Jorvan Vieira (born 29 September 1953) is a Brazilian-Portuguese

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coach and former player who played for Botafogo, Vasco da Gama and Portuguesa in the Brazil Serie A, and current

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Career

Playing career

Vieira was born in Duque de Caxias,

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. He began his professional football career after studying

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for four years, playing for top Brazilian clubs

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

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and Portuguesa in the 1970s.

Coaching career

Vieira was appointed assistant manager to the Moroccan national side for the

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in Mexico. Alongside compatriot José Faria he led Morocco into the second round of the tournament as group winners ahead of England, Portugal and Poland, He then managed the

Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

under-20 side Soccerblog Profile before having an impressive spell and leading Al Qadisiya to the Kuwaiti league title, which was followed by further success when he was in charge of Egyptian club Al-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 the

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Under-20 side before returning to Oman, where he led Al-Nasr Salalah to the Sultan Qaboos Cup, and was manager of

Al-Ta'ee Al-Tai Football Club () is a professional football club based in the city of Ha'il, in north-western Saudi Arabia, that plays in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. History Al-Tai won the Saudi First Division ...

in Saudi Arabia. On 26 December 2007 it was officially announced that Vieira signed a one-year contract with Mes Kerman F.C. in the

Iran Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

for an approximate fee of $640,000. Yet a few days later on 29 December the deal fell through due to financial reasons. On 2 February 2008 Vieira signed an 18-month contract with

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finalists Sepahan F.C. Vieira was sacked by Sepahan F.C. on 9 June 2008, 12 months before his contract would expire. 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. 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. 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 the 2018-19 Arab Club Champions Cup at the expense of

Raja Casablanca Raja Club Athletic, widely known as Raja Casablanca or simply Raja, is a Football team, football club based in Casablanca, Morocco, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football. Founded on 20 M ...

on penalty's 4-2 he resigned on 13 December 2018, after only 2 months at the club.

Asian Cup success

Less than two months ahead of the

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finals Vieira was named coach of war-torn

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. He led them all the way to the final of the

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but finished as runners-up after losing 1–2 in the final against

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. After this tournament, Iraq played in the Asian Cup. Incredibly, he led

to the 2007 Asian Cup title after stunning the pre-tournament favourites

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in a 3–1 victory, edging

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on penalties and finally upsetting regional heavyweights

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1–0 in the final.

Personal life

* Jorvan Vieira is a

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. He converted to Islam while coaching

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, 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 my

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wife, as has also been claimed". * He can speak 7 languages, including

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. * He holds a doctorate in sports sciences from France. * He is the son of a Portuguese father, a Brazilian mother and is married to Khadija Fahim, a Moroccan woman. As the result of this he holds Brazilian and Portuguese nationalities. * 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 newspaper

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, 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. Diário de Notícias Newspaper

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

AS FAR *

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Botola The Botola Pro (), officially known as the Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Morocco and the top tier of the Moroccan football league system. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Football Prof ...

: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89 *

Moroccan Throne Cup The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup () is a knockout football tournament in Moroccan football, organized by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.The first club to win this cup was Mouloudia Oujda. Since the inception of the cup, the sy ...

: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 Morocco * Arab Games runner-up:

Al Qadsia SC * Kuwait Premier League: 1998–99 * Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 1998–99 Al-Nasr SC *

Sultan Qaboos Cup The Sultan Qaboos Cup (), also known as the HM's Cup, is Oman's premier knockout tournament for men's football. It was officially founded in 1972 and the champions of that first edition were Al-Ahli. It was briefly known as Oman Cup. Currently, t ...

: 2005–06 Iraq *

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runner-up:

Sepahan * Iran Premier League runner-up: 2007-08 Iran Premier League Al-Seeb *

Oman Professional League The Oman Professional League (; known as the ''Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Omantel Elite League, is the top division of the Oman Football Association, and was officially created in 1976. Curren ...

: 2023–24 *

Oman Professional League Cup The Oman Professional League Cup () (known as the ''Mazda Professional Cup'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Oman Federation Cup, is an Omani football competition. The first edition was played in 2007 and was known as the Oman FA ...

: 2023–24 *

Oman Super Cup The Oman Super Cup () is an Omani football cup competition. It has been played on and off since the first edition was held in 1999. It is the curtain raiser to the Omani football season. It pairs the previous season's Sultan Qaboos Cup winners aga ...

: 2023

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