Paulo Pereira (handballer)

Paulo Pereira
Pereira 2018
Personal information
Full name Paulo Jorge de Moura Pereira
Born (1965-03-21) 21 March 1965 (age 59)
Amarante, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese
Club information
Current club Portugal
Teams managed
Years Team
1996–1999
 CPN Porto
2003–2006
 FC Porto
2006–2008
 CB Cangas
2008–2009
 Atletico Sport Aviação
2009–2010
 Angola
2010–2013
 CD Primeiro de Agosto
2013–2015
 Tunisia
2015–2016
 Espérance Sportive de Tunis
2016–2019
 Portugal
2017–2019
 CSM București
2019–
 Portugal
2022
 Al Kuwait SC
2024–
 RK Celje

Paulo Pereira (born 21 March 1965) is a Portuguese handball coach of the Portuguese men's national team.[1]

In 2016, the Portuguese Handball Federation appointed him as the new head coach of the Portugal national team, succeeding Rolando Freitas. His current contract extends until 2025.[2][3][4]

He is best known for leading the Portugal national team to achieve their best results in history by ranking 6th in the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship,[5] and competing for the first time at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, where they ended 9th.[6]

In recognition of his historical achievements, he won the title of “Coach of the Year”[7] at Sports Gala organized by the National Sports Federation. He won as well the ‘’technical’’ award of the eighth edition of the Bento Pessoa National Awards, under the category of ‘’Entities of National Scope’’.[8][9][10]

His distinctive ideas of using aggressive, all-in tactics have completely changed the course of the Portugal national team. He is also a psychology aficionado who relies on advanced motivational techniques to optimize the players' efficiency.[11][12]

  1. ^ "Paulo Jorge de Moura Pereira-Personal & Professional details". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. ^ "Paulo Jorge Pereira is new Portugues NT coach". Handball Planet. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  3. ^ Boysen, Rasmus (2021-06-21). "The Portuguese Handball Federation Continues Cooperation with Pereira". Handball-world.news. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  4. ^ handball-world. "Portugal Extends Contract With Men`s National Coach Paulo Pereira". handball-world. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  5. ^ EHF Media & Communications (2020-11-01). "HF EURO 2022/ QUALIFIERS MEDIA GUIDE (P22)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  6. ^ "TOKYO2020 - HANDBALL MEN RESULTS". Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  7. ^ "Paulo Pereira is "Coach of the Year" in Portugal". Handball Planet. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  8. ^ Aveiro, Move (2021-05-15). "L'entraîneur de handball Paulo Pereira et le cycliste João Almeida remportent les Bento Pessoa Awards". MoveAveiro (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  9. ^ "Selecionador de andebol Paulo Pereira e ciclista João Almeida ganham Prémios Bento Pessoa". Mundo Atual. 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  10. ^ pilar, patricia (2021-05-16). "Paulo Pereira and João Almeida win Bento Pessoa Awards". Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  11. ^ EHF Media & Communications (2022-01-07). "MEN'S EHF EURO 2022-MEDIA GUIDE (P50/52)" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  12. ^ "The Technical Scientific Congress – A Success For Portugal-IHF | News". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 2023-01-22.