Rui Pedro Silva (football manager)

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Rui Pedro Silva
Personal information
Full name Rui Pedro Teixeira de Jesus da Silva
Date of birth (1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Team information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers (assistant head coach)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2010 Málaga (assistant)
2010–2012 Panathinaikos (assistant)
2012–2014 Rio Ave (assistant)
2014–2015 Valencia (assistant)
2016–2017 Porto (assistant)
2017–2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers (assistant)
2021–2022 Famalicão
2023–2025 Nottingham Forest (assistant)
2025– Wolverhampton Wanderers (assistant)

Rui Pedro Teixeira de Jesus da Silva (born 14 March 1977) is a Portuguese football manager he is the currently assistant head coach of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Having previously been an assistant to Jesualdo Ferreira and Nuno Espírito Santo in clubs around Europe, he first managed in his own right at Famalicão of the Primeira Liga in 2021.

Career

Born in Porto, Silva began his career in 2005, as a scout for Jesualdo Ferreira at Braga. [1] He followed Ferreira to Porto, Málaga [2] and Panathinaikos, being an assistant in the latter two teams.

In May 2012, Silva joined Nuno Espírito Santo's staff at Rio Ave as his assistant, after previously working with him at Málaga and Panathinaikos. He remained as his assistant at Valencia, [3] Porto [4] and Wolverhampton Wanderers. [5]

In June 2021, after Espírito Santo agreed to become the manager of Tottenham Hotspur, Silva did not follow him to his new club, stating a desire to become a first team manager. [6] On 19 December, he was appointed in charge of Primeira Liga side Famalicão, replacing Ivo Vieira at the 16th-placed team. [7] On his career debut two days later, his team drew 1–1 at home to Portimonense in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal before losing 4–2 on penalties; [8] his first league game on 9 January was a 2–2 home draw with Braga. [9]

Silva left the club by mutual consent on 20 September 2022, having won once in seven games of the new season. His team were third-from-bottom, with four points. [10] He subsequently returned to Espírito Santo's staff at Nottingham Forest in 2023.

On 9 December 2025, Silva returned to Wolves as assistant head coach to Rob Edwards, having previously worked with him when they were both at the club during the 2018–19 season. [11]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 September 2022[ citation needed ]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Famalicão Flag of Portugal (official).svg 19 December 202119 September 2022268992829−1030.77
Total268992829−1030.77

References

  1. ↑ "Jesualdo e José Gomes elogiam Rui Pedro Silva (Famalicão)" [Jesualdo and José Gomes praise Rui Pedro Silva (Famalicão)] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ferreira incorpora a cuerpo técnico a portugueses Gomes, Nuno y Rui Silva" [Ferreira add to his coaching staff the Portugueses Gomes, Nuno and Rui Silva] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Los hombres de Nuno" [Nuno's men] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "FC Porto: equipa técnica de Nuno Espírito Santo em discussão" [FC Porto: Nuno Espírito Santo's coaching staff in discussion] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Back To Work!". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Rui Pedro Silva: «Nuno Espírito Santo percebeu a evolução que quero ter»" [Rui Pedro Silva: "Nuno Espírito Santo realized the evolution I want to have"] (in Portuguese). Record. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Rui Pedro Silva sucede a Ivo Vieira no Famalicão" [Rui Pedro Silva replaces Ivo Vieira at Famalicão] (in Portuguese). Público. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Dantas, Nuno (22 December 2021). "Rui Pedro Silva: «O negativo do jogo foi não ter feito mais golos»" [Rui Pedro Silva: "The negative was not having scored more goals"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rui Pedro Silva lamentou empate em Braga: «Vamos tentar resolver estes infortúnios»" [Rui Pedro Silva lamented draw in Braga: "We're going to try to resolve these misfortunes"] (in Portuguese). Record. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Rui Pedro Silva já não é treinador do Famalicão" [Rui Pedro Silva is no longer manager of Famalicão] (in Portuguese). Público. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Silva makes his Wolves return". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 9 December 2025.
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