Dorival Junior, a Copa Libertadores and Brazilian Cup winner as manager of Flamengo, has been named as Brazil coach, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Wednesday.
Dorival Junior, a Copa Libertadores and Brazilian Cup winner as director of Flamengo, has been named as Brazil trainer, the Brazilian Football Confederation( CBF) said on Wednesday.
The 61- time-old will take the arm of the five- time world titleholders after a turbulent period following their 2022 World Cup exit following a penalty shootout loss to Croatia, which led to the sacking of trainer Tite.
Brazil was led by Under- 20 trainer Ramon Menezes before the appointment on an interim base of Fernando Diniz last time.
Diniz was sacked on Friday, a day after Ednaldo Rodrigues was reinstated as head of the CBF following his redundancy in early December by the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice. Rodrigues ’ intention was to hire Italian trainer.
Carlo Ancelotti, but after accommodations failed and he decided to extend his contract with Real Madrid, Dorival was the main seeker.
“Dorival Junior is the new trainer of the men’s public platoon. He’ll be presented at a news conference this Thursday at the CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, ” the CBF said in a statement
Dorival, who has counseled Atletico Mineiro, Atletico Paranaense, Internacional, Vasco da Gama, Fluminense and Palmeiras, led Flamengo to the Copa Libertadores and Copa do Brasil in 2022 before joining Sao Paulo, who verified his decision to leave on Sunday.
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