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

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who is currently the manager of

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Career

Born in

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, Galicia, Riveiro began his coaching career at an 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 , holding home games at '' Estadio Baltasar Pujales'', which has a capacity of 2,500 ...

' 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

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and

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, 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), the club was fou ...

's youth categories.

Finland

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

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

. On 5 October 2018, he was named manager of

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. In his first season in charge, Riveiro led Inter to the 2nd 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

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campaign. For the 2022 season, Inter replaced him with

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Orlando Pirates

On 25 June 2022, Riveiro was announced as the head coach of the South African suite,

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. He then went on to help Orlando Pirates win the 2022 MTN 8 League Cup and the

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, and secured the 2nd spot in the

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to qualify for the

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in his first campaign. Riveiro led the club to win 2023 MTN 8 Cup and went on to defend the

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against

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. In 2024, he made history when he became the first coach to win the

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three times consecutively after winning the 2024 edition. In the 2024–25 season, he guided the club to a runner-up finish in both the

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and the

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. Additionally, he led the team to the semi-finals of the

, where they were narrowly defeated 3–2 on aggregate by

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Al Ahly

In late May 2025, reports stated that Riveiro would become the head coach of Egyptian side

ahead of their participation in the

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. On 29 May, he signed a two-year contract with the club.

Managerial statistics

Managerial honours

Inter Turku *

runner-up:

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Orlando Pirates *

runner-up:

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

, 2023–24; runner-up: 2024–25 *

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References

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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 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi non-playing staff Egyptian Premier League managers Al Ahly SC managers Expatriate football managers in Egypt Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Egypt