List of Brazil national football team managers
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The following is a list of Brazil national football team managers.
Managers
Following is the list with all Brazil national team managers. The list includes unofficial matches:
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! # ! width=200 | Name ! From ! To ! data-sort-type="number"| Pld ! scope=col|W ! scope=col|D ! scope=col|L ! scope=col|Win % ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
{{nts|1}}
| align="center" | {{dts|21 July 1914}} | align="center" | {{dts|27 September 1914}} | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 75.00 | Brazil v Exeter City F.C. (1914), friendly against Argentina (first official match), unofficial friendly against Columbian FC, and the 1914 Copa Roca. |
{{nts|2}}
|Joaquim Ribeiro | align="center" | {{dts|8 July 1916}} | align="center" | {{dts|18 July 1916}} | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 50.00 |
{{nts|3}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|7 January 1917}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0.00 | Unofficial friendly match against Dublin FC. |
{{nts|4}}
| Borgerth | align="center" | {{dts|6 May 1917}} | align="center" | {{dts|16 October 1917}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 40.00 |
{{nts|5}}
| Amílcar Barbuy | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|27 January 1918}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00 | Unofficial friendly match against Dublin FC. |
{{nts|6}}
| Amílcar Barbuy | align="center" | {{dts|11 May 1919}} | align="center" | {{dts|1 June 1919}} | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 60.00 |
{{nts|7}}
| align="center" | {{dts|11 September 1920}} | align="center" | {{dts|25 September 1920}} | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 33.33 |
{{nts|8}}
| align="center" | {{dts|2 October 1921}} | align="center" | {{dts|23 October 1921}} | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 33.33 |
{{nts|9}}
| Amílcar Barbuy | align="center" | {{dts|17 September 1922}} | align="center" | {{dts|29 October 1922}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 75.00 |
{{nts|10}}
| Clodô | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|22 October 1922}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 10.00 |1922 Copa Roca |
{{nts|11}}
| align="center" | {{dts|11 November 1923}} | align="center" | {{dts|9 December 1923}} | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 42.86 |
{{nts|12}}
|Joaquim Guimarães | align="center" | {{dts|6 December 1925}} | align="center" | {{dts|25 December 1925}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 58.33 |
{{nts|13}}
|Laís | align="center" | {{dts|24 June 1928}} | align="center" | {{dts|10 July 1929}} | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | |
{{nts|14}}
| align="center" | {{dts|14 July 1930}} | align="center" | {{dts|17 August 1930}} | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 80.00 | |
{{nts|15}}
| align="center" | {{dts|2 July 1931}} | align="center" | {{dts|22 July 1934}} | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 53.33 | |
{{nts|16}}
| align="center" | {{dts|7 September 1934}} | align="center" | {{dts|24 February 1935}} | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 92.31 | |
{{nts|17}}
| align="center" | {{dts|27 December 1936}} | align="center" | {{dts|19 June 1938}} | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 68.18 | |
{{nts|18}}
| align="center" | {{dts|15 January 1939}} | align="center" | {{dts|22 January 1939}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 50.00 | |
{{nts|19}}
| align="center" | {{dts|18 February 1940}} | align="center" | {{dts|25 February 1940}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 25.00 | |
{{nts|20}}
| align="center" | {{dts|5 March 1940}} | align="center" | {{dts|31 March 1940}} | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 30.00 | |
{{nts|21}}
| align="center" | {{dts|14 January 1942}} | align="center" | {{dts|5 February 1942}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 50.00 | |
{{nts|22}}
|Flávio Costa | align="center" | {{dts|14 May 1944}} | align="center" | {{dts|17 May 1944}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Friendlies matches against Uruguay. |
{{nts|23}}
| align="center" | {{dts|18 May 1944}} | align="center" | {{dts|16 July 1950}} | align="center" | 41 | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 72.09 | |
{{nts|24}}
| align="center" | {{dts|6 April 1952}} | align="center" | {{dts|20 April 1952}} | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 80.00 |
{{nts|25}}
| align="center" | {{dts|1 March 1953}} | align="center" | {{dts|1 April 1953}} | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 57.14 |
{{nts|26}}
| align="center" | {{dts|28 February 1954}} | align="center" | {{dts|18 September 1955}} | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 70.00 | |
{{nts|27}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|20 September 1955}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | 1955 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins |
{{nts|28}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|13 November 1955}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | 1955 Taça Oswaldo Cruz |
{{nts|29}}
| align="center" | {{dts|17 November 1955}} | align="center" | {{dts|10 February 1956}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 16.67 | |
{{nts|30}}
