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IFFHS – THE WORLD’S BEST NATIONAL COACH 1999 : VANDERLEI LUXEMBURGO (BRAZIL) 

PRESENTATION

Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva, born 10 May 1952 in Nova Iguaçu (Brazil), is known as the Manager who won 5 Brazil Serie A titles (a record) and who was crowned in 1999 in the Copa America with Brazil, becoming in the same year the honor to be THE WORLD’S BEST NATIONAL COACH by IFFHS.

After his youth career in Botafogo, he signed his first contract in 1971 with Flamengo.

He played only 17 matches (1 goal) in 6 years, but won the Campeonato Carioca 1973 and 1978. He tried his chance at International the same year  (27 matches) before returning to Botafogo from 1979 to 1982 (7 matches only).

He started the early a coaching career in 1983 with Campo Grande, Rio Branco, Friburguense, Al Ittihad, Democrata, America but he has been noticed as a top coach when he led Bragantino to the title of Campeonato Paulista 1990.