The outstanding Brazilian coach coached six national teams (Ghana, Kuwait, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa) for (in total) 251 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 27- 2-1943 Country: Brazil Matches as Coach Total: 251 (W120-D76-L55 – GF417-GA247 – %62.95) Matches as Coach for Ghana: 5 (W 3-D 1-L 1 – GF 11-GA 8 – %70.00) Matches as Coach for Kuwait: 48 (W 27-D 7-L14 – GF 84-GA 51 – %63.54) Matches as Coach for Brazil: 112 (W 61-D37-L14 – GF231-GA 86 – %70.98) Matches as Coach for Saudi Arabia: 36 (W 12-D13-L11 – GF 32-GA 44 – %51.39) Matches as Coach for UA Emirates: 14 (W 1-D 5-L 8 – GF 10-GA 33 – %25.00) Matches as Coach for South Africa: 36 (W 16-D13-L 7 – GF 49-GA 25 – %62.50) Age First Match: 24 yr 319 d 12- 1-1968 vs. Senegal 2-2 Age Last Match: 67 yr 115 d 22- 6-2010 vs. France 2-1 National Team Career: 42 yr 161 d
Coach for Ghana
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 12- 1-68 Asmara Senegal 2-2 African Nations Cup
2 14- 1-68 Asmara Congo-Kinshasa 2-1 African Nations Cup
3 16- 1-68 Asmara Congo-Brazz. 3-1 African Nations Cup
4 18- 1-68 Asmara Ivory Coast 4-3 African Nations Cup
5 21- 1-68 Addis Ababa Congo-Kinshasa 0-1 African Nations Cup
Coach for Kuwait
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 28- 2-79 Kuwait City Sweden 0-2
2 24- 3-79 Baghdad Qatar 3-1 Gulf Cup
3 29- 3-79 Baghdad Iraq 2-3 Gulf Cup
4 31- 3-79 Baghdad UA Emirates 7-0 Gulf Cup
5 2- 4-79 Baghdad Oman 2-0 Gulf Cup
6 5- 4-79 Baghdad Saudi Arabia 0-0 Gulf Cup
7 8- 4-79 Baghdad Bahrain 2-0 Gulf Cup
8 8- 3-80 Kuwait City Bulgaria 1-1
9 15- 9-80 Kuwait City UA Emirates 1-1 Asian Nations Cup
10 18- 9-80 Kuwait City Malaysia 3-1 Asian Nations Cup
11 21- 9-80 Kuwait City South Korea 0-3 Asian Nations Cup
12 25- 9-80 Kuwait City Qatar 4-0 Asian Nations Cup
13 28- 9-80 Kuwait City Iran 2-1 Asian Nations Cup
14 30- 9-80 Kuwait City South Korea 3-0 Asian Nations Cup
15 16-10-80 Kuala Lumpur Thailand 0-1 Merdeka Cup
16 17-10-80 Kuala Lumpur New Zealand 1-5 Merdeka Cup
17 18-10-80 Kuala Lumpur South Korea 0-3 Merdeka Cup
18 23-10-80 Kuala Lumpur Burma 3-1 Merdeka Cup
19 25-10-80 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 1-2 Merdeka Cup
20 27-10-80 Kuala Lumpur Morocco 0-3 Merdeka Cup
21 29-10-80 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1-2 Merdeka Cup
22 22- 4-81 Kuwait City Thailand 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
23 25- 4-81 Kuwait City Malaysia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
24 29- 4-81 Kuwait City South Korea 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
25 10-10-81 Auckland New Zealand 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
26 18-10-81 Beijing China 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
27 4-11-81 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
28 30-11-81 Kuwait City China 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 7-12-81 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 14-12-81 Kuwait City New Zealand 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
31 14- 3-82 Kuwait City Iceland 0-0
32 20- 3-82 Abu Dhabi Bahrain 2-0 Gulf Cup
33 24- 3-82 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 2-0 Gulf Cup
34 26- 3-82 Abu Dhabi Saudi Arabia 1-0 Gulf Cup
35 29- 3-82 Abu Dhabi Oman 2-0 Gulf Cup
36 4- 4-82 Abu Dhabi Qatar 1-2 Gulf Cup
37 21- 5-82 Kuwait City Morocco 3-3
38 17- 6-82 Valladolid Czechoslovakia 1-1 World Cup
39 21- 6-82 Valladolid France 1-4 World Cup
40 25- 6-82 Bilbao England 0-1 World Cup
41 9-11-82 Baghdad Iraq 1-0
42 13-11-82 Kuwait City Norway 1-0
43 23-11-82 New Delhi Burma 4-0 Asian Games
