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Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira Biography and Timeline

Follow Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira through 8 dated historical records for Brazil.

Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

8Distinct records
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1943–2009Years on this page

1943

Birth of Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira

Sport / Football

Birth of Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira

1994

World Cup

Sport / Football

Manager of the Brazilian national side who win the World Cup.

1998

World Cup

Sport / Football

When coaching Saudi Arabia at the 1998 World Cup in France is fired after two matches, one of two managers to be sacked during the tournament.

2003

Manager

Sport / Football

Named manager of Brazil along with Mario Zagallo as assistant director in January 2003, with the goal of defending their World Cup titlte in Germany 2006.

2006

World Cup Quarter-Final Defeat

Sport / Football

Brazil are defeated and eliminated 0-1 by France in quarterfinals.

Brazil World Cup Campaign Review

Sport / Football

Manager of the Brazilian national side. After Brazils exit from the World Cup, Parreira is heavily criticisized by the Brazilian public and media for playing an outdated brand of football and not using the players available to him properly.

2007

Manager

Sport / Football

Appointed head coach of the South Africa national football team

2009

Manager

Sport / Football

Returns as head coach of the South Africa national football team

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.