Joao Pereira to replace Amorim as Sporting coach
Sporting Lisbon's Portuguese coach Ruben Amorim (C) and players acknowledge supporets at the end of the Portuguese League football match between SC Braga and Sporting CP at the Municipal stadium of Braga on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Miguel RIOPA / AFP)
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Joao Pereira will take over from Manchester United-bound Ruben Amorim as head coach of Sporting Lisbon, the Portuguese champions announced on Monday.
The 40-year-old
will step up from his role as reserve-team boss following Amorim's departure to
Old Trafford.
Sporting staged
a dramatic fightback from two goals down to win 4-2 at Braga on Sunday in
Amorim's final match in charge and maintain their 100-percent record in the
Primeira Liga this season.
Pereira, a former Portugal right-back who enjoyed three spells at Sporting as a player, will hold his first press conference as boss later on Monday, Sporting said on social media.
Amorim left to
take over at Man United following the sacking of Erik ten Hag after a golden
spell in the Portuguese capital, taking Sporting to their first league title in
19 years in 2021 before regaining the trophy last season.
They also sit
second in the Champions League table after thumping Manchester City 4-1 last
week in Amorim's last home game as coach.
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