The coach of the Brazilian men’s football team, Carlo Ancelotti, is the oldest to lead the Brazilian team in a World Cup.
The Italian turned 67 on Wednesday (10), on the eve of Brazil’s debut in the championship, one year more than coach Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo, known as Zagallo, had when he led Brazilian athletes to second place in the 1998 World Cupin France.
Furthermore, Italian Ancelotti He is the first foreign coach to lead the team in World Cups. On other occasions, the team has been led by three coaches from other countries: Uruguayan Ramón Platero, Portuguese Joreca and Argentine Filpo Nuñez. Trio that totaled seven matches, with five wins, one draw and one defeat.
Ramón Platero managed Brazil in the 1925 South American Championship, in Argentina, the old version of what is now the Copa América. The Portuguese Joreca, together with the multiple champion for Flamengo and Vasco Flávio Costa, coached the Seleção in two friendlies against Uruguay in 1944.
In 1965, Vicente Feola was the coach of the already two-time world champion team, but the CBD decided that Palmeiras would represent Brazil in a friendly against Uruguay for the inauguration of the Mineirão. As Filpo Nuñez was responsible for the São Paulo club, he was the one who led the 3-0 victory over Uruguay. Some do not officially consider him as a coach of the Brazilian team, others confirm the Argentine as coach of the Brazilian team for one day.
Brazil makes its debut in the 2026 World Cup this Saturday (13). The match will be against Morocco, 4th place in the 2022 World Cup, which was played in Qatar. THE The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm at MetLife Stadium, in New Jersey, in the United States.
In its 23rd participation in the tournament, the Seleção, which arrives with suspicion and with the Brazilians not believing in the sixth star, mixes veterans and newcomers in its squad.
