Sports Desk:
What hasn’t happened in Brazil Is Carlo Ancelotti the first foreign coach in the 110-year history of the Brazilian Football Federation? Ancelotti is not Brazil’s first foreign coach. The Brazilian national team has had three foreign coaches before. Although the three coaches have been in charge of Brazil for a total of 25 days and have managed a total of 7 matches. In this case, Ancelotti is the ‘first’ foreign coach to be the full-time coach of the Brazilian team.
What hasn’t happened in Brazil
There is an Argentine on the short list of foreign coaches in Brazil—Filippo Nunez. The last foreign coach in the Brazilian national team was Nunez, that too in 1965. What has not happened in Brazilian football in the last 60 years has happened today. The name of a foreign coach has been officially announced as the team’s coach, and he is none other than—Carlo Ancelotti, one of the most successful coaches in club football. Under his leadership, Real Madrid made the Champions League their own ‘property’!
In other words, Ancelotti will be the first full-time foreign coach in Brazil’s 110-year football history. He will be in Brazil’s dugout until the 2026 World Cup. Brazil last won the World Cup in 2002. The Brazilians failed to advance past the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup. Brazil has not had a good full-time coach since Tite left the post of coach. Ramon Menezes and Fernando Diniz have failed as interim coaches. When Darival Jr. was sacked after being devastated by Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers last March, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before Ancelotti became Brazil’s coach. The Brazilian Football Federation had been trying to convince Ancelotti since 2023. The CBF president really wanted Ancelotti. His wish has been fulfilled. Now Ancelotti has the big responsibility of putting a smile on the faces of Brazilians—which he did brilliantly at Real
