Carlos Alberto Parreira

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Carlos Alberto Parreira
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira
Date of birth	February 27, 1943 (age 64)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Club information
Current club	South Africa
Teams managed
1967 1968 1967-1968 1975 1978-1982 1983 1984 1985-1988 1988-1990 1990 1991 1991-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996 1997 1998 1999-2000 2000 2001 2002 2003-2006 2007-	São Cristóvão Asante Kotoko Ghana Fluminense Kuwait Brazil Fluminense United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bragantino Brazil Valencia CF Fenerbahçe São Paulo FC MetroStars Saudi Arabia Fluminense Atlético Mineiro Internacional Corinthians Brazil South Africa
* Appearances (Goals)

Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born February 27, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro) is a football manager. He coached Brazil to victory in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is now the coach of the South Africa national football team, ready to participate as host in 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Parreira is noted for having been one of only two coaches that has led four national teams to the World Cup: Kuwait in 1982, United Arab Emirates in 1990, Brazil in 1994 and 2006, and Saudi Arabia in 1998. The other coach, Bora Milutinovic, surpassed this record when he led a fifth team in 2002. He was also involved to some extent with the 1970 championship team for Brazil, which he claims was an inspiration for him to aspire to be a national football coach.

In 1997, Parreira coached the MetroStars of the American Major League Soccer. He also coached Fenerbahçe in Turkey and won a Turkish League Championship. Parreira was also in charge of Corinthians in 2002, which gave him two of the most important national trophies of 2002: The Brazilian Cup and the Torneio Rio-São Paulo, besides being runner up at the Brazilian League.

When coaching Saudi Arabia at the 1998 World Cup in France, he was fired after two matches, one of two managers to be sacked during the tournament.

Parreira repeatedly turned down offers to coach Brazil again between 1998 and 2002 World Cups. In end of 2000, when the team was in turmoil after firing Vanderlei Luxemburgo, he refused the post, stating that he did not want to relive the stress and pressure of winning the World Cup again. There were public cries again to replace Luiz Felipe Scolari for Parreira in July 2001 when Brazil lost two matches to Mexico and Honduras in its title defense at the 2001 Copa America in Colombia, specially after the last minute invitee (replacing Argentina who dropped out one day before the kickoff) Honduras defeated 2-0 and eliminated the favorite Brazil in quarterfinals round on July 23, 2001. Through this time period, Parreira, only stated that he would indirectly assist Scolari in 2002 campaign. After the 2002 World Cup, Parreira took part in drafting a technical report of the tournament. He was named coach along with Mario Zagallo as assistant director in January 2003, with the goal of defending their World Cup title in Germany 2006, but on July 1, 2006 the favorite Brazil was defeated and eliminated 0-1 by France in quarterfinals. After Brazil's exit from the World Cup, Parreira was heavily criticisized by the Brazilian public and media for playing an outdated brand of football and not using the players available to him properly. Parreira subsequently resigned on July 19, 2006.

Contents 1 Fitness Coach 2 Assistant Coach 3 FIFA World Cup Matches 3.1 1982 FIFA World Cup 3.2 1990 FIFA World Cup 3.3 1994 FIFA World Cup 3.4 1998 FIFA World Cup 3.5 2006 FIFA World Cup 4 External links

[edit] Fitness Coach

• São Cristóvão (1967)
• Vasco da Gama (1969)
• Brazil (1970)
• Fluminense (1970-1974)

[edit] Assistant Coach

• Brazil (Olympic Team) (1972)
• Kuwait (1976-1977)

[edit] FIFA World Cup Matches

Parreira has coached national squads in 21 games in FIFA World Cup competition. Parreira's coaching record is 9-4-8 (Wins-Draws-Losses). His teams have scored 27 goals and conceded 29. Below is a list of all matches, along with their outcomes:

[edit] 1982 FIFA World Cup

Czechoslovakia 1 - 1 Kuwait
France 4 - 1 Kuwait
England 1 - 0 Kuwait

[edit] 1990 FIFA World Cup

Colombia 2 - 0 United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates 1 - 5 West Germany
Yugoslavia 4 - 1 United Arab Emirates

