 Vieira as Kuwait manager in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1953-09-29)29 September 1953 (age 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Newroz (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1972 | Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1978 | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Portuguesa | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Qatar SC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Oman U-20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1990 | FAR Rabat (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1990 | Morocco (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Wydad Casablanca | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | IR Tanger | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | CA Macedo de Cavaleiros | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Tihad Sportif Casablanca | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | IR Tanger | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | SC Farense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | União Sport Clube Paredes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Al Qadisiya | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Ismaily | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Oman U-20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Malaysia U-20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | US Touarga | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Al Nasr | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Al-Ta'ee | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Sepahan | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Ittihad Kalba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Bani Yas | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Sharjah | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Zamalek | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Smouha | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Ittihad Kalba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ismaily | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Étoile Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Al-Wehdat | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | ENPPI | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Al-Seeb | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Newroz | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jorvan Vieira (born 29 September 1953) is a Brazilian-Portuguesefootball coach and former player who played for Botafogo, Vasco da Gama and Portuguesa in the Brazil Serie A, and currentmanager.
Vieira was born inDuque de Caxias,Rio de Janeiro state,Brazil. He began his professional football career after studyingSports Medicine for four years, playing for top Brazilian clubsVasco da Gama,Botafogo andPortuguesa in the 1970s.[1]
Vieira was appointed assistant manager to theMoroccan national side for the1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Alongside compatriotJosé Faria he led Morocco into the second round of the tournament as group winners ahead of England, Portugal and Poland,[2]
He then managed theKuwait under-20 side[3] before having an impressive spell and leadingAl Qadisiya to the Kuwaiti league title, which was followed by further success when he was in charge of Egyptian clubAl-Ismaili in 2001. Vieira was re-appointed as the coach of the Oman Under-20 side in the same year. After spending a year in the job, Vieira went on to coach theMalaysia Under-20 side before returning to Oman, where he ledAl-Nasr Salalah to the Sultan Qaboos Cup, and was manager ofAl-Ta'ee in Saudi Arabia.[4]
On 26 December 2007 it was officially announced that Vieira signed a one-year contract withMes Kerman F.C. in theIran Pro League for an approximate fee of $640,000.[5] Yet a few days later on 29 December the deal fell through due to financial reasons.[6]
On 2 February 2008 Vieira signed an 18-month contract withAFC Champions League 2007 finalistsSepahan F.C.[7] Vieira was sacked bySepahan F.C. on 9 June 2008, 12 months before his contract would expire.[8]
Vieira signed a one-year contract with Iraq on 2 September 2008 to manage them for the second time, when he led them in the Gulf Cup.[9]
On 10 August 2013 Jorvan Vieira was named coach of Kuwait's national side. The Brazilian led Iraq's national side to success in the 2007 Asian Cup.[10]
In October 2018 Jorvan Viera was named coach of Ismaily from Egypt. After a string of poor results sitting in the bottom of the league and getting knocked out of the2018-19 Arab Club Champions Cup at the expense ofRaja Casablanca on penalty's 4-2 he resigned on 13 December 2018, after only 2 months at the club.
Less than two months ahead of the2007 AFC Asian Cup finals Vieira was named coach of war-tornIraq. He led them all the way to the final of the2007 WAFF Championship but finished as runners-up after losing 1–2 in the final againstIran. After this tournament, Iraq played in the Asian Cup. Incredibly, he ledIraq to the2007 Asian Cup title after stunning the pre-tournament favouritesAustralia in a 3–1 victory,[11] edgingKorea on penalties[12] and finally upsetting regional heavyweightsSaudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.[13]
Jorvan Vieira is aMuslim. He converted to Islam while coachingMorocco, he says about this: "Reports have suggested that I converted to Islam but 'converted' is not the right term – I wasn't religious before. Nor is it true that I only became a Muslim because of myArab wife, as has also been claimed".[3] He can speak 7 languages, includingArabic.[3] He holds a doctorate in sports sciences from France.[3] He is the son of a Portuguese father, a Brazilian mother and is married to Khadija Fahim, a Moroccan woman.[14] As the result of this he holds Brazilian and Portuguese nationalities.[15] Jorvan thinks of himself mainly as being Portuguese, confesses that he always carries with him his Portuguese passport, and that his identification cards at football matches identify him as being Portuguese. In an interview to the Portuguese newspaperDiário de Notícias, he even states that in the future, he wants to live the rest of his life in Portugal, and that he plans to coach a Portuguese football club.[16]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
 Qadsia SC | 5 January 1999 | 22 June 1999 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 057.6 | |
 Ismaily | 5 January 2001 | 30 June 2001 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 041.7 | |
 Al-Tai | 1 August 2006 | 30 December 2006 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 023.1 | |
 Iraq | 20 May 2007 | 15 August 2007 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 035.7 | |
 Sepahan | 26 December 2007 | 20 May 2008 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 046.2 | |
| Iraq | 2 September 2008 | 6 February 2009 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 000.0 | |
 Ittihad Kalba | 27 October 2010 | 5 June 2011 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 035.0 | |
| Baniyas | 1 July 2011 | 30 November 2011 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 035.7 | |
| Sharjah | 16 December 2011 | 2 February 2012 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 022.2 | |
| Zamalek | 10 August 2012 | 5 July 2013 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 063.3 | |
| Kuwait | 23 August 2013 | 7 December 2014 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 034.6 | |
| Smouha | 11 July 2016 | 1 November 2016 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 062.5 | |
| Ittihad Kalba | 10 January 2018 | 2 September 2018 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 060.0 | |
| Ismaily | 4 October 2018 | 12 December 2018 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 045.5 | |
 Étoile Sahel | 29 November 2020 | 11 January 2021 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 050.0 | |
| ENPPI | 5 June 2022 | 30 August 2022 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 023.1 | |
 Seeb | 3 July 2023 | 25 May 2024 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 075.0 | |
| Newroz | 1 August 2024 | 11 December 2024 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 022.2 | |
| Total | 302 | 141 | 83 | 78 | 046.7 | — | ||
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