Carlos Queiroz

This article is about the Portuguese football coach. For other people, see Carlos Queiroz (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Brito Leal and the second or paternal family name is Queiroz.
Carlos Queiroz
Queiroz in 2022
Personal information
Full name Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz[1]
Date of birth (1953-03-01) 1 March 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Angoche, Portuguese Mozambique
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper[3]
Youth career
Years Team
1968–1974 Ferroviário de Nampula[4]
Managerial career
1989–1991 Portugal U20
1991–1993 Portugal
1994–1996 Sporting CP
1996 NY/NJ MetroStars
1996–1997 Nagoya Grampus Eight
1998–1999 United Arab Emirates
2000–2002 South Africa
2002–2003 Manchester United (assistant)
2003–2004 Real Madrid
2004–2008 Manchester United (assistant)
2008–2010 Portugal
2011–2019 Iran
2019–2020 Colombia
2021–2022 Egypt
2022 Iran
2023 Qatar
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal (as manager)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Scotland
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1989 Saudi Arabia
Winner 1991 Portugal
Representing  Egypt (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2021 Cameroon

Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz ComIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluʃ kɐjˈɾɔʃ]; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football manager. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia, Egypt and Qatar, leading South Africa (2002), Portugal (2010) and Iran (2014, 2018, and 2022) to the FIFA World Cup. At club level, he has also managed Sporting CP, the New York/New Jersey Metrostars in Major League Soccer and Spanish club Real Madrid. He also had two spells as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United.

Queiroz has won several awards as a coach at junior levels, and has been successful at senior and club levels, mainly as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager. In 1998, he authored the Q-Report, which detailed plans to enhance footballer development in the United States.

Queiroz is the longest-serving manager in the history of the Iran national team, serving for almost eight years between 2011 and 2019. He returned to the role for Iran's 2022 World Cup campaign. He is the only manager in the country's history to lead them at three consecutive World Cups.

  1. ^ "Team profile: Islamic Republic of Iran". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Calos Queiroz Biography". SportMob. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Portugal's coach is chasing a personal dream". independent.co.uk. London: Independent News and Media. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Carlos Queiroz, player profile". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2013.