Nuno Espírito Santo

Nuno Espírito Santo

Espírito Santo as manager of Valencia in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo
Date of birth	(1974-01-25) 25 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1986	Santoantoniense
1986–1987	Quimigal
1987–1991	Caçadores Torreenses
1991–1992	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1996	Vitória Guimarães	34	(0)
1993–1994	→ Vila Real (loan)	19	(0)
1997–2002	Deportivo La Coruña	4	(0)
1998–2000	→ Mérida (loan)	69	(0)
2000–2001	→ Osasuna (loan)	33	(0)
2002–2004	Porto	6	(0)
2005–2006	Dynamo Moscow	11	(0)
2007	Aves	15	(0)
2007–2010	Porto	8	(0)
Total		199	(0)
National team
1992	Portugal U18	1	(0)
1995	Portugal U21	3	(0)
1996	Portugal U23	5	(0)
2000–2001	Portugal B	3	(0)
Teams managed
2012–2014	Rio Ave
2014–2015	Valencia
2016–2017	Porto
2017–2021	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2021	Tottenham Hotspur
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Simões and the second is Espírito Santo.

Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (born 25 January 1974), or simply Nuno, is a Portuguese football manager and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently head coach of Tottenham Hotspur.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 October 2021^[1]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Rio Ave		15 May 2012	19 May 2014	80	32	17	31	87	97	−10	040.00
Valencia		4 July 2014	29 November 2015	62	32	16	14	104	60	+44	051.61
Porto		1 June 2016	22 May 2017	49	27	16	6	88	28	+60	055.10
Wolverhampton Wanderers		31 May 2017	23 May 2021	199	95	49	55	277	209	+68	047.74
Tottenham Hotspur		30 June 2021	1 November 2021	17	8	2	7	22	23	−1	047.06
Total				407	194	100	113	578	417	+161	047.67

Honours

Player

Deportivo

• Copa del Rey: 2001–02^[2]

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Taça de Portugal: 2002–03, 2008–09^[3]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003, 2004, 2009
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04^[4]
• UEFA Cup: 2002–03
• Intercontinental Cup: 2004^[5]
• Taça da Liga runner-up: 2009–10

Individual

• Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 1999–2000 (Segunda División)^[6]

Manager

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• EFL Championship: 2017–18^[7]

Individual

• La Liga Manager of the Month: September 2014, December 2014,^[8] February 2015^[9]
• EFL Championship Manager of the Month: November 2017^[10]
• LMA Manager of the Year: 2017–18 EFL Championship^[11]
• Premier League Manager of the Month: September 2018,^[12] June 2020,^[13] October 2020,^[14] August 2021^[15]

References

1. "Nuno Espírito Santo". Zerozero. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
2. Méndez, Dani. "Centenariazo: Los artífices de la conquista" [Centenary shock: The authors of the conquest] (in Spanish). Riazor.org. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
3. Travassos, Nuno (31 May 2009). "Helton: "Quem sou eu para dar conselhos ao Nuno?" (vídeo)" [Helton: "Who am I to give advice to Nuno?" (video)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
4. "UEFA Champions League 2003/04 – History". UEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
5. Caetano, Filipe (12 December 2004). "F.C. Porto-Once Caldas, 0–0 (8–7 nas g.p.) (crónica)" [F.C. Porto-Once Caldas, 0–0 (8–7 on p.k.) (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
6. Sainz, Manu (17 May 2012). "El primer fichaje de la factoría Jorge Mendes" [First signing of Jorge Mendes factory]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2014.
7. "Champions! Wolves win the league after breezing past Bolton". Express & Star. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
8. "The BBVA Prizes for December's best". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
9. "BBVA Awards: Nuno, Liga BBVA Manager of the month for February". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
10. "Championship Manager of the Month: Nuno – Wolverhampton Wanderers". English Football League. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
11. "Nuno Named Championship Manager Of The Year". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
12. "Nuno claims Barclays Manager of the Month". Premier League. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
13. "Nuno claims Barclays Manager of the Month award". Premier League. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
14. "Nuno earns Barclays Manager of the Month award". Premier League. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
15. "Nuno earns August's Barclays Manager of the Month award". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

Other websites

• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 October 2007) (in Spanish)
• Nuno Espírito Santo at BDFutbol
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• Nuno Espírito Santo at WorldFootball.net