Carlos Alberto Parreira

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira
Date of birth	February 27, 1943 (1943-02-27)
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 Mineiro
2000	Santos
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 Brazilian former 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.

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^{[citation needed]}.

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. On October 22, 2009 it was announced he will return as head coach of the South Africa national football team. He announced a verbal agreement with the South African Football Association on October 23, 2009.

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.

Fitness Coach

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

Assistant Coach

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

FIFA World Cup Matches

Parreira has coached national squads in 22 games in FIFA World Cup competition. Parreira's coaching record is 10–5–9 (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 Heshmat Mohajerani Iran	1980 AFC Asian Cup Winning Coach 1980	Succeeded by Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani Saudi Arabia
Preceded by Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani Saudi Arabia	1988 AFC Asian Cup Winning Coach 1988	Succeeded by Hans Ooft Japan
Preceded by Franz Beckenbauer	FIFA World Cup winning manager 1994	Succeeded by Aimé Jacquet
Preceded by Jacques Santini	FIFA Confederations Cup winning manager 2005	Succeeded by Dunga

External links

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