Coach Vanderlei Luxembourg announced on Sunday (18/05) his retirement as a soccer coach. In an interview with “Xicotv” on Instagram, Luxa assured that she no longer wants to get back to the team.
– I no longer intend to be a soccer coach. It gave my time. It’s part, I had recent invitations to return to football. I saw what is happening in football, this mess that is football, and I said I don’t want to, I don’t want it here anymore, ”he said.
Luxembourg also criticized the CBF, citing the departures of three former presidents of the entity -Ricardo Teixeira, Rogério Caboclo and, more recently, Ednaldo Rodrigues -stating that the political issue influences on the field.
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– The CBF has just lost its president, Ednaldo. Ricardo (Teixeira) was removed, Caboclo was removed… What did they do in football, except to play Brazil (down)? Nor candidate to win a World Cup Brazil is placed. Just for the past, not by the present, ”he said.
Luxembourg also said he can continue working, but not in football. The now former coach said he can follow the path of politics.
– I can’t stop working. We public people who have notoriety and we can influence people’s lives, we have to create opportunities to help growth. I will make myself available to something I can do, not as a coach and former player. I can contribute out of football in politics. It’s something I always militated, ”he said.
Career and titles of Luxembourg
Born on May 10, 1952, Vanderlei Luxembourg da Silva was left-back and acted for Flamengo, Inter and Botafogo, and served in the Brazilian team between 1973 and 1974.
Luxa, as he is known, began his coach career in 1983 in Campo Grande. The coach passed Rio Branco-ES, Friburguense, Al-Ittihad, Democava-GV, Fluminense, America-RJ and Al-Shabab until reaching Bragantino in 1989.
For the team from São Paulo, he had the first great work of his career: Luxembourg won the Serie B of the Brazilian Championship in 1989 and Paulistan of 1990.
The coach later had tickets for Flamengo, Guarani and Ponte Preta until he closes with Palmeiras between 1993 and 1994. In Verdon, the coach ended the 16 -year fast of the team without titles. In the period, he won two Paulistas, two Brazilians and a Rio-Sao Paulo.
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He had short tickets for Flamengo and Paraná and, still in 1995, returned to Palmeiras. Again in Verdon, he won the 1996 Paulista in an attack that scored epoch, having scored more than 100 goals in the state competition.
After leaving Verdon, he closed with Santos in 1997 and Corinthians in 1998, being invited to take over the Brazilian team after Brazil’s runner-up at the World Cup against France. The coach won the 1999 Copa America with the country.
He left Brazil after the defeat in the quarterfinals of the 2000 Olympics, when the country lost to Cameroon in the tournament’s men’s football.
In 2001, he returned to Corinthians, winning a Paulista. In 2002, he closed with Palmeiras, but had a turbulent passage in a year that ended with the relegated summer for Serie B for the first time. He arrived at Cruzeiro in the same year.
In 2003, he made a fantastic season with Raposa, being champion of the Minas Gerais, the Brazilian Cup and the Brasileirão, winning the triple crown. In early 2004, he was fired from the team, being announced by Santos shortly afterwards.
For Peixe, he won the Brazilian Championship once again, leaving the team at the end of the year to take over Real Madrid. It was announced by the Spanish giant for early 2005. He had a complicated period in the team and was fired after a year without winning trophies.
He returned to Santos, winning Paulistan twice, leaving the club in late 2007. In 2008, he won the state again, but this time with Palmeiras. He returned to Santos, without winning titles.
In 2009, he closed with Atletico-MG, winning the Mineiro Championship. He got it right with Flamengo in 2010 and avoided the relegation of the team. In 2011, he won the carioca, being fired in early 2012.
He closed with Grêmio that year, being fired one years later. He agreed with Fluminense in 2013, being dismissed after leaving the team in the relegation zone – the team did not fall due to the STJD, which downgraded to the Portuguese for unregracted midfielder Héverton in the last round of the tournament, when Lusa no longer had a math chance of falling.
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He returned to Rio de Janeiro in 2014, hitting Flamengo. It was dismissed in early 2015, where he returned to Cruzeiro, staying a few months.
There was a period in Chinese football, closing with Tianjin Quanjian, before returning to Brazil in 2017, when he closed with Sport, being fired after five months.
In 2019, he closed with Vasco, but left command after six months. He returned to Palmeiras for the 2020 season, winning Paulistan, becoming coach more often champion of the state tournament. Was fired in October 2020.
By 2021, he agreed again with Vasco, being relegated with Cruzmaltino and, with that, having not renewed his contract. He closed with Cruzeiro in the middle of 2021, driving the team away from Serie B relegation zone, but unable to access. It was fired at the end of that year.
In 2023, he closed his last contract as a coach. It was announced by Corinthians in May and was on the team only until September, having less than 50%.
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Vanderlei Luxembourg titles
Rio Branco-Es
- Capixaba Championship – 1 Title – 1983
Bragantine
- Série B – Title – 1989
- Paulista Championship – 1 Title – 1990
Flemish
- Rio Copa – 1 Title – 1991
- Carioca Championship – 1 Title – 2011
Palm trees
- Paulista Championship – 5 titles – 1993, 1994, 1996, 2008 and 2020
- Brazilian Championship – 2 titles – 1993 and 1994
- Rio -São Paulo – 1 Title – 1993
Santos
- Paulista Championship – 2 titles – 2006 and 2007
- Brazilian Championship – 1 Title – 2004
- Rio -São Paulo – 1 Title – 1997
Corinthians
- Brazilian Championship – 1 Title – 1998
- Paulista Championship – 1 Title – 2001
Cruise
- Brazilian Championship – 1 Title – 2003
- Copa do Brasil – 1 Title – 2003
- Mineiro Championship – 1 Title – 2003
Atletico-MG
- Mineiro Championship – 1 Title – 2010
Sport
- Pernambucano Championship – 1 Title – 2010
Brazilian
- Copa América – 1 Title – 1999
