Jorvan Vieira (born September 29, 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 a current

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of ENPPI.

Career

Playing career

Vieira was born in

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. He began his professional football career after studying

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for four years, playing for top Brazilian clubs

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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

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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 in Saudi Arabia. On December 26, 2007, it was officially announced that Vieira signed a one-year contract with

Mes Kerman F.C. Mes Kerman Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال صنعت مس کرمان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Sân't-e Mes Kârman'') is an Iranian professional football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran's top league, the Iran Pr ...

in the

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

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finalists

Sepahan F.C. Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان اصفهان, ''Bâšgâh-è Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan S.C., are an Iranian spor ...

Vieira was sacked by

on June 9, 2008, 12 months before his contract would expire. Vieira signed a one-year contract with Iraq on September 2, 2008 to manage them for the second time, where he led them in the Gulf Cup. On August 10, 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 ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī, zgh, ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵔ ⵏ ⵕⴰⵊⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏⵓⵏ), commonly referred to as Raja CA, Raja Casablanca or simply RCA is a professional footb ...

on penalty's 4-2 he resigned on December 13, 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 2007 WAFF Championship 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 Arab wife, as has also been claimed". * He can speak 7 languages, including Arabic. * 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, Portuguese and Moroccan 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

Iraq *

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