Portuguese Nuno Espirito Santo is the new coach of Nottingham Forest, returning to the English Football League after spells at Wolverhampton and Tottenham, the club said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Nuno joins the club on a two-and-a-half-year contract and will make his first appearance on Saturday when Forest face Bournemouth at the City Ground,” the club’s website reads.
Espirito Santo, 49, left Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad in early November after leading Jeddah to the title last season and is heading to England to replace Steve Cooper in the 17th-placed team in the ranking. Premier League.
This will be the Portuguese manager’s second stint in England, where he coached Wolves between 2017 and 2021, leading Wolves to the top flight, and Tottenham, where he had a shorter spell of just two months, from August until October 2021.
The former goalkeeper began his coaching career in the 2012/13 season at Rio Ave, then moved to the Spanish Valencia (between 2014 and 2015) and Porto (2016/17).
Nottingham Forest, who feature Portuguese defender Nuno Tavares, are 17th in the Premier League with 14 points, five above the relegation zone.
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Source: CM Jornal
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