[6][7] This came to be through the High Performance Football Coaching course at the University of Lisbon where Mourinho would choose the two that impressed the most. From among several other contenders coincidence had it that the other one chosen to visit José Mourinho was Norwegian Martin Reier, former Follo player at the time Pereira was at Follo who had also attended the course.
Managerial statistics
As of 11 July 2022
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Ranheim |  |
7 July 2021 | 8 January 2023 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 050.00 |
| Total | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 050.00 | |||
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- "Hugo Carlos Pereira - High Performance Football Coaching". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- "Østlandets Blad - Portugisisk topptrener til Follo FK". www.oblad.no (in Norwegian). 30 November 2011. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- "RBKweb - artikkel". www.rbkweb.no. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- "Hugo Pereira inn i trenerteamet". Rosenborg (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- "Mourinho valgte Hugo". Rosenborg (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- "Mourinho rewards coaching students - Official Manchester United Website". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.