Carlos Alberto Parreira

Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born 27 February 1943) is a Brazilian former football 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 to victory at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup. He is also the only manager to have lead two different Asian teams to conquer the AFC Asian Cup.

He most recently managed the South Africa national football team.

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

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 América 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 would return as head coach of South Africa. 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 hands with French coach Raymond Domenech 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 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

Czechoslovakia  v  Kuwait

17 June 1982	Czechoslovakia	1–1	Kuwait	Valladolid
17:15 CEST	Panenka	Report	Al-Dakhil	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)

France  v  Kuwait

21 June 1982	France	4–1	Kuwait	Valladolid
17:15 CEST	Genghini   Platini   Didier Six   Bossis	Report	Al-Buloushi	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 30,043 Referee: Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)

England  v  Kuwait

25 June 1982	England	1–0	Kuwait	Bilbao
17:15 CEST	Francis	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 39,700 Referee: Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia)

1990 FIFA World Cup

United Arab Emirates  v  Colombia

9 May 1990	United Arab Emirates	0–2	Colombia	Bologna
19:00 CEST		Report	Redín   Valderrama	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 30,791 Referee: George Courtney (England)

West Germany  v  United Arab Emirates

15 May 1990	West Germany	5–1	United Arab Emirates	Milan
21:00 CEST	Völler  ,  Klinsmann   Matthäus   Bein	Report	Ismaïl	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,169 Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

Yugoslavia  v  United Arab Emirates

19 May 1990	Yugoslavia	4–1	United Arab Emirates	Bologna
17:00 CEST	Sušić   Pančev  ,  Prosinečki	Report	Jumaa	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27,833 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

1994 FIFA World Cup

Main article: Brazil at the 1994 FIFA World Cup

Brazil  v  Russia

20 June 1994	Brazil	2–0	Russia	Stanford
13:00 PDT	Romário   Raí	Report		Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 81,061 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Brazil  v  Cameroon

24 June 1994	Brazil	3–0	Cameroon	Stanford
13:00 PDT	Romário   Márcio Santos   Bebeto	Report		Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 83,401 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Brazil  v  Sweden

28 June 1994	Brazil	1–1	Sweden	Pontiac
16:00 EDT	Romário	Report	K. Andersson	Stadium: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 77,217 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Brazil  v  United States

4 July 1994	Brazil	1–0	United States	Stanford
12:30 PDT	Bebeto	Report		Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 81,147 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Netherlands  v  Brazil

9 July 1994	Netherlands	2–3	Brazil	Dallas
14:30 CDT	Bergkamp   Winter	Report	Romário   Bebeto   Branco	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 63,500 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

Sweden  v  Brazil

13 July 1994	Sweden	0–1	Brazil	Pasadena
16:30 PDT		Report	Romário	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 91,856 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

Brazil  v  Italy

17 July 1994	Brazil	0–0	Italy	Pasadena
12:30 PDT		Report		Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 94,194 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
	Penalties
	Márcio Santos Romário Branco Dunga		Baresi Albertini Evani Massaro R. Baggio

1998 FIFA World Cup

Saudi Arabia  v  Denmark

12 June 1998	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Denmark	Lens
17:30		Report	Rieper	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

France  v  Saudi Arabia

18 June 1998	France	4–0	Saudi Arabia	Saint-Denis
21:00	Henry  ,  Trezeguet   Lizarazu	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

2006 FIFA World Cup

Brazil  v  Croatia

13 June 2006	Brazil	1–0	Croatia	Berlin
21:00	Kaká	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Brazil  v  Australia

18 June 2006	Brazil	2–0	Australia	Munich
18:00	Adriano   Fred	Report		Stadium: FIFA WM-Stadion München Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Japan  v  Brazil

22 June 2006	Japan	1–4	Brazil	Dortmund
21:00	Tamada	Report	Ronaldo  ,  Juninho   Gilberto	Stadium: FIFA WM-Stadion Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

Brazil  v  Ghana

27 June 2006	Brazil	3–0	Ghana	Dortmund
17:00	Ronaldo   Adriano   Zé Roberto	Report		Stadium: FIFA WM-Stadion Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Brazil  v  France

1 July 2006	Brazil	0–1	France	Frankfurt
21:00		Report	Henry	Stadium: FIFA WM-Stadion Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

2010 FIFA World Cup

South Africa  v  Mexico

11 June 2010	South Africa	1–1	Mexico	Johannesburg
16:00	Tshabalala	Report	Márquez	Stadium: Soccer City Attendance: 84,490 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

South Africa  v  Uruguay

16 June 2010	South Africa	0–3	Uruguay	Pretoria
20:30		Report	Forlán     Á. Pereira	Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Attendance: 42,658 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

France  v  South Africa

22 June 2010	France	1–2	South Africa	Bloemfontein
16:00	Malouda	Report	Khumalo   Mphela	Stadium: Free State Stadium Attendance: 39,415 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Manager

Club

Fluminense

• Série A: 1984
• Série C: 1999

Fenerbahçe

• Süper Lig: 1995–96

Corinthians

• Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 2002
• Copa do Brasil: 2002

International

Kuwait

• Gulf Cup of Nations: 1982
• AFC Asian Cup: 1980

Brazil

• Amistad Cup: 1992
• FIFA World Cup: 1994
• Copa América: 2004
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005

Saudi Arabia

• AFC Asian Cup: 1988

South Africa

• COSAFA Cup: 2007

Individual

• World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 1994
• IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 2005