Grêmio officialized on Friday night (25) the return of Luiz Felipe Scolari to the club. Tricolor idol and one of the most victorious technicians in the gremista history, Felipão now takes on a new function: it will be the technical coordinator of the main team, a position similar to what he held at Athletico-PR, in 2023.
At 76, Scolari arrives to reinforce the structure of the football department in a moment of reconstruction. His experience accumulated over decades in charge of major teams and teams will be used behind the scenes, focusing on support for the coaching staff, dialogue with athletes and assisting the club’s strategic work.
Luiz Felipe Scolari has a historical relationship with the. In his most remarkable passage, between 1993 and 1996, he won the Brazil Cup, the Libertadores and the Brazilian Championship, as well as two state.
After that, Felipão still had two other passages through, between 2014 and 2015 and in 2021, the year he returned in an attempt, which was unsuccessful, to avoid the gremista relegation.
World Champion coach in 2002 and also the fateful 7-1 to Germany in 2014, Felipão had been away since March this year, when he ended his time at Atletico-MG.
