Dunga succeeds Scolari to return as Brazil manager
Print Edition
BRAZIL named Dunga as its manager for the second time yesterday, two weeks after the Selecao were hammered 1-7 by Germany in the World Cup semifinals which led to the ouster of former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
The 50-year-old Dunga, who captained Brazil to its fourth world title in 1994, was last in charge of the national team in 2010 when he was sacked for failing to take the team further than the World Cup quarterfinals in South Africa.
“I am immensely happy — thank you for your confidence in me,” said Dunga, who in his playing days was a tough-tackling midfielder with Serie A side Fiorentina and Germany’s VfB Stuttgart, and who also had a spell in Japan with Jubilo Iwata.
“The fans are very down right now but they are right behind the team,” Dunga continued.
“I am not here to sell a dream, we must get down to work.”
His no-nonsense style was decried by some but his 91 caps showed the esteem in which he was held and that respect has endured, Brazil football confederation (CBF) president Jose Maria Marin told reporters in Rio de Janeiro..
“He was world champion, captain of a world champion side,” Marin said. “He has what it takes to lead the Brazil team. The numbers show he absolutely has the ability to take charge.”
Dunga was fired after a 1-2 quarterfinal loss to the Netherlands in South Africa four years ago but previously landed both the Copa America title and the Confederations Cup having replaced Carlos Alberto Parreira as coach in 2006 despite having no dugout experience.
Meanwhile, Dutchman Dick Advocaat will take over as Serbia coach to lead the team’s bid to qualify for the 2016 European Championship, the Balkan country’s football association chief Tomislav Karadzic said.
“The agreement we have reached with Advocaat is a result of month-long negotiations we’ve had with him and we will officially unveil him as the new coach in the next few days,” Karadzic said yesterday.
The 66-year old Advocaat, who has coached a myriad of clubs and national teams, including his native Netherlands, Belgium, South Korea and Russia, will replace caretaker Ljubinko Drulovic who stepped in for Sinisa Mihajlovic after Serbia failed to qualify for this year’s Brazil World Cup.
Advocaat won the 1999 domestic treble in Scotland with Rangers as well as the 2007 Russian Premier League and the 2008 UEFA Cup with Zenit St Petersburg but the last six years of his career have been barren.
He will be the second foreigner to coach Serbia after Spaniard Javier Clemente failed to qualify for Euro 2008.
The Serbians reached the 2010 World Cup under Radomir Antic but missed out on Euro 2012 as well as this year’s World Cup.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
