Jorvan Vieira (born 29 September 1953) is a Brazilian-Portuguese football coach and former player who played for Botafogo, Vasco da Gama and Portuguesa in the Brazil Serie A, and current manager.
He then managed the Kuwait 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 Malaysia 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. AFC Asian Cup Official Website
On 26 December 2007 it was officially announced that Vieira signed a one-year contract with Mes Kerman F.C. in the Iran Pro League for an approximate fee of $640,000. Yet a few days later on 29 December the deal fell through due to financial reasons.
On 2 February 2008 Vieira signed an 18-month contract with AFC Champions League 2007 finalists Sepahan F.C. Vieira was sacked by Sepahan F.C. on 9 June 2008, 12 months before his contract would expire.
Vieira signed a one-year contract with Iraq on 2 September 2008 to manage them for the second time, when he led them in the Gulf Cup.[2] ESPN
On 10 August 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 on penalty's 4-2 he resigned on 13 December 2018, after only 2 months at the club.
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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 Diário de Notícias, 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 record by team and tenure | ||
| Qadsia SC | 5 January 1999 | 22 June 1999 |
| Ismaily SC | 5 January 2001 | 30 June 2001 |
| Al-Tai FC | 1 August 2006 | 30 December 2006 |
| 20 May 2007 | 15 August 2007 | |
| Sepahan | 26 December 2007 | 20 May 2008 |
| 2 September 2008 | 6 February 2009 | |
| Ittihad Kalba | 27 October 2010 | 5 June 2011 |
| Baniyas Club | 1 July 2011 | 30 November 2011 |
| Sharjah FC | 16 December 2011 | 2 February 2012 |
| Zamalek | 10 August 2012 | 5 July 2013 |
| 23 August 2013 | 7 December 2014 | |
| Smouha SC | 11 July 2016 | 1 November 2016 |
| Ittihad Kalba | 10 January 2018 | 2 September 2018 |
| Ismaily SC | 4 October 2018 | 12 December 2018 |
| Étoile Sahel | 29 November 2020 | 11 January 2021 |
| ENPPI SC | 5 June 2022 | 30 August 2022 |
| Seeb Club | 3 July 2023 | 25 May 2024 |
| Newroz SC | 1 August 2024 | 11 December 2024 |
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