José Luis Riveiro (born 15 September 1975) is a Spanish professional

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who currently manages one of South Africa's biggest football clubs Orlando Pirates FC in the DStv Premiership.

Career

Born in

Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Penins ...

, Galicia, Riveiro began his coaching career at early age, and took over his first senior team, CD Teis in the regional leagues shortly after. After three years in charge of the team, he spent two seasons as an assistant and coach of

Rápido de Bouzas Club Rápido de Bouzas is a Spanish football team based in Bouzas, parish of Vigo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1914 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio Baltasar Pujales ...

' youth categories before returning to Teis. In 2010, Riveiro was appointed manager of Mondariz FC in the Primeira Autonómica (sixth division), achieving promotion to the Preferente in his first campaign. While in charge of the club, he was also a coach of

CD Choco Club Deportivo Choco de Redondela is a Spanish football club based in Redondela, province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Founded in 1953, the team currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 1. The club's home ground is ''Campo Municip ...

and

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), ...

's youth categories. Riveiro resigned from Mondariz in May 2014, and moved abroad in July to work at Finnish side

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, as an assistant coach. In April of the following year, he moved to fellow league team PK-35 Vantaa, also as an assistant. On 7 June 2016, Riveiro was appointed assistant manager of

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history i ...

. On 5 October 2018, he was named manager of

FC Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku and colloquially known as Inter, is a professional football club based in Turku, Finland, that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded in 1 ...

. In his first season in charge, Riveiro led Inter to the second position in the

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, qualifying the side to a European competition after six years. On 25 September 2020, he renewed his contract for the 2021 campaign. For the 2022 season, Inter replaced him with

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. On 25 June 2022 he was announced as the head coach of the

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suite,

Orlando Pirates FC Orlando Pirates Football Club (often known as "The Buccaneers") is a South African professional football club based in the Houghton suburb of the city of Johannesburg and plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as DStv ...

.He then went on to help

win the

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,in his first campaign.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riveiro, José 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Vigo Spanish football managers RC Celta de Vigo non-playing staff Veikkausliiga managers FC Inter Turku managers Premier Soccer League managers Orlando Pirates F.C. managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Finland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Spanish expatriate sportspeople in South Africa