Vitor Pereira confirmed as Nottingham Forest’s fourth manager of the season

Nottingham Forest have confirmed the appointment of Vitor Pereira as their new head coach on an 18-month deal just three days after Sean Dyche’s exit.

The 57-year-old Portuguese has been handed the task of dragging the club away from the fringes of the Premier League relegation zone.

A club statement said: “Nottingham Forest is delighted to confirm that Vitor Pereira has been appointed as head coach on an 18-month deal.

“He will be joined by coaching staff Filipe Jorge Monteiro Almeida (assistant coach), Luis Miguel Moreira Da Silva (assistant coach), Bruno Filipe Araujo De Moura (head of physical performance and opposition analysis) and Pedro Simao Capela Silva Lopes (opposition analyst).”

Nottingham Forest is delighted to confirm that Vítor Pereira has been appointed as Head Coach on an 18-month deal.

Pereira began his managerial career in his homeland, Portugal, in 2002. After gaining extensive experience across the country, he took over Porto in 2011, where a… pic.twitter.com/nnHmRKPoLU

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) February 15, 2026

Pereira becomes Forest’s fourth boss this season after Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Dyche, who was sacked in the early hours of Thursday morning after a 0-0 home draw with bottom-of-the-table Wolves left the club sitting just three points above the bottom three.

The side he inherits has won just once in its last five league games and faces Fenerbahce – one of the new head coach’s former clubs – in Turkey in the Europa League play-offs on Thursday.

Pereira made his name in his native Portugal, guiding Porto to back-to-back league titles before heading for Greece via a spell in Saudi Arabia and winning the double with Olympiacos.

The much-travelled coach has also worked in