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Brazil in 2006

Historical records for Brazil in 2006, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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5Events
5Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

May

17 May 2006Belletti Champions League Final Winning GoalJuliano Belletti

Paris · Sport / Football

Comes off the bench and scores the goal that gives Barcelona a 2-1 victory.

July

1 July 2006World Cup Quarter-Final DefeatCarlos Alberto Gomes Parreira

Sport / Football

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

24 July 2006ManagerCarlos Caetano Bledorn Verri

Sport / Football

Dunga is named as the new national coach of the Brazilian national team as a replacement for Carlos Alberto Parreira, even though he has no prior coaching experience at professional level

Other Events

2006Brazil World Cup Campaign ReviewCarlos Alberto Gomes Parreira

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Brazils exit from the World Cup, Parreira is heavily criticisized by the Brazilian public and media for playing an outdated brand of football and not using the players available to him properly.

2006World CupRonaldo Luis Nazrio de Lima

Sport / Football

Ronaldo becomes the highest goalscorer in the history of the World Cup with his fifteenth goal, surpassing Gerd Mullers previous record of 14.

2006World CupLuiz Felipe Scolari

Sport / Football

Manages Portugal in the 2006 World Cup in Germany where they reached the semi-finals, again coming out victorious in the quarter-finals against England.

Names involved

Carlos Alberto Gomes ParreiraCarlos Caetano Bledorn VerriJuliano BellettiLuiz Felipe ScolariRonaldo Luis Nazrio de Lima

Places involved

Paris

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.