Luiz Felipe Scolari

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Luiz Felipe Scolari
Personal information
Full name	Luiz Felipe Scolari
Date of birth	November 9, 1948 (1948-11-09) (age 59)
Place of birth	Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Portugal
Youth clubs
1966	Aymoré-RS
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	SER Caxias do Sul Juventude EC Novo Hamburgo CSA
Teams managed
1982 1982-1983 1983 1984-1985 1986 1986-1987 1987 1988 1988-1990 1990 1991 1991 1992 1993-1996 1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2003-	CSA Juventude Brasil de Pelotas Al-Shabab Brasil de Pelotas Juventude Grêmio Goiás EC Al Qadisiya Kuwait Kuwait Criciúma EC Al-Ahli Al Qadisiya Kuwait Grêmio Júbilo Iwata Palmeiras Cruzeiro Brazil Portugal fenerbahçe
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Luiz Felipe Scolari, ComIH (born November 9, 1948 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football coach, who led the Brazilian national team to victory in the 2002 World Cup. He has been the head coach of the Portuguese national team since 2003. Since 2002 he is also an Italian citizen.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Personality

Scolari is famous for his temper and for his histrionic "performance" by the field while the match is going on, reacting strongly to both the best and the worst moments of his team. A good example of his fierce temper was a September 12, 2007 qualifying match for Euro 2008 against Serbia when, at the end of the game, and after the referee had blown the whistle for a 1-1 draw, Scolari, after being slapped in the hand by the Serbian player Ivica Dragutinovic, grazed him in the face with a left hook ^[1][2]. His character, however, is often seen as a good point, instead of a drawback, because he tries to keep the players (and himself) free of external pressures: he usually demands a lot more freedom than most coaches are allowed and is bent on exerting a somewhat discretionary power. Some critics mostly agree that his unique character was very beneficial to the Portuguese national team, which had a tradition of talented players but never won anything because of excessive intervention from the federation, the clubs and the player's agents, as well as a lack of a true "team spirit". However, his reputation as a "father" and big friend to his players is untouchable.

In the 2002 FIFA World Cup he gave each of his players a copy of Sun Tzu's The Art of War, a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC. He also gave the team recordings of Ivete Sangalo Festa videoclip, to enforce the Brazilian spirit and motivate the team engagement. ^[3] In the recent 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany he used the The Art of War again to plan his team's win against England. ^[4].

Scolari also holds Italian citizenship, since his family emigrated from Veneto. He is said to be a fan of Grêmio and Palmeiras.

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Preceded by Aimé Jacquet	FIFA World Cup winning managers 2002	Succeeded by Marcello Lippi
Preceded by Agostinho Oliveira	Portugal national football team manager 2003—	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Carlos Bianchi	South American Coach of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Carlos Bianchi
Preceded by Carlos Bianchi	South American Coach of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Carlos Bianchi

v • d • e Portugal squad - Euro 2008 1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 B. Alves • 4 Bosingwa • 5 F. Meira • 6 R. Meireles • 7 Ronaldo • 8 Petit • 9 H. Almeida • 10 Moutinho • 11 Simão • 12 Nuno • 13 Miguel • 14 J. Ribeiro • 15 Pepe • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 Quaresma • 18 Veloso • 19 Nani • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Rui Patrício • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari

v • d • e Brazil squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Winners (5th Title) 1 Marcos • 2 Cafu • 3 Lúcio • 4 Roque Júnior • 5 Edmílson • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Ricardinho • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Ronaldinho • 12 Dida • 13 Belletti • 14 Anderson Polga • 15 Kléberson • 16 Júnior • 17 Denílson • 18 Vampeta • 19 Juninho • 20 Edílson • 21 Luizão • 22 Rogério Ceni • 23 Kaká • Coach: Scolari

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 Caneira • 4 R. Costa • 5 Meira • 6 Costinha • 7 Figo • 8 Petit • 9 Pauleta • 10 H. Viana • 11 Simão • 12 Quim • 13 Miguel • 14 N. Valente • 15 Boa Morte • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 C. Ronaldo • 18 Maniche • 19 Tiago • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 P. Santos • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari