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{{short description|Brazilian football manager}}
{{Portuguese name|Gomes|Parreira}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Carlos Alberto Parreira
| image = Carlos Alberto Parreira at University of the Witwatersrand 2010-06-04 4.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Parreira as manager of [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]] in 2010
| fullname = Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|2|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| manageryears1 = 1967–1968
| managerclubs1 = [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]
| manageryears2 = 1974
| managerclubs2 = [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]]
| manageryears3 = 1975
| managerclubs3 = [[Fluminense]]
| manageryears5 = 1978–1982
| managerclubs5 = [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]]
| manageryears6 = 1983
| managerclubs6 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| manageryears7 = 1984
| managerclubs7 = [[Fluminense]]
| manageryears8 = 1985–1988
| managerclubs8 = [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]]
| manageryears9 = 1988–1990
| managerclubs9 = [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
| manageryears10 = 1990–1991
| managerclubs10 = [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]]
| manageryears11 = 1991
| managerclubs11 = [[Clube Atlético Bragantino|Bragantino]]
| manageryears12 = 1991–1994
| managerclubs12 = [[Brazil]]
| manageryears13 = 1994–1995
| managerclubs13 = [[Valencia Club de Fútbol|Valencia]]
| manageryears14 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs14 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]]
| manageryears15 = 1996
| managerclubs15 = [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
| manageryears16 = 1997
| managerclubs16 = [[MetroStars]]
| manageryears17 = 1998
| managerclubs17 = [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
| manageryears18 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs18 = [[Fluminense]]
| manageryears19 = 2000
| managerclubs19 = [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
| manageryears20 = 2000
| managerclubs20 = [[Santos FC|Santos]]
| manageryears21 = 2001
| managerclubs21 = [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
| manageryears22 = 2002
| managerclubs22 = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
| manageryears23 = 2003–2006
| managerclubs23 = [[Brazil]]
| manageryears24 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs24 = [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
| manageryears25 = 2009
| managerclubs25 = [[Fluminense]]
| manageryears26 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs26 = [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
| medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|BRA}}}}<small> (as manager)</small>
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 USA]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[2004 Copa América|2004 Peru]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005 Germany]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Lunar New Year Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[2005 Lunar New Year Cup|2005 Hong Kong]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|KUW}}}}<small> (as manager)</small>
{{Medal|Competition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980 Kuwait]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Arabian Gulf Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[6th Arabian Gulf Cup|1982 UAE]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|KSA}}}}<small> (as manager)</small>
{{Medal|Competition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988 Qatar]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|South Africa }}}}<small> (as manager)</small>
{{Medal|Competition|[[COSAFA Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[2007 COSAFA Cup|2007 South Africa]]|}}
}}
'''Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira''' (born 27 February 1943) is a Brazilian former football [[Coach (sport)|manager]] who holds the record for attending the most [[FIFA World Cup]] final tournaments as manager with six appearances. He also managed five different national teams in five editions of the FIFA World Cup. He managed [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] to victory at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]], the [[2004 Copa América]], and the [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005 Confederations Cup]]. He is also the only manager to have led two different Asian teams to conquer the [[AFC Asian Cup]].

He last managed the [[South Africa national football team]].

Parreira is one of the most successful managers to have never played football himself.

==Coaching career==
Parreira supports [[Fluminense Football Club|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|date=June 2010}}.

Parreira is one of two coaches that has led five national teams to the [[Football World Cup|World Cup]]: [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] in [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] in [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], Brazil in [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]], [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] in [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] and [[South African national football team|South Africa]] in [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]. The other coach, [[Bora Milutinović]], reached this record when he led a fifth team in 2002. Parreira was also involved with the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|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 [[United States of America|American]] [[Major League Soccer]]. He also coached [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]] in Turkey and won a Turkish League Championship. Parreira was in charge of [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]] in 2002, which gave him two of the most important national trophies of 2002: The [[Copa do Brasil|Brazilian Cup]] and the [[Torneio Rio-São Paulo]], besides being runner up at the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazilian League]].

When coaching Saudi Arabia at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup in France]], he was fired after two matches, one of three 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 national football team|Mexico]] and [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] in its title defense at the [[2001 Copa América]] in [[Colombia]], especially after last minute invitee (replacing [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] who dropped out one day before the kickoff) Honduras defeated 2–0 and eliminated the favorite [[Brazil national football team|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 FIFA World Cup|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 [[Fifa World Cup 2006|Germany 2006]], but on July 1, 2006, Brazil was defeated and eliminated 0–1 by [[France national football team|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 national football team|Brazil]] to victory in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] and was the coach of the [[South Africa national football team]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capetownmagazine.com/articles/Sport-a-Fifa-2010~c9/Western-Cape/Carlos-Alberto-Parreira-new-coach-South-Africa-for-Fifa-2010~546 |title="Carlos Alberto Parreira new coach South Africa for Fifa 2010" |access-date=2006-07-29 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015014850/http://www.capetownmagazine.com/articles/Sport-a-Fifa-2010~c9/Western-Cape/Carlos-Alberto-Parreira-new-coach-South-Africa-for-Fifa-2010~546 |archive-date=October 15, 2006 }}. ''Cape Town Magazine.com''. 15 October 2006.</ref> until resigning in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7355700.stm|title=Parreira quits as SA coach|access-date=21 April 2008|date=21 April 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|archive-date=29 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429150742/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7355700.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 22, 2009, it was announced he would return as head coach of South Africa. He announced a verbal agreement with the [[South African Football Association]] on October 23, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8320257.stm|title=South Africa reappoint Parreira|date=23 October 2009|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=24 October 2009|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018200938/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8320257.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

