| Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (born 25 January 1974), known as Nuno Espírito Santo or simply Nuno, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of Premier League club Nottingham Forest.
During his career, Espírito Santo first made a name for himself in Spain, playing for three teams in five years. He later returned to Portugal to represent Porto, and also played professionally in Russia. He was part of the Portuguese squad at UEFA Euro 2008, but never won a cap for the national team.
Espírito Santo started his coaching career at Greek club Panathinaikos as an assistant. He became a coach in 2012, leading Portuguese club Rio Ave to both domestic cup finals in 2014. After brief spells at Valencia in Spain's La Liga, and a return to Porto, he managed Wolverhampton Wanderers for four years. In 2021, he took over as manager of Tottenham Hotspur, but was relieved of his duties after four months in charge. He became manager of Al-Ittihad Club in July 2022 where he won a league title and Saudi Super Cup before being dismissed in November 2023. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
|  Rio Ave | 12/14 | | Primeira 12/13 | 30 | | Primeira 13/14 | 30 | |  Valencia | 14/15 |  Emirates Cup 14  | 2 | | La Liga 14/15 | 38 | | Copa del Rey 14/15 | 4 |  Champ Qualif 15/16 | 2 | | La Liga 15/16 | 13 | | Champions 15/16 | 5 | | | FC Porto | 16/17 | | Champ Qualif 16/17 | 2 | | Primeira 16/17 | 34 | | Champions 16/17 | 8 | |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17/21 | | Championship 17/18 | 46 | | League Cup 17/18 | 4 | | FA Cup 17/18 | 2 | | EFL Trophy 18/19 | 3 | | EPL 18/19 | 38 | | League Cup 18/19 | 2 | | FA Cup 18/19 | 6 | | Europa Qualif 19/20 | 6 | | EFL Trophy 19/20 | 4 | | League Cup 19/20 | 2 | | EPL 19/20 | 38 | | Europa League 19/20 | 11 | | FA Cup 19/20 | 2 | | League Cup 20/21 | 1 | | EFL Trophy 20/21 | 4 | | EPL 20/21 | 38 | | FA Cup 20/21 | 3 | | | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | | Friendlies 21 | 2 | | League Cup 21/22 | 2 | | ECL Qual 21/22 | 2 | | EFL Trophy 21/22 | 3 | | EPL 21/22 | 10 | | ECL 21/22 | 3 | |  Al-Ittihad | 22/23 | | Pro League 22/23 | 30 | | ACC 23 | 4 | | Pro League 23/24 | 12 |  ACL 23/24 | 4 | | | Nottingham Forest | 23/now | | EPL 23/24 | 21 | | FA Cup 23/24 | 5 | | League Cup 24/25 | 1 | | EPL 24/25 | 14 | | EFL Trophy 24/25 | 3 | | Nat.League Cup 24/25 | 1 |
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4 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup. Click to show
Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Team Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | M1 | 27Jul | | Espérance | | 1-2 | 4-1-3-2 | Initial team: M Grohe, Al-Olayan, Hawsawi, Sharahili, Bamasud, Hamed, Romarinho, Coronado, Jota, Hamdallah, Benzema, | | | M2 | 30Jul | H | Sfaxien | | 1-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Al-S'ti, Al-H'wi, Al-Amri,
Out:Al-Olayan, Hawsawi, Bamasud, | | | M3 | 02Aug | | Al Shorta | | 1-2 | 3-4-3 | In:Bamasud, Al-Olayan, Al-Nashri, Al-Farhan, Al-Sahafi, Camara,
Out:Hamed, Jota, Coronado, Romarinho, Benzema, Hamdallah, | | | M4 | 05Aug | H | Al-Hilal | | 1-3 | 4-1-4-1 | In:Kanté, Jota, Coronado, Romarinho, Benzema,
Out:Al-Olayan, Al-Nashri, Al-Farhan, Al-Sahafi, Camara, | | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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