44 25-11-82 New Delhi Iraq 2-1 Asian Games
45 26-11-82 New Delhi Nepal 3-0 Asian Games
46 28-11-82 New Delhi Iran 1-0 Asian Games
47 1-12-82 New Delhi North Korea 3-2 Asian Games
48 3-12-82 New Delhi Iraq 0-1 Asian Games
Coach for Brazil
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 28- 4-83 Rio de Janeiro Chile 3-2
2 8- 6-83 Coimbra Portugal 4-0
3 12- 6-83 Cardiff Wales 1-1
4 17- 6-83 Basel Switzerland 2-1
5 22- 6-83 Göteborg Sweden 3-3
6 28- 7-83 Santiago Chile 0-0
7 17- 8-83 Quito Ecuador 1-0 Copa América
8 24- 8-83 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-1 Copa América
9 1- 9-83 Goiânia Ecuador 5-0 Copa América
10 14- 9-83 Rio de Janeiro Argentina 0-0 Copa América
11 13-10-83 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 Copa América
12 20-10-83 Uberlandia Paraguay 0-0 Copa América
13 27-10-83 Montevideo Uruguay 0-2 Copa América
14 4-11-83 Salvador Uruguay 1-1 Copa América
15 30-10-91 Varginha Yugoslavia 3-1
16 18-12-91 Goiânia Czechoslovakia 2-1
17 26- 2-92 Fortaleza United States 3-0
18 15- 4-92 Cuiabá Finland 3-1
19 30- 4-92 Montevideo Uruguay 0-1
20 17- 5-92 London England 1-1
21 31- 7-92 Los Angeles Mexico 5-0 Friendship Cup
22 2- 8-92 Los Angeles United States 1-0 Friendship Cup
23 26- 8-92 Paris France 2-0
24 23- 9-92 Paranavaí Costa Rica 4-2
25 25-11-92 Campina Grande Uruguay 1-2
26 16-12-92 Porto Alegre Germany 3-1
27 17- 2-93 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-1 AFA Centenary Cup
28 17- 3-93 Ribeirão Preto Poland 2-2
29 6- 6-93 New Haven United States 2-0 US Cup
30 10- 6-93 Washington DC Germany 3-3 US Cup
31 13- 6-93 Washington DC England 1-1 US Cup
32 18- 6-93 Cuenca Peru 0-0 Copa América
33 21- 6-93 Cuenca Chile 2-3 Copa América
34 24- 6-93 Cuenca Paraguay 3-0 Copa América
35 27- 6-93 Guayaquil Argentina 1-1 [1] Copa América
36 14- 7-93 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 2-0
37 18- 7-93 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
38 25- 7-93 La Paz Bolivia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
39 1- 8-93 San Cristóbal Venezuela 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
40 8- 8-93 Rio de Janeiro Mexico 1-1
41 15- 8-93 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
42 22- 8-93 São Paulo Ecuador 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 29- 8-93 Recife Bolivia 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 5- 9-93 Belo Horizonte Venezuela 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
45 19- 9-93 Rio de Janeiro Uruguay 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
46 17-11-93 Köln Germany 1-2
47 16-12-93 Guadalajara Mexico 1-0
48 23- 3-94 Recife Argentina 2-0
49 4- 5-94 Florianápolis Iceland 3-0
50 5- 6-94 Edmonton Canada 1-1
51 8- 6-94 San Diego Honduras 8-2
52 12- 6-94 Fresno El Salvador 4-0
53 20- 6-94 Palo Alto Russia 2-0 World Cup
54 24- 6-94 Palo Alto Cameroon 3-0 World Cup
55 28- 6-94 Detroit Sweden 1-1 World Cup
56 4- 7-94 Palo Alto United States 1-0 World Cup
57 9- 7-94 Dallas Netherlands 3-2 World Cup
58 13- 7-94 Pasadena Sweden 1-0 World Cup
59 17- 7-94 Pasadena Italy 0-0 [2] World Cup
60 12- 2-03 Guangdong China 0-0
61 29- 3-03 Oporto Portugal 1-2
62 30- 4-03 Guadalajara Mexico 0-0
63 11- 6-03 Abuja Nigeria 3-0
64 19- 6-03 Saint-Denis Cameroon 0-1 Confederations Cup
65 21- 6-03 Lyon United States 1-0 Confederations Cup
66 23- 6-03 Saint-Etienne Turkey 2-2 Confederations Cup
67 7- 9-03 Barranquilla Colombia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
68 10- 9-03 Manaus Ecuador 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
69 12-10-03 Leicester Jamaica 1-0
