Dunga

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Dunga
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri
Date of birth	October 31, 1963 (1963-10-31) (age 44)
Place of birth	Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Playing position	Manager (former Midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Brazil
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1984 1984-1985 1985-1987 1987 1987-1988 1988-1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1998 1999-2000	Internacional Corinthians Santos Vasco da Gama Pisa Fiorentina Pescara VfB Stuttgart Jubilo Iwata Internacional	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 17 (1) 147 (8) 23 (2) 54 (7) 99 (17) 16 (1)
National team2
1982-1998	Brazil	91 (6)
Teams managed
2006-present	Brazil
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 8, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of September 8, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Dunga (born Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri on October 31, 1963 in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian former football defensive midfielder, of Italian and German descent, and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup. He is now national coach of the Brazilian national team. Dunga's nickname is Portuguese for Dopey, one of the Seven Dwarfs. Carlos' uncle gave him this nickname when he believed that Carlos would never grow to a tall stature.

[edit] Playing career

On club level, Dunga played for the Internacional (1980-84, 1999-2000), Corinthians (1984-85), Santos (1985-87), Vasco da Gama (1987), Pisa (1987-88), Fiorentina (1988-92), Pescara (1992-93), VfB Stuttgart (1993-95), and Jubilo Iwata (1995-98).

Internationally, he played 91 times for Brazil, scoring six goals. His international career begun in 1983 at the Sub-20 World Cup. Dunga captained the young Brazilian squad, winning the tournament against Argentina in the final. An year later he helped Brazil to win a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Dunga then started to get calls for Brazil's main squad, winning the 1989 Copa América by defeating Uruguay at the Maracanã Stadium.

In 1990 he was a starter for Brazil at the World Cup. After a lackluster tournament and the subsequent elimination in the second round by arch rivals Argentina, Dunga was held responsible more so than his team mates, for the wost campaign at a World Cup since 1966. In the following years he would be consistently targeted by Brazilian press due to his supposedly thuggish style of playing. This period in Brazil's football history was called "Era Dunga", as according to fans and journalists he symbolized the less than thrilling, slow and defensive style of the team. In spite of that, Brazil's new coach Carlos Alberto Parreira kept Dunga as one of the starting eleven throughout the 1994 World Cup Qualifiers and Finals.

Raí actually started the 1994 World Cup as Brazilian captain but after a series of poor performances he was dropped altogether for Mazinho. Dunga took the captaincy and went on to lift the trophy. Dunga had redeemed himself in the eyes of the press and fans alike, and ever since has been considered a symbol of heart and determination.

Four years later although playing in the lower standard J League in Japan he captained Brazil once more to the final where they lost to France.

Dunga played the anchor role in midfield extremely effectively, many players in this position lunge into tackles and put themselves about, but Dunga rarely went to ground to make a tackle instead using his anticipation and timing, his passing ability was also second to none, always starting a fresh attack and rarely wasting it.

In 1994, he often served as the captain of the team. Dunga scored the third penalty kick in the finals against Italy. He assumed the captain role for the next four years until the 1998 World Cup. The 1998 tournament was notable for the lack of teamwork. It was often visible as Dunga got into a fight with teammate Bebeto in the first round match against Morocco, forcing the rest of the team to break them up. Dunga also scored in the fourth penalty kick in the shootout eventually won by Brazil against the Netherlands in the semi-finals.

[edit] Management

Dunga was one of those considered to replace Vanderlei Luxemburgo in 2000 as the Brazilian national coach. The reason why Dunga turned down his offer was his dislike of the way the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) was organized and managing their affairs.^{[citation needed]}

On July 24, 2006, Dunga was named as the new national coach of the Brazilian national team as a replacement for Carlos Alberto Parreira, even though he has no prior coaching experience at professional level. However, he made an impressive start with Brazil, winning four of his first five matches. Zagallo has recently declared Dunga's work as the head coach of the Brazilian national team is very satisfactory.

His first match in charge was against Norway which was played in Oslo on August 16, ended in a 1-1 draw. His second match was held against arch rivals Argentina on September 3 in Arsenal F.C.'s new Emirates Stadium in London, in which Brazil defeated Argentina by a 3-0 scoreline. On 5 September they defeated Wales 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur F.C.'s White Hart Lane ground. They later defeated Kuwait club, Al-Kuwait 4-0, Ecuador 2-1 and had a 2-1 away win against Switzerland.

Unlike Parreira, Dunga has focused on the task of unemphasizing all players and treating them as equals. He did not just look for players in popular clubs such as A.C. Milan, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, etc., but looked at the whole scope of Europe, finding individual talents such as Daniel Carvalho, Vagner Love and Dudu Cearense of Russian club CSKA Moscow and also Elano of English Football Club Manchester City. Of the former Magic Quartet, Ronaldinho and Kaká were the only players who had a place in the Brazilian national side on those matches, until the next year when Adriano was called back in the squad for a friendly against Portugal which Brazil lost 0-2. Dunga is yet to select the last member of the Magic Quartet, Ronaldo. Dunga recently managed Brazil to their second straight Copa America title by beating arch-rivals Argentina in the final 3-0, who were heavily favored to win against a weak Brazil squad.

[edit] Games of the Brazil national team led by Dunga

[edit] External links

• Official site (in Portuguese)
• Unofficial Dunga Online Community

Preceded by Lothar Matthäus (West Germany)	FIFA World Cup winning captain 1994	Succeeded by Didier Deschamps (France)
Preceded by Jorginho	J-League Player of the Year 1997	Succeeded by Masashi Nakayama

Dunga international tournaments v • d • e Brazil squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Taffarel • 2 Jorginho • 3 Ricardo Gomes • 4 Dunga • 5 Alemão • 6 Branco • 7 Bismarck • 8 Valdo • 9 Careca • 10 Silas • 11 Romário • 12 Acácio • 13 Mozer • 14 Aldair • 15 Müller • 16 Bebeto • 17 Renato Gaúcho • 18 Mazinho • 19 Ricardo Rocha • 20 Tita • 21 Mauro Galvão • 22 Zé Carlos • Coach: Lazaroni v • d • e Brazil squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Winners (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 v • d • e Brazil squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Taffarel • 2 Cafu • 3 Aldair • 4 Júnior Baiano • 5 César Sampaio • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Giovanni • 8 Dunga • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Emerson • 12 Carlos Germano • 13 Zé Carlos • 14 Gonçalves • 15 André Cruz • 16 Zé Roberto • 17 Doriva • 18 Leonardo • 19 Denílson • 20 Bebeto • 21 Edmundo • 22 Dida • Coach: Zagallo v • d • e Brazil squad - Copa América 2007 Winners (8th Title) 1 Helton • 2 Maicon • 3 Alex • 4 Juan • 5 Mineiro • 6 Gilberto • 7 Elano • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Vágner Love • 10 Diego • 11 Robinho • 12 Doni • 13 Daniel Alves • 14 Alex Silva • 15 Naldo • 16 Kléber • 17 Josué • 18 Fernando • 19 Júlio Baptista • 20 Anderson • 21 Afonso Alves • 22 Fred • Coach: Dunga