He resumed coaching South Africa in 2009 in time for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|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 hands with French coach [[Raymond Domenech]] but the latter refused.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8754572.stm |title=World Cup 2010: Domenech snubs Parreira handshake |date=23 June 2010 |access-date=12 December 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622190727/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8754572.stm |archive-date=22 June 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 June 2010 he announced his retirement as football coach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/parreiras-nachfolger_mosimane-ist-favorit-526727/artikel |title=Parreiras Nachfolger: Mosimane ist Favorit |access-date=25 June 2010 |archive-date=25 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625144850/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/wm/startseite/526727/artikel_Parreiras-Nachfolger_Mosimane-ist-Favorit.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Style of management==
In contrast to other previous more offensive-minded managers of the Brazil national team, who were inspired by Brazil's tradition of "[[Jogo Bonito|jogo bonito]]" and "futebol arte," but who had not won the World Cup since [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], Parreira was instead known for his more pragmatic and physical attitude as a coach, with a focus on defensive stability. During the team's victorious 1994 World Cup campaign, he used a [[4–4–2 formation]], with a strong back-line, and two [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|defensive midfielders]] – [[Mauro Silva]] and [[Dunga]] – who won back the ball and distributed it to other players, helping his team control possession. He also fielded [[Mazinho]] – normally a [[Full back (association football)|full-back]] – as a [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]]. While Parreira was praised by pundits for his success with the Brazil national team, his tactical intelligence, and his hard-working approach as a manager, the atypically less spectacular gameplay of the Brazil national side under his tenure was also criticised in the press. Due to Dunga's key role as [[Captain (association football)|captain]] and the starting holding midfielder in the team, this period came to be known derisively as the "Dunga Era" in the media.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos Alberto Parreira: The International Specialist Who Never Shied Away From a Challenge |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/06/26/carlos-alberto-parreira-international-specialist-who-never-shied-away-challenge |publisher=SI |access-date=18 July 2025 |date=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Duarte: Winning Ugly in 1994 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37395249/winning-ugly-1994 |publisher=ESPN.com |access-date=18 July 2025 |language=en |date=8 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=de Campos Jr |first1=Celso |title=Boring, boring Brazil? Why the Seleção's 1994 winners were unloved back home |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/boring-boring-brazil-why-selecaos-1994-winners-were-unloved-back-home |publisher=FourFourTwo |access-date=18 July 2025 |language=en |date=5 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World Cup favourites forgoing deep-lying playmakers |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37497710/world-cup-favourites-choosing-defensive-minded-midfielders-deep-lying-playmakers |publisher=ESPN.com |access-date=18 July 2025 |language=en |date=9 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Smith: Jogo bonito the exception, not the rule |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37398295/brazilians-bothered-style-which-brazil-approached-world-cup |publisher=ESPN.com |access-date=18 July 2025 |language=en |date=6 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The day football died |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37368886/the-day-football-died |publisher=ESPN.com |access-date=18 July 2025 |language=en |date=30 May 2014}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=November 2024}}
{{updated|26 September 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2| Team
!rowspan=2| {{Tooltip|Nat|Nationality}}
!rowspan=2| From
!rowspan=2| To
!colspan=9|Record
|-	
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
!width=50|Ref
|-
|align="left"|[[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]
|{{flagicon|Ghana}}
|align=left|1967
|align=left|1968
{{WDL|19|10|7|2|for=42|against=29|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|1974
|align=left|1975
{{WDL|109|51|27|31|for=160|against=93|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]]
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}}
|align=left|1978
|align=left|1982
{{WDL|62|34|9|19|for=108|against=68|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|1983
|align=left|1983
{{WDL|14|5|7|2|for=21|against=12|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|1984
|align=left|1984
{{WDL|72|45|19|8|for=114|against=45|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[UAE national football team|UAE]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}}
|align=left|1985
|align=left|1988
{{WDL|17|8|4|5|for=21|against=16|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
|{{flagicon|KSA}}
|align=left|1988
|align=left|1990
{{WDL|26|10|9|7|for=18|against=22|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[UAE national football team|UAE]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}}
|align=left|1990
|align=left|1991
{{WDL|15|1|5|9|for=10|against=33|diff=yes}}
|- 
|align="left"|[[Red Bull Bragantino]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|1991
|align=left|1991
{{WDL|49|20|19|10|for=58|against=38|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|1991
|align=left|1994
{{WDL|46|27|14|5|for=95|against=33|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}}
|align=left|1994
|align=left|1995
{{WDL|43|17|12|14|for=66|against=47|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]]
|{{flagicon|Turkey}}
|align=left|1995
|align=left|1996
{{WDL|45|30|10|5|for=84|against=31|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|18 August 1996
|align=left|26 October 1996
{{WDL|17|4|6|7|for=20|against=22|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[MetroStars]]
|{{flagicon|United States}}
|align=left|1 January 1997
|align=left|31 December 1997
{{WDL|35|15|0|20|for=56|against=64|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
|{{flagicon|KSA}}
|align=left|22 February 1998
|align=left|18 June 1998
{{WDL|10|2|4|4|for=5|against=17|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|20 December 1998
|align=left|14 February 2000
{{WDL|57|30|9|18|for=92|against=75|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|20 December 2001
|align=left|28 December 2002
{{WDL|66|34|17|15|for=117|against=85|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|8 January 2003
|align=left|20 July 2006
{{WDL|53|31|15|7|for=122|against=45|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
|{{flagicon|RSA}}
|align=left|26 January 2007
|align=left|21 April 2008
{{WDL|17|7|4|6|for=23|against=16|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}}
|align=left|7 March 2009
|align=left|13 July 2009
{{WDL|10|2|4|4|for=8|against=13|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|[[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]
|{{flagicon|RSA}}
|align=left|23 October 2009
|align=left|23 June 2010
{{WDL|15|7|7|1|for=23|against=9|diff=yes}}
|
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|797|390|208|199|for=1263|against=813|diff=yes}}
!—
|}

==Career statistics==

===Fitness coach===
*[[São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas|São Cristóvão]] (1967)
*[[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] (1969)
*[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] (1970)
*[[Fluminense]] (1970–1974)

