New Wolves head coach Cesar Peixoto, by the numbers | OneFootball

Cesar Peixoto takes charge at Wolves with a career measured in numbers from bench and pitch.

According to ExpressAndStar.com, he began at Vitoria Guimaraes in 1991, then left for fourth-division Cacadores Taipas in 1999 to break into senior football.

At Belenenses he scored seven in his first season, including a long-range strike against Porto. That goal convinced Porto to sign him in 2002, and he featured intermittently for the 2004 Champions League winners. He missed the run-in with a serious knee injury and ended his Porto spell on loan at Espanyol.

After leaving Porto, he played for Braga, Benfica and Gil Vicente. He earned one Portugal cap in 2008, a late cameo in a 6-2 friendly defeat to Brazil.

Wolves will be managerial job No. nine for Peixoto. He started at second-tier Varzim, kept them up, then moved to Academia, lasting five months.

He managed Chaves, then twice led top-flight Moreirense, either side of two spells at Pacos de Ferreira, who were relegated. Only on returning to Gil Vicente did he truly find his feet.

At Gil Vicente he kept them up, then finished sixth in his first full season. It was his longest stint, 46 matches and a 34.78 win rate. They finished ahead of former club Moreirense in seventh, but were nine points short of Europe.

This move to Wolves is his first competitive role outside Portugal as player or manager. He is tasked with attempting to guide Wolves back to the Premier League at the first attempt.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com