70 16-11-03 Lima Peru 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
71 19-11-03 Curitiba Uruguay 3-3 World Cup Qualifier
72 18- 2-04 Dublin Ireland 0-0
73 31- 3-04 Asunción Paraguay 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
74 28- 4-04 Budapest Hungary 4-1
75 20- 5-04 Saint-Denis France 0-0 FIFA Centennial
76 2- 6-04 Belo Horizonte Argentina 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
77 6- 6-04 Santiago Chile 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
78 8- 7-04 Arequipa Chile 1-0 Copa América
79 11- 7-04 Arequipa Costa Rica 4-1 Copa América
80 14- 7-04 Arequipa Paraguay 1-2 Copa América
81 18- 7-04 Piura Mexico 4-0 Copa América
82 21- 7-04 Lima Uruguay 1-1 [3] Copa América
83 25- 7-04 Lima Argentina 2-2 [4] Copa América
84 18- 8-04 Port-au-Prince Haiti 6-0
85 5- 9-04 São Paulo Bolivia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
86 8- 9-04 Berlin Germany 1-1
87 9-10-04 Maracaibo Venezuela 5-2 World Cup Qualifier
88 13-10-04 Maceió Colombia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
89 17-11-04 Quito Ecuador 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
90 9- 2-05 Hongkong Hongkong 7-1 Carlsberg Cup
91 27- 3-05 Goiânia Peru 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
92 30- 3-05 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
93 27- 4-05 São Paulo Guatemala 3-0
94 5- 6-05 Porto Alegre Paraguay 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
95 8- 6-05 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
96 16- 6-05 Leipzig Greece 3-0 Confederations Cup
97 19- 6-05 Hannover Mexico 0-1 Confederations Cup
98 22- 6-05 Köln Japan 2-2 Confederations Cup
99 25- 6-05 Nürnberg Germany 3-2 Confederations Cup
100 29- 6-05 Frankfurt Argentina 4-1 Confederations Cup
101 17- 8-05 Split Croatia 1-1
102 4- 9-05 Brasília Chile 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
103 9-10-05 La Paz Bolivia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
104 12-10-05 Belém Venezuela 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
105 12-11-05 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 8-0
106 1- 3-06 Moskva Russia 1-0
107 4- 6-06 Genève New Zealand 4-0
108 13- 6-06 Berlin Croatia 1-0 World Cup
109 18- 6-06 München Australia 2-0 World Cup
110 22- 6-06 Dortmund Japan 4-1 World Cup
111 27- 6-06 Dortmund Ghana 3-0 World Cup
112 1- 7-06 Frankfurt France 0-1 World Cup
[1] Brazil lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[2] Brazil won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Brazil won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[4] Brazil won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Saudi Arabia
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 21- 6-88 Melbourne New Zealand 0-2
2 23- 6-88 Melbourne New Zealand 2-3
3 29- 6-88 Melbourne Hongkong 3-0
4 1- 7-88 Melbourne Hongkong 1-0
5 6- 7-88 Adelaide Argentina 2-2 Bicentennial Cup
6 9- 7-88 Sydney Australia 0-3 Bicentennial Cup
7 13- 7-88 Melbourne Brazil 1-4 Bicentennial Cup
8 16- 7-88 Canberra Argentina 0-2 Bicentennial Cup
9 14-11-88 Riyadh Egypt 0-0
10 16-11-88 Riyadh England 1-1
11 23-11-88 Riyadh Tunisia 1-0
12 2-12-88 Doha Syria 2-0 Asian Nations Cup
13 5-12-88 Doha Kuwait 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
14 9-12-88 Doha Bahrain 1-1 Asian Nations Cup
15 12-12-88 Doha China 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
16 15-12-88 Doha Iran 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
17 18-12-88 Doha South Korea 0-0 [1] Asian Nations Cup
18 15- 3-89 Jeddah Syria 5-4 World Cup Qualifier
