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Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood named Premier League player of month for October
8 November 2024 Off

Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood named Premier League player of month for October

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood has become the first player in the club’s history to be named Premier League player of the month.

The New Zealand captain won the award after scoring four times in three appearances during October.

Wood’s goals helped Forest to remain unbeaten throughout the month, as Nuno Espirito Santo won the manager of the month prize.

Forest started the month with a 1-1 draw against Chelsea

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Sunderland: Portuguese Pedro Ribeiro named assistant head coach
8 October 2024 Off

Sunderland: Portuguese Pedro Ribeiro named assistant head coach

By Total Football News

Ribeiro moved into coaching when he was only 19 and eventually worked his way up to be an assistant coach at Porto and then with Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, Olympiacos, Fenerbahce and 1860 Munich.

From there, Ribeiro took his first managerial job when he was 32, back in Portugal with Gil Vicente.

He has since had four other head coach roles, most recently with Leixoes in the Portuguese second

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Burnley: Craig Bellamy named acting head coach of the Clarets
3 June 2024 Off

Burnley: Craig Bellamy named acting head coach of the Clarets

By Total Football News

Craig Bellamy will take temporary charge of Burnley following the departure of Vincent Kompany.

Belgian Kompany has joined Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich as head coach after Burnley’s relegation to the Championship.

The Clarets say they are “actively searching” for a permanent replacement but have made former Liverpool and Newcastle forward Bellamy acting head coach in the meantime.

Welshman Bellamy, 44, was assistant manager under Kompany at Anderlecht before joining the

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