Personal Life
- Jorvan Vieira is a Muslim. He entered Islam while coaching Morocco, he says about this: "Reports have suggested that I converted to Islam but 'converted' is not the right term - I wasn't religious before. Nor is it true that I only became a Muslim because of my Arab wife, as has also been claimed".
- He can speak 7 languages, including Arabic. and now he is learning Persian.
- He holds a doctorate in sports sciences from France.
- He is the son of a Portuguese father, a Brazilian mother and is married to Khadija Fahim, a Moroccan woman. As the result of this he holds Brazilian, Portuguese and Moroccan nationalities. After winning the 2007 AFC Asian Cup he earned the Iraqi passport.
- Jorvan thinks of himself mainly as being Portuguese, confesses that he always carries with him his Portuguese passport, and that his identification cards at football matches identify him as being Portuguese. In an interview to the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias, he even states that in the future, he wants to live the rest of his life in Portugal, and that he plans to coach a Portuguese football club.
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