Pedro Moreira (football manager)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pedro Moreira

| image = Pedro Moreira 2023.png

| image_size =

| caption = Moreira in 2023

| fullname = Pedro Miguel de Barros Moreira

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique

| currentclub = Pakhtakor (head coach)

| manageryears1 = 1998–2000

| managerclubs1 = Carcavelos (youth)

| manageryears2 = 2001–2003

| managerclubs2 = Oeiras (youth)

| manageryears3 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs3 = Olivais Moscavide (youth)

| manageryears4 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs4 = Farense (youth)

| manageryears5 = 2009–2012

| managerclubs5 = Sporting CP (youth)

| manageryears6 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs6 = Paços de Ferreira (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs7 = Porto (assistant)

| manageryears8 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs8 = Paços de Ferreira (assistant)

| manageryears9 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs9 = Braga (assistant)

| manageryears10 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs10 = Shakhtar Donetsk (assistant)

| manageryears11 = 2017–2019

| managerclubs11 = Shakhtar Donetsk (assistant)

| manageryears12 = 2019–2021

| managerclubs12 = Roma (assistant)

| manageryears13 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs13 = Torreense

| manageryears14 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs14 = Casa Pia

| manageryears15 = 2024–

| managerclubs15 = Pakhtakor

}}

Pedro Miguel de Barros Moreira (born 22 March 1975) is a Portuguese football manager. He is currently head coach of Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor.

After working as a long-term assistant to manager Paulo Fonseca, he started managing in his own right in 2022.

Coaching career

=Early career=

Born in Lourenço Marques in the last months of the Portuguese Mozambique, Moreira started his career at Grupo Sportivo de Carcavelos, managing their under-13 and under-19 squad. He was later in charge of the youth sides of Oeiras, Olivais e Moscavide and Farense before becoming a youth coordinator at the Algarve Football Association in 2006.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 2009, Moreira joined the structure of Sporting CP, and was in charge of the club's under-11 side. In 2012, he became Paulo Fonseca's assistant at Paços de Ferreira, later following him to Porto, Braga, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Roma, spanning nine years of service;{{Cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/casa-pia/liga/oficial-pedro-moreira-e-o-novo-treinador-do-casa-pia|title=OFICIAL: Pedro Moreira é o novo treinador do Casa Pia|website=maisfutebol.pt|language=pt}} the association ended when Moreira did not follow Fonseca to Ligue 1 side Lille.{{Cite web|url=https://romapress.net/ex-roma-manager-paulo-fonseca-joins-lille/|title=Ex-Roma manager Paulo Fonseca joins Lille|website=romapress.net}}

=Torreense=

On 22 September 2022, Moreira was named in his first managerial job, at Liga Portugal 2 side, Torreense, replacing Nuno Manta Santos at the 18th-placed team.{{cite news |title=PEDRO MOREIRA É O NOVO TÉCNICO|trans-title=PEDRO MOREIRA IS THE NEW COACH |url=https://www.torreense.com/pt/noticias/pedro-moreira-e-o-novo-tecnico/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=O Jogo |date=22 September 2022 |language=Portuguese}} His debut nine days later was a 3–1 loss at Belenenses in the Taça de Portugal second round.{{cite news|title=Belenenses 3-1 Torreense |url=https://www.playmakerstats.com/match.php?id=8944681 |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=playmakerstats |date=1 October 2022}}

Moreira's first Liga Portugal 2 game was a 1–0 home win over Estrela da Amadora on 8 October 2022.{{cite web |title=Torreense 1–0 Estrela da Amadora|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/10/08/portugal/liga-de-honra/scu-torreense/estrela/3835446/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=24 November 2023}} After a 9th-placed finish, he left on 29 May 2023 as he opted to not renew his contract.{{cite news |title=Pedro Moreira não renova e deixa comando do Torreense|trans-title=Pedro Moreira does not renew and leaves Torreense|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/torreense/detalhe/pedro-moreira-nao-renova-e-deixa-comando-do-torreense |access-date=24 November 2023 |publisher=Record |date=29 May 2023 |language=Portuguese}}

=Casa Pia=

On 21 November 2023, following the resignation of Filipe Martins, Moreira was appointed manager of Casa Pia, which sat in fifteenth place in the Primeira Liga table, signing a contract of an undisclosed length.{{Cite web |date=20 November 2023 |title=Comunicado Oficial |trans-title=Official announcement |url=https://casapiaac.pt/noticia.php?n=149 |access-date=24 November 2023 |website= |publisher=Casa Pia A.C. |language=pt-PT}} On 15 February 2024, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in 11 matches under Moreira, Casa Pia, sitting 16th in the league table, announced that he had been sacked.{{Cite web |last= |date=15 February 2024 |title=Comunicado |trans-title=Announcement |url=https://www.casapiaac.pt/noticia.php?n=179 |access-date=17 February 2024 |publisher=Casa Pia A.C. |language=pt}}{{Cite news |date=15 February 2024 |title=Casa Pia oficializa saída do treinador Pedro Moreira |trans-title=Casa Pia announces departure of manager Pedro Moreira |url=https://www.jn.pt/6734558610/casa-pia-oficializa-saida-do-treinador-pedro-moreira/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |work=Jornal de Notícias |language=pt-pt}}

=Pakhtakor=

On 4 December 2024, Uzbekistan Super League club Pakhtakor announced the signing of Moreira to a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.{{cite web |title=Педро Морейра "Пахтакор"нинг янги бош мураббийига айланди |url=http://www.pakhtakor.uz/news/cnews/7260 |website=pakhtakor.uz |publisher=Pakhtakor FC |access-date=17 December 2024 |language=Uzbek |date=4 December 2024}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2" \|Team ! rowspan="2" \|Nat ! rowspan="2" \|From ! rowspan="2"\|To ! colspan="8" \|Record !rowspan=2\|{{abbr\|Ref\|Reference}}
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
align=left\|Torreense \|{{Flagicon\|Portugal}} \|align=left\|22 September 2022 \|align=left\|29 May 2023 {{WDL\|32\|13\|7\|12\|for=41\|against=35\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web \|title=SCU Torreense: Matches \|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/portugal/scu-torreense/1734/\|work=Soccerway \|publisher=Perform Group \|access-date=24 November 2023}}
align=left\|Casa Pia \|{{Flagicon\|Portugal}} \|align=left\|21 November 2023 \|align=left\|15 February 2024 {{WDL\|11\|3\|2\|6\|for=11\|against=22\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web \|title=Casa Pia AC: Matches \|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/portugal/casa-pia-ac/2892/\|work=Soccerway \|publisher=Perform Group \|access-date=24 November 2023}}
colspan="4"\|Total {{WDLtot\|43\|16\|9\|18\|for=52\|against=57\|diff=yes}} !—

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2" |Team

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |From

! rowspan="2"|To

! colspan="8" |Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align=left|Torreense

|{{Flagicon|Portugal}}

|align=left|22 September 2022

|align=left|29 May 2023

|{{cite web |title=SCU Torreense: Matches |url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/portugal/scu-torreense/1734/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=24 November 2023}}

align=left|Casa Pia

|{{Flagicon|Portugal}}

|align=left|21 November 2023

|align=left|15 February 2024

|{{cite web |title=Casa Pia AC: Matches |url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/portugal/casa-pia-ac/2892/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=24 November 2023}}

colspan="4"|Total

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