Carlos Alberto Parreira

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{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}.

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 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 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{{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. until resigning in April 2008.{{cite web|url=http://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}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://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}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://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 }}

On 25 June 2010 he announced his retirement as football coach.{{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 }}

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• São Cristóvão (1967)
• Vasco da Gama (1969)
• Brazil (1970)
• Fluminense (1970–1974)

• Brazil (Olympic Team) (1972)
• Kuwait (1976–1977)

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:

{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=17 June 1982|time=17:15 CEST|round=Group stage|score=1–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=293/match=1012/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|TCH}}|goals1=Panenka {{goal|21|pen.}}|team2={{fb|KUW}}|goals2=Al-Dakhil {{goal|57}}|stadium=Estadio José Zorrilla|location=Valladolid|attendance=25,000|referee=Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)|result=D}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=21 June 1982|time=17:15 CEST|round=Group stage|score=4–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=293/match=919/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|FRA}}|goals1=Genghini {{goal|31}}
Platini {{goal|43}}
Didier Six {{goal|48}}
Bossis {{goal|89}}|team2={{fb|KUW}}|goals2=Al-Buloushi {{goal|75}}|stadium=Estadio José Zorrilla|location=Valladolid|attendance=30,043|referee=Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=25 June 1982|time=17:15 CEST|round=Group stage|score=1–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=293/match=882/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}|goals1=Francis {{goal|27}}|team2={{fb|KUW}}|goals2=|stadium=San Mamés|location=Bilbao|attendance=39,700|referee=Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia)|result=L}}

{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=9 May 1990|time=19:00 CEST|round=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=Redín {{goal|50}}
Valderrama {{goal|85}}|stadium=Stadio Renato Dall'Ara|location=Bologna|attendance=30,791|referee=George Courtney (England)|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=15 May 1990|time=21:00 CEST|round=Group stage|score=5–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=322/match=198/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|FRG}}|goals1=Völler {{goal|35||75}}
Klinsmann {{goal|37}}
Matthäus {{goal|47}}
Bein {{goal|58}}|team2={{fb|UAE}}|goals2=Ismaïl {{goal|46}}|stadium=San Siro|location=Milan|attendance=71,169|referee=Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=19 May 1990|time=17:00 CEST|round=Group stage|score=4–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=322/match=364/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|YUG}}|goals1=Sušić {{goal|5}}
Pančev {{goal|9||46}}
Prosinečki {{goal|90+3}}|team2={{fb|UAE}}|goals2=Jumaa {{goal|22}}|stadium=Stadio Renato Dall'Ara|location=Bologna|attendance=27,833|referee=Shizuo Takada (Japan)|result=L}}

{{further|Brazil at the 1994 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=20 June 1994|time=13:00 PDT|round=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|attendance=81,061|referee=Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=24 June 1994|time=13:00 PDT|round=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 Santos {{goal|66}}
• Bebeto {{goal|73}}|team2={{fb|CMR}}|goals2=|stadium=Stanford Stadium|location=Stanford|attendance=83,401|referee=Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=28 June 1994|time=16:00 EDT|round=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=K. Andersson {{goal|23}}|stadium=Pontiac Silverdome|location=Pontiac|attendance=77,217|referee=Sándor Puhl (Hungary)|result=D}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=4 July 1994|time=12:30 PDT|round=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|attendance=81,147|referee=Joël Quiniou (France)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=9 July 1994|time=14:30 CDT|round=Quarter-finals|score=2–3|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=796/match=3098/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|NED}}|goals1=* Bergkamp {{goal|64}}
• Winter {{goal|76}}|team2={{fb|BRA}}|goals2=* Romário {{goal|53}}
• Bebeto {{goal|63}}
• Branco {{goal|81}}|stadium=Cotton Bowl|location=Dallas|attendance=63,500|referee=Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=13 July 1994|time=16:30 PDT|round=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|location=Pasadena|attendance=91,856|referee=José Torres Cadena (Colombia)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=17 July 1994|time=12:30 PDT|round=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|aet=yes|location=Pasadena|attendance=94,194|referee=Sándor Puhl (Hungary)|penalties1=* Márcio Santos {{penmiss}}
• Romário {{pengoal}}
• Branco {{pengoal}}
• Dunga {{pengoal}}|penaltyscore=3–2|penalties2=* {{penmiss}} Baresi
• {{pengoal}} Albertini
• {{pengoal}} Evani
• {{penmiss}} Massaro
• {{penmiss}} R. Baggio|result=D}}

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• Trezeguet {{goal|68}}
• Lizarazu {{goal|85}}|team2={{fb|KSA}}|goals2=|stadium=Stade de France|location=Saint-Denis|attendance=80,000|referee=Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)|result=L}}

{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=13 June 2006|time=21:00|round=Group stage|score=1–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410011/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=Kaká {{goal|44}}|team2={{fb|CRO}}|goals2=|stadium=Olympiastadion|location=Berlin|attendance=72,000|referee=Benito Archundia (Mexico)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=18 June 2006|time=18:00|round=Group stage|score=2–0|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410027/index.html|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}|goals1=* Adriano {{goal|49}}

• Fred {{goal|90}}|team2={{fb|AUS}}|goals2=|stadium=FIFA WM-Stadion München|location=Munich|attendance=66,000|referee=Markus Merk (Germany)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=22 June 2006|time=21:00|round=Group stage|score=1–4|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410043/|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}|goals1=Tamada {{goal|34}}|team2={{fb|BRA}}|goals2=* Ronaldo {{goal|45+1||81}}
• Juninho {{goal|53}}
• Gilberto {{goal|59}}|stadium=FIFA WM-Stadion Dortmund|location=Dortmund|attendance=65,000|referee=Éric Poulat (France)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=27 June 2006|time=17:00|round=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 {{goal|5}}
• Adriano {{goal|45+1}}
• Zé Roberto {{goal|84}}|team2={{fb|GHA}}|goals2=|stadium=FIFA WM-Stadion Dortmund|location=Dortmund|attendance=65,000|referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=1 July 2006|time=21:00|round=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=Henry {{goal|57}}|stadium=FIFA WM-Stadion Frankfurt|location=Frankfurt|attendance=48,000|referee=Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)|result=L}}

{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=11 June 2010|time=16:00|round=Group stage|score=1–1|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249722/match=300061454/index.html#nosticky|team1={{fb-rt|RSA}}|goals1=Tshabalala {{goal|55}}|team2={{fb|MEX}}|goals2=Márquez {{goal|79}}|stadium=Soccer City|location=Johannesburg|attendance=84,490|referee=Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)|result=D}}{{Football box collapsible|id=|date=16 June 2010|time=20:30|round=Group stage|score=0–3|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249722/match=300061452/index.html#nosticky|team1={{fb-rt|RSA}}|goals1=|team2={{fb|URU}}|goals2=* Forlán {{goal|24}} {{goal|80|pen.}}

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

;Fluminense

• Série A: 1984
• Série C: 1999

;Fenerbahçe

• Süper Lig: 1995–96

;Corinthians

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

;Kuwait

• Arabian Gulf Cup: 1982
• AFC Asian Cup: 1980

;Brazil

• [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/amistad.html Amistad Cup]: 1992
• 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

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

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