===Assistant coach===
*[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] (Olympic Team) (1972)
*[[kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] (1976–1977)

===FIFA World Cup matches===
Parreira has coached national squads in 23 games in [[FIFA World Cup]] finals. Parreira's coaching record is 10–4–9 (Wins-Draws-Losses). His teams have scored 28 goals and conceded 32.  Below is a list of all matches, along with their outcomes:

====[[1982 FIFA World Cup]]====
{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=17 June 1982|time=17:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]|round=[[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4|Group stage]]|score=1–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=293/match=1012/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|TCH}}|goals1=[[Antonín Panenka|Panenka]] {{goal|21|pen.}}|team2={{fb|KUW}}|goals2=[[Faisal Al-Dakhil|Al-Dakhil]] {{goal|57}}|stadium=[[Estadio José Zorrilla]]|location=[[Valladolid]]|attendance=25,000|referee=[[Benjamin Dwomoh]] ([[Ghana Football Association|Ghana]])|result=D}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=21 June 1982|time=17:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]|round=[[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4|Group stage]]|score=4–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=293/match=919/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|FRA}}|goals1=[[Bernard Genghini|Genghini]] {{goal|31}}<br>[[Michel Platini|Platini]] {{goal|43}}<br>[[Didier Six]] {{goal|48}}<br>[[Maxime Bossis|Bossis]] {{goal|89}}|team2={{fb|KUW}}|goals2=[[Abdullah Al-Buloushi|Al-Buloushi]] {{goal|75}}|stadium=[[Estadio José Zorrilla]]|location=[[Valladolid]]|attendance=30,043|referee=[[Myroslav Stupar]] ([[Football Federation of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union]])|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=25 June 1982|time=17:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]|round=[[1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4|Group stage]]|score=1–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=293/match=882/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}|goals1=[[Trevor Francis|Francis]] {{goal|27}}|team2={{fb|KUW}}|goals2=|stadium=[[an Mamés Stadium (1913)|San Mamés]]|location=[[Bilbao]]|attendance=39,700|referee=[[Gilberto Aristizábal]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])|result=L}}

====[[1990 FIFA World Cup]]====
{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=9 May 1990|time=19:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]|round=[[1990 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group stage]]|score=0–2|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=322/match=119/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}|goals1=|team2={{fb|COL}}|goals2=[[Bernardo Redín|Redín]] {{goal|50}}<br>[[Carlos Valderrama|Valderrama]] {{goal|85}}|stadium=[[Stadio Renato Dall'Ara]]|location=[[Bologna]]|attendance=30,791|referee=[[George Courtney]] ([[The Football Association|England]])|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=15 May 1990|time=21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]|round=[[1990 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group stage]]|score=5–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=322/match=198/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|FRG}}|goals1=[[Rudi Völler|Völler]] {{goal|35||75}}<br>[[Jurgen Klinsmann|Klinsmann]] {{goal|37}}<br>[[Lothar Matthäus|Matthäus]] {{goal|47}}<br>[[Uwe Bein|Bein]] {{goal|58}}|team2={{fb|UAE}}|goals2=[[Khalid Ismaïl|Ismaïl]] {{goal|46}}|stadium=[[San Siro]]|location=[[Milan]]|attendance=71,169|referee=[[Alexey Spirin]] ([[Football Federation of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union]])|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=19 May 1990|time=17:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]|round=[[1990 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group stage]]|score=4–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=322/match=364/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|YUG}}|goals1=[[Safet Sušić|Sušić]] {{goal|5}}<br>[[Darko Pančev|Pančev]] {{goal|9||46}}<br>[[Robert Prosinečki|Prosinečki]] {{goal|90+3}}|team2={{fb|UAE}}|goals2=[[Ali Thani Jumaa|Jumaa]] {{goal|22}}|stadium=[[Stadio Renato Dall'Ara]]|location=[[Bologna]]|attendance=27,833|referee=[[Shizuo Takada]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])|result=L}}

