The Brazilian squad has already qualified for the World Cup in Qatar, which will be held from November 21 to December 18 this year. Coach Tite’s side are enjoying a fantastic qualification season (with an 86.7 percent success record so far) and are considered one of the favorites for the world title.
Despite the positive numbers, Tite is wary of his work against the national team, owing to the failure in the previous World Cup, when Brazil were ousted in the semifinals by Belgium following a 2-1 loss.
The current national team coach aspires to become the sixth coach in Brazil’s history to win the world’s most prestigious football competition. In this piece, we’ll look back on who these previous coaches were, their careers, and their accomplishments with the national team, which led to the addition of a “star” on the heaviest jersey in football.
Brazilian cup champions coaches
Vicente Feola (1958)
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He was born on November 1, 1909, in Sao Paulo, and died on November 6, 1975, in the same city. Between 1937 until 1966, he worked as a coach. He only managed three teams: Sao Paulo, Boca Juniors (Argentina), and the Brazilian team. The 1958 World Cup and the 1948 and 1949 Campeonato Paulista are his most notable achievements. Brazil won the Cup following a 5-2 victory against the hosts (Swedes) in the final.
Aymoré Moreira (1962)
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He was born on April 24, 1912, in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro’s interior, and died on July 26, 1998, in Salvador. Between 1948 and 1986, he was a football coach, and three times as a national team coach: in 1953, 1961 to 1963, and 1967 to 1968. The 1962 World Cup in Chile, the 1967 Brazilian Championship with Palmeiras, and the 1971 People’s Tournament with Corinthians are his most notable achievements. After beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final, they were awarded the Cup.
Zagallo (1970)
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He was born in the town of Atalaia, in the state of Alagoas, in the year 1931. He coached all four of Rio de Janeiro’s major teams (Flamengo, Botafogo, Fluminense, and Vasco), and he was not the only Rio de Janeiro champion with Gigante da Colina. In the national squad, he has won the 1997 Copa América and the Confederations Cup in the same year, in addition to the 1970 Cup, which was played in Mexico. Between 1966 and 2001, he worked as a coach. With a 4-1 hammering of Italy in the final, he won the 1970 World Cup. Zagallo had won the 1958 and 1962 cups while still playing for the national team, therefore this was his third trophy.
Carlos Alberto Parreira (1994)
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He was born on February 27, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Parreira served as a coach from 1975 until 2010. His efforts aided Fluminense (Brazilian Champion in 1984), Corinthians (Brazil Cup Champion in 2002), and the Brazilian national team, which won the 1994 Cup, the 2004 Copa America, and the 2005 Confederations Cup, in addition to the 1994 Cup. The tournament was won on American soil after a 0-0 tie in regulation time and a 3-2 penalty shootout victory.
Luiz Felipe Scolari (2002)
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He was born on November 9, 1948, in Passo Fundo, a tiny hamlet in Rio Grande do Sul’s interior. He is the only one of the five mentioned coaches is still in the game. He started his career in 1982 and has received several awards since then. The most famous instances are the 1995 Libertadores with Grêmio, the 1999 Libertadores with Palmeiras, and the 2002 World Cup with the Brazilian team. He also guided Brazil to the 2014 World Cup quarterfinals, when we were defeated 7-1 by Germany at home. In South Korea, Brazil won the 2002 World Cup by defeating Germany 2-0 in the grand finale, which was staged in both South Korea and Japan.
About the World Cup
The World Cup is the most important football tournament on the world. Since 1930, the International Football Federation (FIFA) — the sport’s most prominent authority – has hosted 21 editions of the tournament. With five wins, Brazil is the most successful team in the tournament’s history.
Do you think Brazil will be able to sustain their qualifying record and play well at the 2022 World Cup? If it happens, Tite would become the sixth Brazilian coach to win an international event, bringing the long-awaited hexa to Brazil.
