Gonçalo Pereira (football manager)

Gonçalo Miguel Machadinho da Silva Pereira (born 12 August 1989) is a Portuguese football manager, who serves as a manager of Finnish club FC Lahti in Ykkösliiga.

Pereira started coaching for the Sporting CP Youth Academy in 2007 when he was 18 years old.

[1] He continued in the youth sectors of Benfica, Manchester United and Sacavenense, and worked as an analyst for Estoril.

For the 2024 season, Pereira was named the head coach of KPV Kokkola in Finnish third tier.

[3] On 20 December 2024, newly relegated Lahti in Finnish second-tier Ykkösliiga announced that they had named Pereira the new manager for the 2025 season.