====[[1994 FIFA World Cup]]====
{{further|Brazil at the 1994 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=20 June 1994|time=13:00 [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]|round=[[1994 FIFA World Cup Group B|Group stage]]|score=2–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=337/match=3057/index.html#nosticky|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=* [[Romário]] {{goal|26}}
* [[Raí]] {{goal|52|pen.}}|team2={{fb|RUS}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Stanford Stadium]]|location=[[Stanford, California|Stanford]]|attendance=81,061|referee=[[Lim Kee Chong]] ([[Mauritius Football Association|Mauritius]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=24 June 1994|time=13:00 [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]|round=[[1994 FIFA World Cup Group B|Group stage]]|score=3–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=337/match=3067/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=* [[Romário]] {{goal|39}}
* [[Márcio Roberto dos Santos|Márcio Santos]] {{goal|66}}
* [[Bebeto]] {{goal|73}}|team2={{fb|CMR}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Stanford Stadium]]|location=[[Stanford, California|Stanford]]|attendance=83,401|referee=[[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=28 June 1994|time=16:00 [[Eastern Date Time|EDT]]|round=[[1994 FIFA World Cup Group B|Group stage]]|score=1–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=337/match=3080/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=[[Romário]] {{goal|46}}|team2={{fb|SWE}}|goals2=[[Kennet Andersson|K. Andersson]] {{goal|23}}|stadium=[[Pontiac Silverdome]]|location=[[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]]|attendance=77,217|referee=[[Sándor Puhl]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])|result=D}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=4 July 1994|time=12:30 [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]|round=[[1994 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs United States|Round of 16]]|score=1–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=338/match=3090/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=[[Bebeto]] {{goal|72}}|team2={{fb|USA}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Stanford Stadium]]|location=[[Stanford, California|Stanford]]|attendance=81,147|referee=[[Joël Quiniou]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=9 July 1994|time=14:30 [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]]|round=[[1994 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Netherlands vs Brazil|Quarter-finals]]|score=2–3|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=796/match=3098/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|NED}}|goals1=* [[Dennis Bergkamp|Bergkamp]] {{goal|64}}
* [[Aron Winter|Winter]] {{goal|76}}|team2={{fb|BRA}}|goals2=* [[Romário]] {{goal|53}}
* [[Bebeto]] {{goal|63}}
* [[Branco (footballer)|Branco]] {{goal|81}}|stadium=[[Cotton Bowl Stadium|Cotton Bowl]]|location=[[Dallas]]|attendance=63,500|referee=[[Rodrigo Badilla]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=13 July 1994|time=16:30 [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]|round=[[1994 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Sweden vs Brazil|Semi-finals]]|score=0–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=3461/match=3099/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|SWE}}|goals1=|team2={{fb|BRA}}|goals2=[[Romário]] {{goal|80}}|stadium=[[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]|location=[[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]|attendance=91,856|referee=[[José Torres Cadena]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=17 July 1994|time=12:30 [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]|round=[[1994 FIFA World Cup Final|Final]]|score=0–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=3459/match=3104/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=|team2={{fb|ITA}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]|aet=yes|location=[[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]|attendance=94,194|referee=[[Sándor Puhl]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])|penalties1=* [[Márcio Roberto dos Santos|Márcio Santos]] {{penmiss}}
* [[Romário]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Branco (footballer)|Branco]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Dunga]] {{pengoal}}|penaltyscore=3–2|penalties2=* {{penmiss}} [[Franco Baresi|Baresi]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Demetrio Albertini|Albertini]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Alberigo Evani|Evani]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Daniele Massaro|Massaro]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Roberto Baggio|R. Baggio]]|result=D}}

====[[1998 FIFA World Cup]]====
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* [[David Trezeguet|Trezeguet]] {{goal|68}}
* [[Bixente Lizarazu|Lizarazu]] {{goal|85}}|team2={{fb|KSA}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Stade de France]]|location=[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]|attendance=80,000|referee=[[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])|result=L}}

