Carlos Alberto Parreira

Carlos Alberto Parreira
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Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira
Date of birth February 27, 1943 (1943-02-27) (age 67)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Teams managed
Years Team
1967–1968 São Cristóvão
1968 Asante Kotoko
1968–1975 Ghana
1975–1978 Fluminense
1978–1983 Kuwait
1983–1984 Brazil
1984–1985 Fluminense
1985–1988 United Arab Emirates
1988–1990 Saudi Arabia
1990–1991 United Arab Emirates
1991 Bragantino
1991–1994 Brazil
1994–1995 Valencia
1995–1996 Fenerbahçe
1996 São Paulo
1997 MetroStars
1998–1999 Saudi Arabia
1999–2000 Fluminense
2000 Atlético-MG
2001–2002 Internacional
2002–2003 Corinthians
2003–2006 Brazil
2007–2008 South Africa
2009 Fluminense
2009–2010 South Africa

Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born February 27, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro) is a former Brazilian football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup. He was last manager of the South Africa national football team.

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Coaching career

Parreira supports Fluminense, and he has won two league titles for the club: The First Division Brazilian Championship in 1984 and the Third Division in 1999. About the latter title, Parreira has said that this was personally the most important trophy of his career, even more so than Brazil's World Cup triumph, as the club he loved was facing near-bankruptcy and became very close to extinction at the time.

Parreira is one of two coaches that has led five national teams to the World Cup: Kuwait in 1982, United Arab Emirates in 1990, Brazil in 1994 and 2006, Saudi Arabia in 1998 and South Africa in 2010. The other coach, Bora Milutinović, reached this record when he led a fifth team in 2002. Parreira was also involved 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 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, especially after last minute invitee (replacing Argentina who dropped out one day before the kickoff) Honduras defeated 2–0 and eliminated the favorite Brazil in quarter finals round on July 23, 2001. Parreira only stated that he would indirectly assist Scolari in the 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 Brazil was defeated and eliminated 0–1 by France in the quarterfinals.

After Brazil's exit from the World Cup, Parreira was heavily criticized 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. He coached Brazil to victory in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and was the coach of the South Africa national football team until resigning in April 2008.[1] On October 22, 2009 it was announced he will return as head coach of the South Africa national football team[2]. He announced a verbal agreement with the South African Football Association on October 23, 2009.[3][4]

He resumed coaching South Africa in 2009 in time for the 2010 World Cup. In South Africa, his team drew with Mexico, 1–1, in the tournament opener, lost to Uruguay, 3–0, and beat France, 2–1, to finish third in Group A. After the France game, he tried to shake French coach Raymond Domenech's hand but the latter refused. On 25 June 2010 he announced his retirement as Football coach.[5]

Fitness Coach

Assistant Coach

FIFA World Cup Matches

Parreira has coached national squads in 22 games in FIFA World Cup competition. Parreira's coaching record is 10–4–8 (Wins-Draws-Losses). His teams have scored 29 goals and conceded 31. Below is a list of all matches, along with their outcomes:

1982 FIFA World Cup

 Czechoslovakia 1 – 1  Kuwait
 France 4 – 1  Kuwait
 England 1 – 0  Kuwait

1990 FIFA World Cup

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

1994 FIFA World Cup

 Brazil 2 – 0  Russia
 Brazil 3 – 0  Cameroon
 Brazil 1 – 1  Sweden
 Brazil 1 – 0  United States
 Brazil 3 – 2  Netherlands
 Brazil 1 – 0  Sweden
 Brazil 0 (3) – (2) 0  Italy

1998 FIFA World Cup

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

2006 FIFA World Cup

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

2010 FIFA World Cup

 South Africa 1 – 1  Mexico

 South Africa 0 – 3  Uruguay

 South Africa 2 – 1  France

Preceded by
Tomislav Ivić
Fenerbahçe S.K. manager
1995–1996
Succeeded by
Sebastião Lazaroni
Preceded by
Germany Franz Beckenbauer
FIFA World Cup winning manager
1994
Succeeded by
France Aimé Jacquet
Preceded by
France Jacques Santini
FIFA Confederations Cup winning manager
2005
Succeeded by
Brazil Dunga

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