|Teté | align="center" | {{dts|1 March 1956}} | align="center" | {{dts|18 March 1956}} | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 80.00 |
{{nts|31}}
| align="center" | {{dts|25 March 1956}} | align="center" | {{dts|8 August 1956}} | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 62.50 | |
{{nts|32}}
| align="center" | {{dts|13 March 1957}} | align="center" | {{dts|21 April 1957}} | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 62.50 | |
{{nts|33}}
| align="center" | {{dts|11 June 1957}} | align="center" | {{dts|10 July 1957}} | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 75.00 | |
{{nts|34}}
|Pedrinho | align="center" | {{dts|15 September 1957}} | align="center" | {{dts|18 September 1957}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00 | 1957 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins |
{{nts|35}}
| align="center" | {{dts|4 May 1958}} | align="center" | {{dts|12 July 1960}} | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 80.00 | |
{{nts|36}}
| align="center" | {{dts|5 December 1959}} | align="center" | {{dts|27 December 1959}} | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 60.00 |
{{nts|37}}
| align="center" | {{dts|6 March 1960}} | align="center" | {{dts|20 March 1960}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 50.00 |
{{nts|38}}
| align="center" | {{dts|30 April 1961}} | align="center" | {{dts|22 May 1963}} | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 62.50 | |
{{nts|39}}
| align="center" | {{dts|30 May 1964}} | align="center" | {{dts|19 July 1966}} | align="center" | 32 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 68.75 | |
{{nts|40}}
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Filpo Núñez | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|7 September 1965}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 |SE Palmeiras manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Uruguay. |
{{nts|41}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|16 November 1965}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00 |SC Corinthians manager, represented Brazil in a unofficial friendly match against Arsenal FC. |
{{nts|42}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|21 November 1965}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Replaced Vicente Feola in a friendly match against Hungary. Brazil (with Feola) has played against Soviet Union on the same day. |
{{nts|43}}
| align="center" | {{dts|17 April 1966}} | align="center" | {{dts|20 April 1966}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 50.00 |1966 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins |
{{nts|44}}
| align="center" | {{dts|25 June 1967}} | align="center" | {{dts|1 July 1967}} | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0.00 | |
{{nts|45}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|19 September 1967}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Rio de Janeiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Chile. |
{{nts|46}}
| align="center" | {{dts|9 June 1968}} | align="center" | {{dts|17 July 1968}} | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 72.73 | |
{{nts|47}}
| align="center" | {{dts|25 July 1968}} | align="center" | {{dts|28 July 1968}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 50.00 |1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz |
{{nts|48}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|7 August 1968}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Rio de Janeiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Argentina. |
{{nts|49}}
| Biju | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|11 August 1968}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Minas Gerais state sports press committee, who represented Brazil in a friendly match against Argentina. |
{{nts|50}}
| align="center" | {{dts|30 October 1968}} | align="center" | {{dts|17 December 1968}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 50.00 | |
{{nts|51}}
| Yustrich | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|17 December 1968}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Atlético Mineiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Yugoslavia. |
{{nts|52}}
| align="center" | {{dts|7 April 1969}} | align="center" | {{dts|8 March 1970}} | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 82.35 | |
{{nts|53}}
| align="center" | {{dts|22 March 1970}} | align="center" | {{dts|6 July 1974}} | align="center" | 62 | align="center" | 42 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 67.74 | |
{{nts|54}}
| align="center" | {{dts|31 July 1975}} | align="center" | {{dts|20 February 1977}} | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 83.33 | |
{{nts|55}}
| Mário Travaglini {{small|(caretaker)}} | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|6 October 1976}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00 | Unofficial friendly match against CR Flamengo in honor of Geraldo Cleofas. |
{{nts|56}}
| align="center" | {{dts|3 March 1977}} | align="center" | {{dts|31 October 1979}} | align="center" | 45 | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 60.00 | |
{{nts|57}}
| align="center" | {{dts|2 April 1980}} | align="center" | {{dts|5 July 1982}} | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 76.31 | |
{{nts|58}}
| align="center" | {{dts|28 April 1983}} | align="center" | {{dts|4 November 1983}} | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 35.71 | |
{{nts|59}}
| align="center" | {{dts|10 June 1984}} | align="center" | {{dts|21 June 1984}} | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 33.33 | |
