Carlos Alberto Parreira

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Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born February 27, 1943, in Rio de Janeiro) is a football manager. He coached Brazil to victory in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is currently back in charge of the team.

Parreira is noted for having been one of only two coaches that has led four national teams to the World Cup: Kuwait in 1982, United Arab Emirates in 1990, Brazil in 1994 and 2006, and Saudi Arabia in 1998. The other coach, Bora Milutinovic, surpassed this record when he led a fifth team in 2002. He was also involved to some extent 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 also in charge of two important clubs in Brazil: Fluminense and Corinthians, which gaves 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 in Colombia, specially after the last minute invitee (replacing Argentina who dropped out one day before the kickoff) Honduras defeated 2-0 and eliminated the favorite Brazil in quarterfinals round on July 23, 2001. Through this time period, Parreira, only stated that he would indirectly assist Scolari in 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 the favorite Brazil was defeated and eliminated 0-1 by France in quarterfinals.

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

At present, with 19 games coached in FIFA World Cup competition, Parreira is tied for 4th place (with Sepp Herberger and Enzo Bearzot) for most matches coached. Parreira's coaching record is 9-3-7 (Wins-Draws-Losses). His teams have scored 24 goals and suffered 26 against. Below is a list of all matches, along with their outcomes:

Czechoslovakia 1 - 1 
Kuwait

France 4 - 1 
Kuwait

England 1 - 0 
Kuwait

Colombia 2 - 0 
United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 1 - 5 
West Germany

Yugoslavia 4 - 1 
United Arab Emirates

Brazil 2 - 0 
Russia

Brazil 3 - 0 
Cameroon

Sweden 1 - 1 
Brazil

Brazil 1 - 0 
USA

Brazil 3 - 2 
Netherlands

Brazil 1 - 0 
Sweden

Brazil 0 - 0 
Italy

Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 
Denmark

France 4 - 0 
Saudi Arabia

Brazil 1 - 0 
Croatia

Brazil 2 - 0 
Australia

Japan 1 - 4 
Brazil

Brazil 3 - 0 
Ghana

Brazil 0 - 1 
France

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