Wolves staff profiles
Pen pics of Wolves' coaching, performance and analytics staff. For more profiles, click HERE.
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
SPORTING DIRECTOR
Mathew Hobbs
Nationality: English
First joined the club in 2015 as scout for the south-west of England. Went on to become Head of Emerging Talent, Head of Academy Recruitment, Chief Scout and Chief Scout and Head of Recruitment. In November 2022 he was appointed Sporting Director, taking on "management of the sporting and performance departments at the club."
COACHING
HEAD COACH
Julen Lopetegui
Nationality: Spanish
Former goalkeeper who played for Real Madrid and Barcelona and won one cap for Spain. Made his name as a coach with the Spanish youth sides, winning the U19 and U21 Euros. Took Porto to the quarter-finals of the Champions League during two years there. Qualified Spain for the 2018 World Cup, but was then sacked days before the tournament after accepting an offer from Real Madrid. Lasted only 138 days in charge of Real before being sacked after a 5-1 defeat by Barcelona. Joined Sevilla in June 2019 and led the club to the Europa League title in 2020.
ASSISTANT
Pablo Sanz
Nationality: Spanish
Midfielder was on Barcelona’s books with Lopetegui. Later linked up with him at Porto, Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla.
ASSISTANT
Juan Peinado
Nationality: Spanish
Worked at Real Madrid and Villarreal’s Academies before joining Lopetegui at Sevilla in July 2019.
GOALKEEPER COACH
Tony Roberts
Nationality: Welsh
The former Wales international worked with Lage at Swansea City. Made more than 600 senior appearances as a player and began his coaching career at QPR and Arsenal. Was goalkeeper coach for Wales under Chris Coleman and spent last season at Birmingham City.
FIRST-TEAM COACH
Edu Rubio
Nationality: Spanish
Has coached in England for 15 years, including as assistant manager at Crawley Town and Senior PDP coach at MK Dons. The UEFA Pro Licence coach taught on coaching courses for the Spanish FA, which is where he met Lopetegui. Was most recently West Ham Women’s assistant manager.
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Fran Garagarza
Nationality: Spanish
Became assistant manager and then Sporting Director at Eibar in the Basque country in the early 2000s. Masterminded a remarkable climb from the third division to La Liga. Left the club in 2021 and had been teaching on the Spanish FA's Sporting Director course before joining Wolves in November 2022. Will advise the club on football matters and be Lopetegui's voice at the top table.
MEDICAL & PERFORMANCE
FITNESS COACH
Oscar Caro
Nationality: Spanish
Has served under Lopetegui since 2016, with Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
Borja de Alba
Nationality: Spanish
Previously worked for Sevilla for five years, most of them under Lopetegui. Upon leaving the Spanish club he posted a parting message reading: "It's time to face new professional challenges... and with a knot in the stomach, it's time to say see you later! Hopefully one day our paths will cross again.”
SPORTS SCIENTIST
Tom Male
Nationality: English
Responsible for use/ analysis of GPS at first-team and Academy levels.
FITNESS COACH
Carlos Cachada
Nationality: Portuguese
Most recently managed Al-Duhail U23s in Qatar. Served as a fitness coach at four clubs in Portugal, before stints in Turkey and the UAE, where he was assistant manager at Al Ahli. Spent five years in English football with Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest, under Aitor Karanka
HEAD PHYSIO
Ben Macdonald
Nationality: English
Appointed in September 2021, having spent the previous there-and-a-half years as Lead Physio for British Cycling.
DOCTOR
Dr Kai Win
Nationality:
Arrived from nearby Birmingham City, where she was also first-team doctor, at the start of 2021/22.
PSYCHOLOGIST
Dr Martin Littlewood
Nationality: English
Replaced Kate Ludlum, who had been Head of Psychology for 17 months, in December 2022. Littlewood previously worked under Steven Gerrard at Rangers and Aston Villa.
PHYSIO
Ollie Leaper
Nationality: English
Previously worked for Birmingham and Watford. Joined Wolves in April 2017.
PHYSIO
Rui Fuste
Nationality: Portuguese
Arrival pre-dated that of Nuno Espirito Santo and stayed on after his compatriot's departure at the end of 2020/21.
SOFT TISSUE THERAPIST
Matt Wignall
Nationality: English
Joined in 2006. Promoted to first-team duties in October 2012.
SPORTS THERAPIST
Danny Fishwick
Nationality: English
Appointed in March 2017 following a year at Fleetwood Town.
PHYSIO
Carlos Miguel Sales
Nationality: Portuguese
Arrived in July 2019 and is very experienced, having worked for a number of clubs in his homeland, as well as for Sheffield Wednesday in England.
LEAD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
Richard Kirby
Nationality: English
Responsible for strength and conditioning in the gym and on the pitch. Joined the club in December 2014.
CHEF
MELISSA FORDE
Nationality: English
Another appointed in the revamp at the start of 2021/22.
NURSE
Michelle Rich
Nationality: English
This role "looks at all aspects of the health protection of all our players throughout the club".
NUTRITIONIST
Mayur Ranchordas
Nationality: English
Also a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. Works closely with chef Melissa Forde.
ANALYSIS
HEAD OF PERFORMANCE & RESEARCH
Mathew Pearson
Nationality: English
Graduate of Liverpool John Moores who worked for Qatar FA and Aspire before joining Wolves' Academy in February 2017, Promoted to first team in August 2017 and then this new role in October 2020.
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Daniel Lopetegui
Nationality: Spanish
Son of the manager. Spent three years at UCFB Wembley studying football business and finance, before working on opposition analysis at MK Dons and player analysis for a leading football agency.
ANALYST
Diogo Camacho
Nationality: Portuguese
Joined after three seasons as first-team analyst at Famalicao in Portugal.
ASSISTANT ANALYST
John Boston
Nationality: English
Intern at Leicester City before joining Wolves in July 2015. Focuses on post-match analysis.
ASSISTANT PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Tom Hocking
Nationality: English
Worked for the Academy for four years before being promoted to first-team duties in August 2022.
FOOTBALL RESEARCH & METHODOLOGY ANALYST
Francisco Belo
Nationality: Portuguese
Newly-created role that involves "trend and research analysis across Wolves’ performance, the Premier League, as well as other global football trends”, as well as supporting the first team analysts in their pre and post-match analysis. Belo joined in January 2021 from Everton, where he had been Technical Coaching Analyst for six seasons.
RESEARCH & SUPPORT ANALYST
Ed Ames
Nationality: English
Joined in August 2016 as an intern, having graduated from the University of Worcester. Got a full-time role in the Academy before being promoted to the first team in 2018.
OTHER
KIT CO-ORDINATOR
Sam Perrin
Nationality: English
Joined Wolves in December 2019 having previously worked for three-and-a-half seasons at Notts County.
