Carlos Alberto Parreira facts for kids
Parreira as manager of South Africa in 2010
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| Full name | Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967–1968 | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | Kuwait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | 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 | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Corinthians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira was born in Brazil on February 27, 1943. He is a famous former football manager. He holds a special record for attending the most FIFA World Cup tournaments as a manager. He has been to six World Cups!
Parreira also managed five different national teams in five different World Cups. He led the Brazilian team to win the World Cup in 1994. He also helped Brazil win the 2004 Copa América and the 2005 Confederations Cup. He is the only manager to win the AFC Asian Cup with two different teams from Asia.
His last job was managing the South Africa national football team. Carlos Alberto Parreira is known as one of the most successful football managers who never played professional football himself.
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Carlos Alberto Parreira: A Football Legend
His Amazing Coaching Journey
Carlos Alberto Parreira has coached many football teams throughout his career. He loves the club Fluminense and has won two league titles for them. He won the First Division Brazilian Championship in 1984. Later, in 1999, he won the Third Division title.
Parreira said that winning the 1999 title with Fluminense was very important to him. Even more important than winning the World Cup with Brazil! This was because his beloved club was in a lot of trouble and almost went out of business.
Coaching in Many World Cups
Parreira is one of only two coaches who have led five different national teams to the World Cup. He coached Kuwait in 1982. He also led the United Arab Emirates in 1990.
He coached Brazil in 1994 and 2006. He also managed Saudi Arabia in 1998. Finally, he led South Africa in 2010. The other coach who achieved this record is Bora Milutinović.
Parreira was also involved with the Brazilian team that won the 1970 World Cup. He says this experience inspired him to become a national football coach.
Coaching Around the World
In 1997, Parreira coached the MetroStars team in the American Major League Soccer. He also coached Fenerbahçe in Turkey and won a Turkish League Championship with them.
In 2002, Parreira was in charge of Corinthians in Brazil. He helped them win two important national trophies that year: the Brazilian Cup and the Torneio Rio-São Paulo. They also finished second in the Brazilian League.
When he coached Saudi Arabia at the 1998 World Cup in France, he was let go after just two matches. This was one of the few times a manager was fired during the tournament.
Returning to Brazil and South Africa
After the 1998 World Cup, Parreira was asked many times to coach Brazil again. But he kept saying no. He felt the pressure of winning the World Cup was too much. In 2003, he finally agreed to coach Brazil again. His goal was to defend their World Cup title in Germany in 2006. However, Brazil lost to France in the quarter-finals on July 1, 2006.
After this loss, many people in Brazil criticized Parreira. They felt his style of football was old-fashioned. He resigned on July 19, 2006. He then became the coach of the South Africa national football team. He resigned from that role in April 2008. But he returned to coach South Africa again in October 2009, just in time for the 2010 World Cup.
In the 2010 World Cup, his South African team tied with Mexico, lost to Uruguay, and beat France. They finished third in their group. After the game against France, he tried to shake hands with the French coach, but the coach refused. On June 25, 2010, Carlos Alberto Parreira announced that he was retiring as a football coach.
His Trophies and Awards
Carlos Alberto Parreira has won many important titles as a manager.
Club Trophies
- Fluminense
- Brazilian League (Série A): 1984
- Brazilian League (Série C): 1999
- Fenerbahçe
- Turkish League: 1995–96
- Corinthians
- Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 2002
- Brazilian Cup: 2002
International Trophies
- Kuwait
- Arabian Gulf Cup: 1982
- AFC Asian Cup: 1980
- Brazil
- FIFA World Cup: 1994
- Copa América: 2004
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005
- Lunar New Year Cup: 2005
- Saudi Arabia
- AFC Asian Cup: 1988
- South Africa
- COSAFA Cup: 2007
Individual Awards
- World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 1994
- IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 2005
See also
In Spanish: Carlos Alberto Parreira para niños
- List of Brazil national football team managers
