Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira (born 26 July 1968) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

[5] Subsequently, Pereira worked with Espinho of the same league,[6] being fired with ten games left in his second campaign and returning to Porto's juniors for a further season.

[17] In March 2013, following the team's elimination from Champions League contention (2–1 on aggregate against Málaga), he came under heavy criticism, notably due to his decision of benching James Rodríguez during the first half of both legs.

[38] A month later, he was again linked with Everton as owner Farhad Moshiri's lead candidate, prompting anger and vandalism from fans who saw him as inadequate and wanted eventual appointee Frank Lampard instead; he defended his reputation in an interview on Sky Sports News.

[40] He lost to an opening-minute goal away to rivals São Paulo on his Campeonato Paulista debut a week later,[41] and the state championship ended with a 2–1 semi-final loss to the same opponents.

[48] His second defeat took place on 7 February, 3–2 against Al Hilal in the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup after playing the entire second half with one player less.

[51] Pereira returned to the Saudi Pro League on 4 February 2024, replacing the fired Igor Bišćan at Al Shabab on at a deal until the end of the season.

[53] On 19 December 2024, Pereira was appointed at Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a contract lasting until June 2026;[54] he replaced Gary O'Neil with the task of avoiding relegation, with the team in 19th place and with just nine points from 16 matches.