{{nts|60}}
| align="center" | {{dts|25 April 1985}} | align="center" | {{dts|21 May 1985}} | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 50.00 | |
{{nts|61}}
| align="center" | {{dts|2 June 1985}} | align="center" | {{dts|21 June 1986}} | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 64.70 | |
{{nts|62}}
| align="center" | {{dts|19 May 1987}} | align="center" | {{dts|12 October 1988}} | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 65.00 | |
{{nts|63}}
| align="center" | {{dts|15 March 1989}} | align="center" | {{dts|24 June 1990}} | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 60.00 | |
{{nts|64}}
| align="center" | {{dts|12 September 1990}} | align="center" | {{dts|21 July 1991}} | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 35.29 | |
{{nts|65}}
| Ernesto Paulo {{small|(caretaker)}} | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|11 September 1991}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00 | Friendly match against Wales. |
{{nts|66}}
| align="center" | {{dts|30 October 1991}} | align="center" | {{dts|17 July 1994}} | align="center" | 47 | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 59.57 | |
{{nts|67}}
| align="center" | {{dts|13 December 1994}} | align="center" | {{dts|12 July 1998}} | align="center" | 74 | align="center" | 55 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 74.32 | |
{{nts|68}}
| align="center" | {{dts|23 September 1998}} | align="center" | {{dts|3 September 2000}} | align="center" | 34 | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 61.76 | |
{{nts|69}}
| Candinho {{small|(caretaker)}} | align="center" | {{dts|13 November 1999}} | align="center" | {{dts|8 October 2000}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 50.00 | Friendly match against Spain and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Venezuela. |
{{nts|70}}
| Pedro Santilli {{small|(caretaker)}} | align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|15 November 2000}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Colombia. |
{{nts|71}}
| align="center" | {{dts|3 March 2001}} | align="center" | {{dts|9 June 2001}} | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 30.00 | |
{{nts|72}}
| align="center" | {{dts|1 July 2001}} | align="center" | {{dts|21 August 2002}} | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 76.00 | |
{{nts|73}}
| align="center" colspan=2 | {{dts|20 November 2002}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Zagallo's farewell, celebrated in a friendly match against South Korea. |
{{nts|74}}
| align="center" | {{dts|12 February 2003}} | align="center" | {{dts|1 July 2006}} | align="center" | 56 | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 55.35 | |
{{nts|75}}
| align="center" | {{dts|13 July 2003}} | align="center" | {{dts|27 July 2003}} | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 40.00 |
{{nts|76}}
| Dunga | align="center" | {{dts|16 August 2006}} | align="center" | {{dts|2 July 2010}} | align="center" | 58 | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 68.96 | |
{{nts|77}}
| Jorginho {{small|(caretaker)}} | align="center" | {{dts|6 December 2008}} | align="center" | {{dts|26 March 2008}} | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 100.00 | Replaced Dunga in the friendlies matches against Republic of Ireland and Sweden. |
{{nts|78}}
| align="center" | {{dts|10 August 2010}} | align="center" | {{dts|21 December 2012}} | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 63.63 | |
{{nts|79}}
| align="center" | {{dts|6 February 2013}} | align="center" | {{dts|12 July 2014}} | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 65.51 | |
{{nts|80}}
| Dunga | align="center" | {{dts|5 September 2014}} | align="center" | {{dts|12 June 2016}} | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 69.23 | |
{{nts|81}}
| Tite | align="center" | {{dts|1 September 2016}} | align="center" | {{dts|9 December 2022}} | align="center" | 81 | align="center" | 60 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 74.08 | |
{{nts|82}}
| Ramon Menezes {{small|(caretaker)}} | align="center" | {{dts|15 February 2023}} | align="center" | {{dts|4 July 2023}} | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 33.33 |U-20 manager. Friendlies against Morocco, Guinea and Senegal |
{{nts|83}}
| Fernando Diniz {{small|(caretaker)}} | align="center" | {{dts|4 July 2023}} | align="center" | {{dts|5 January 2024}} | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 33.33 | |
{{nts|84}}
| align="center" | {{dts|10 January 2024}} | align="center" | {{dts|28 March 2025}} | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 43.75 | |
Records
Mário Zagallo became the first person to win the FIFA World Cup both as a player (1958 and 1962) and as a manager (1970).
In 1970, when he was of age 38, he won the FIFA World Cup which made him the second youngest coach to win the FIFA World Cup. While still in Brazil as an assistant coach, the team won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Rhett |title=Brazil National Football Team: The History Of The Selecao |url=https://historyofsoccer.info/brazil-national-football-team |access-date=4 October 2022 |website=History Of Soccer |date=15 August 2022 |language=en-US}}
= Most manager appearances =
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References
- Placar, No. 1094, May 1994
- [https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brcoaches.htm Brazilian National Team Coaches - RSSSF]
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