19 20- 3-89 Sana'a Yemen 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 30- 3-89 Latakia Syria 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 5- 4-89 Jeddah Yemen 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
22 12-10-89 Singapore China 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
23 16-10-89 Singapore Qatar 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
24 21-10-89 Singapore UA Emirates 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
25 25-10-89 Singapore South Korea 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
26 28-10-89 Singapore North Korea 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
27 22- 2-98 Riyadh Germany 0-3
28 4- 5-98 Nice Jamaica 0-0
29 9- 5-98 Cannes Trinidad/Tobago 2-1
30 12- 5-98 Nice Iceland 1-1
31 17- 5-98 Cannes Namibia 2-1
32 23- 5-98 London England 0-0
33 27- 5-98 Molde Norway 0-6
34 3- 6-98 Créteil Mexico 0-0
35 12- 6-98 Lens Denmark 0-1 World Cup
36 18- 6-98 Saint-Denis France 0-4 World Cup
[1] Saudi Arabia won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Coach for UA Emirates
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 5- 2-90 Dubai Denmark 1-1
2 12- 2-90 Dubai Finland 1-1
3 14- 2-90 Dubai Sweden 2-1
4 17- 2-90 Dubai Sweden 0-2
5 22- 2-90 Kuwait City Oman 1-1 Gulf Cup
6 27- 2-90 Kuwait City Qatar 0-0 Gulf Cup
7 3- 3-90 Kuwait City Iraq 2-2 Gulf Cup
8 5- 3-90 Kuwait City Bahrain 0-1 Gulf Cup
9 9- 3-90 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-6 Gulf Cup
10 21- 5-90 Marseille Poland 0-4
11 28- 5-90 Nîmes Hungary 0-3
12 9- 6-90 Bologna Colombia 0-2 World Cup
13 15- 6-90 Milano Germany 1-5 World Cup
14 19- 6-90 Bologna Yugoslavia 1-4 World Cup
Coach for South Africa
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 24- 3-07 N'Djaména Chad 3-0 African Cup Qual.
2 28- 3-07 Johannesburg Bolivia 0-1
3 26- 5-07 Lobamba Malawi 0-0 [1] COSAFA Cup
4 27- 5-07 Lobamba Mauritius 2-0 COSAFA Cup
5 2- 6-07 Durban Chad 4-0 African Cup Qual.
6 17- 6-07 Pointe-Noire Congo-Brazz. 1-1 African Cup Qual.
7 22- 8-07 Aberdeen Scotland 0-1
8 9- 9-07 Cape Town Zambia 1-3 African Cup Qual.
9 12- 9-07 Johannesburg Uruguay 0-0
10 29- 9-07 Pretoria Botswana 1-0 COSAFA Cup
11 17-10-07 Siena Italy 0-2
12 24-10-07 Bloemfontein Zambia 0-0 [2] COSAFA Cup
13 17-11-07 Johannesburg United States 0-1 Mandela Cup
14 20-11-07 Durban Canada 2-0
15 13- 1-08 Durban Mozambique 2-0
16 16- 1-08 Durban Botswana 2-1
17 23- 1-08 Tamale Angola 1-1 African Nations Cup
18 27- 1-08 Tamale Tunisia 1-3 African Nations Cup
19 31- 1-08 Kumasi Senegal 1-1 African Nations Cup
20 11- 3-08 Johannesburg Zimbabwe 2-1
21 26- 3-08 Atteridgeville Paraguay 3-0
22 14-11-09 Port Elizabeth Japan 0-0
23 17-11-09 Bloemfontein Jamaica 0-0
24 27- 1-10 Durban Zimbabwe 3-0
25 3- 3-10 Durban Namibia 1-1
26 31- 3-10 Asunción Paraguay 1-1
27 22- 4-10 Wiesbaden North Korea 0-0
28 28- 4-10 Offenbach Jamaica 2-0
29 16- 5-10 Nelspruit Thailand 4-0
30 24- 5-10 Johannesburg Bulgaria 1-1
31 27- 5-10 Johannesburg Colombia 2-1
32 30- 5-10 Polokwane Guatemala 5-0
33 5- 6-10 Atteridgeville Denmark 1-0
34 11- 6-10 Johannesburg Mexico 1-1 World Cup
35 16- 6-10 Pretoria Uruguay 0-3 World Cup
36 22- 6-10 Bloemfontein France 2-1 World Cup
[1] South Africa won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] South Africa won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
251 120 76 55 417-247 316 62.95
Types of Matches
Friendlies 88
World Cup Qualifier 44
World Cup 23
Copa América 18
Gulf Cup 16
Asian Nations Cup 12
African Nations Cup 8
Confederations Cup 8
Merdeka Cup 7
Asian Games 6
African Cup Qualifier 4
Other Tournaments 17
Total matches: 251
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