Carlos Alberto Parreira

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Parreira as manager of South Africa in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira
Date of birth	(1943-02-27) 27 February 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Managerial career
Years	Team
1967–1968	Ghana
1974	Fluminense
1975	Fluminense
1978–1982	Kuwait
1983	Brazil
1984	Fluminense
1985–1988	United Arab Emirates
1988–1990	Saudi Arabia
1990–1991	United Arab Emirates
1991	Bragantino
1991–1994	Brazil
1994–1995	Valencia
1995–1996	Fenerbahçe
1996	São Paulo
1997	MetroStars
1998	Saudi Arabia
1999–2000	Fluminense
2000	Atlético Mineiro
2000	Santos
2001	Internacional
2002	Corinthians
2003–2006	Brazil
2007–2008	South Africa
2009	Fluminense
2009–2010	South Africa
Medal record Men's football Representing  Brazil (as manager) FIFA World Cup Winner 1994 USA Copa América Winner 2004 Peru FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2005 Germany Lunar New Year Cup Winner 2005 Hong Kong Representing  Kuwait (as manager) AFC Asian Cup Winner 1980 Kuwait Arabian Gulf Cup Winner 1982 UAE Representing  Saudi Arabia (as manager) AFC Asian Cup Winner 1988 Qatar Representing  Saudi Arabia (as manager) COSAFA Cup Winner 2007 South Africa

Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira (born 27 February 1943) is a Brazilian former football manager who holds the record for attending the most FIFA World Cup final tournaments as manager with six appearances. He also managed five different national teams in five editions of the FIFA World Cup. He managed Brazil to victory at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup. He is also the only manager to have led two different Asian teams to conquer the AFC Asian Cup.

He last managed the South Africa national football team.

Parreira is one of the most successful managers to have never played football himself.