====[[2006 FIFA World Cup]]====
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* [[Fred (footballer, born 1983)|Fred]] {{goal|90}}|team2={{fb|AUS}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Allianz Arena|FIFA WM-Stadion München]]|location=[[Munich]]|attendance=66,000|referee=[[Markus Merk]] ([[German Football Federation|Germany]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=22 June 2006|time=21:00|round=[[2006 FIFA World Cup Group F|Group stage]]|score=1–4|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410043/|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}|goals1=[[Keiji Tamada|Tamada]] {{goal|34}}|team2={{fb|BRA}}|goals2=* [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|45+1||81}}
* [[Juninho Pernambucano|Juninho]] {{goal|53}}
* [[Gilberto (footballer, born 1976)|Gilberto]] {{goal|59}}|stadium=[[Westfalenstadion|FIFA WM-Stadion Dortmund]]|location=[[Dortmund]]|attendance=65,000|referee=[[Éric Poulat]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=27 June 2006|time=17:00|round=[[2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs Ghana|Round of 16]]|score=3–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410200/match=97410055/index.html#nosticky|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=* [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|5}}
* [[Adriano (footballer, born February 1982)|Adriano]] {{goal|45+1}}
* [[Zé Roberto]] {{goal|84}}|team2={{fb|GHA}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Westfalenstadion|FIFA WM-Stadion Dortmund]]|location=[[Dortmund]]|attendance=65,000|referee=[[Ľuboš Micheľ]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=1 July 2006|time=21:00|round=[[2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs France|Quarter-finals]]|score=0–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410300/match=97410060/index.html#nosticky|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=|team2={{fb|FRA}}|goals2=[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] {{goal|57}}|stadium=[[Waldstadion (Frankfurt)|FIFA WM-Stadion Frankfurt]]|location=[[Frankfurt]]|attendance=48,000|referee=[[Luis Medina Cantalejo]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])|result=L}}

====[[2010 FIFA World Cup]]====
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* [[Álvaro Pereira|Á. Pereira]] {{goal|90+5}}|stadium=[[Loftus Versfeld Stadium]]|location=[[Pretoria]]|attendance=42,658|referee=[[Massimo Busacca]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=22 June 2010|time=16:00|round=[[2010 FIFA World Cup Group A|Group stage]]|score=1–2|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249722/match=300061449/index.html#nosticky|team1={{fb-rt|FRA}}|goals1=[[Florent Malouda|Malouda]] {{goal|70}}|team2={{fb|RSA}}|goals2=* [[Bongani Khumalo|Khumalo]] {{goal|20}}
* [[Katlego Mphela|Mphela]] {{goal|37}}|stadium=[[Free State Stadium]]|location=[[Bloemfontein]]|attendance=39,415|referee=[[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])|result=W}}

==Honours==
===Manager===
====Club====
;Fluminense
*[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]: [[1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|1984]]
*[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série C|Série C]]: [[1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C|1999]]

;Fenerbahçe
*[[Süper Lig]]: [[1995–96 1.Lig|1995–96]]

;Corinthians
*[[Torneio Rio – São Paulo]]: 2002
*[[Copa do Brasil]]: [[2002 Copa do Brasil|2002]]

====International====
;Kuwait
*[[Arabian Gulf Cup]]: [[6th Arabian Gulf Cup|1982]]
*[[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]

;Brazil
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/amistad.html Amistad Cup]: 1992
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
*[[Copa América]]: [[2004 Copa América|2004]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]
*[[Lunar New Year Cup]]: [[2005 Lunar New Year Cup|2005]]

;Saudi Arabia
*[[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]]

;South Africa
*[[COSAFA Cup]]: [[2007 COSAFA Cup|2007]]

====Individual====
*[[World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year]]: 1994
* [[IFFHS|IFFHS World's Best National Coach]]: 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/former-results/|title=FORMER RESULTS|access-date=10 November 2015|publisher=IFFHS.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214702/https://iffhs.de/former-results/|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Brazil national football team managers]]

==References==
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