Tag: Dunga

  • No Brazil ‘blacklist’ for New Brazil coach Dunga

    New Brazil coach Dunga declared on Friday that competence is all that matters to him and added that there is no “blacklist” for players who underperformed at the World Cup. “Competence is all that matters when it comes to choosing a national team, not friendship or marketing,” said the former midfielder, who captained Brazil to…

  • Luiz Felipe Scolari joins Gremio after Brazil flop

    Luiz Felipe Scolari joins Gremio after Brazil flop

    Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Felipe Scolari did not have to wait long to find work after his Brazil World Cup disaster as he was announced as Gremio`s new coach on Tuesday. The Porto Alegre club took to its Twitter feed to confirm the appointment. Scolari has already coached the club twice before in 1987 and…

  • Cafu offers to fill Brazil coaching role

    Cafu offers to fill Brazil coaching role

    Rio de Janeiro: Brazil`s 2002 World Cup-winning captain Cafu has offered to fill a coaching role under new Selecao boss Dunga. Cafu was an outspoken critic of the team during the World Cup and was barred from entering the dressing rooms after the hosts` 1-7 semifinal defeat to Germany in Belo Horizonte. “I am always…

  • Coach Dunga names Brazil’s assistant coaches

    Coach Dunga names Brazil’s assistant coaches

    Rio de Janeiro: Brazil`s new coach Dunga has named former Internacional assistant manager Andrey Lopes as his deputy. Lopes had been his assistant at Internacional during Dunga`s 10-month spell at the Porto Alegre club before it ended in October. Dunga also named his 1994 World Cup-winning teammate Taffarel as Brazil`s goalkeeping coach. The 48-year-old, a…

  • Dunga tipped to be new Brazil coach

    Former World Cup-winning captain Dunga is favored to serve for the second time as national coach and will be named as Luiz Felipe Scolari`s successor on Tuesday, Globo reported. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) had planed to announce the new leader last week but instead unwrapped a new technical commission headed by former reserve goalkeeper…

  • Dunga tipped to return as Brazil coach

    Dunga tipped to return as Brazil coach

    Rio de Janeiro: Brazil`s 1994 World Cup-winning captain Dunga has emerged as favourite to replace Luiz Felipe Scolari as coach of the Selecao. The 50-year-old is in talks with the country`s top football officials and could be named Brazil`s new head coach as soon as Tuesday, according to news portal Lancenet. It would be Dunga`s…

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