[edit] 1994 FIFA World Cup

Brazil 2 - 0 Russia
Brazil 3 - 0 Cameroon
Sweden 1 - 1 Brazil
Brazil 1 - 0 USA
Brazil 3 - 2 Netherlands
Brazil 1 - 0 Sweden
Brazil 0 (3) - (2) 0 Italy

[edit] 1998 FIFA World Cup

Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 Denmark
France 4 - 0 Saudi Arabia
South Africa 2 - 2 Saudi Arabia

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

Brazil 1 - 0 Croatia
Brazil 2 - 0 Australia
Japan 1 - 4 Brazil
Brazil 3 - 0 Ghana
Brazil 0 - 1 France

Preceded by Franz Beckenbauer	FIFA World Cup winning managers 1994	Succeeded by Aimé Jacquet
Preceded by Tomislav Ivić	Fenerbahçe S.K. managers 1995-1996	Succeeded by Sebastião Lazaroni
Preceded by Telê Santana	Brazilian national football team manager 1983	Succeeded by Edu Antunes Coimbra
Preceded by Paulo Roberto Falcão	Brazilian national football team manager 1991-1994	Succeeded by Zagallo
Preceded by Scolari	Brazilian national football team manager 2003-2006	Succeeded by Dunga

[edit] External links

• Cape Town's internet Magazine: Parreira coach South Africa

	Kuwait squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Al‑Tarabilsi | 2 N. Mubarak | 3 M. Mubarak | 4 Al‑Qabendi | 5 Al‑Mubarak | 6 Al‑Houti | 7 Kamel | 8 Al‑Buloushi | 9 Yacob | 10 Al‑Anbari | 11 Al‑Ghanim | 12 Al‑Suwayed | 13 Marzouq | 14 Mayouf | 15 Al‑Hashash | 16 Al‑Dakhil | 17 Al‑Shemmari | 18 Karam | 19 Aliyan | 20 Al‑Buloushi | 21 Marjam | 22 Bahman | Coach: Parreira

	United Arab Emirates squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Musa | 2 K. Ghanim | 3 Thani | 4 M. Ghanim | 5 Sultan | 6 Abdulrahman Mohamed | 7 F. Khamees | 8 Ismaïl | 9 Abdulaziz Mohamed | 10 Al‑Talyani | 11 Bakhit | 12 Ghuloum | 13 H. Mohamed | 14 N. Khamees | 15 I. Meer | 16 Salim | 17 Musabah | 18 Abdulrahman | 19 E. Meer | 20 Hussain | 21 Al‑Haddad | 22 Hassan | Coach: Parreira

	Brazil squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Champions (4th Title)
1 Taffarel | 2 Jorginho | 3 Ricardo Rocha | 4 Ronaldão | 5 Mauro Silva | 6 Branco | 7 Bebeto | 8 Dunga | 9 Zinho | 10 Raí | 11 Romário | 12 Zetti | 13 Aldair | 14 Cafu | 15 Márcio Santos | 16 Leonardo | 17 Mazinho | 18 Paulo Sérgio | 19 Müller | 20 Ronaldo | 21 Viola | 22 Gilmar | Coach: Parreira

	Saudi Arabia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Al‑Deayea | 2 Al‑Jahani | 3 Al‑Khilaiwi | 4 Zubromawi | 5 Madani | 6 Amin | 7 Al‑Shahrani | 8 Al‑Dosari | 9 Al‑Jaber | 10 S. Al‑Owairan | 11 Al‑Mehallel | 12 Al‑Harbi | 13 Sulaimani | 14 Al‑Muwallid | 15 Al‑Thunayan | 16 K. Al‑Owairan | 17 Dokhi | 18 Al‑Temyat | 19 Al‑Janoubi | 20 Saleh | 21 Al‑Sadiq | 22 Al‑Antaif | Coach: Parreira

	Brazil squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Dida | 2 Cafu | 3 Lúcio | 4 Juan | 5 Emerson | 6 Roberto Carlos | 7 Adriano | 8 Kaká | 9 Ronaldo | 10 Ronaldinho | 11 Zé Roberto | 12 Rogério Ceni | 13 Cicinho | 14 Luisão | 15 Cris | 16 Gilberto | 17 Gilberto Silva | 18 Mineiro | 19 Juninho | 20 Ricardinho | 21 Fred | 22 Júlio César | 23 Robinho | Coach: Parreira