The Qatar Federation officially announced this Wednesday the departure of Carlos Queiroz from the national team. The Portuguese coach signed a four-year contract with Qatar in February with the aim of qualifying for the 26 World Cup, starting the qualifying phase with victories over Afghanistan (8-1) and India (3-0). ).
“Thank you to coach Carlos Queiroz for the time he spent at the helm of our team. We wish him success in his future career,” the club wrote on social networks.
In a 30-year career that began in 1991 and before arriving in Qatar, Queiroz has already managed six national teams, having been in charge of the United Arab Emirates (1999), South Africa (2000-2001) and Colombia (2019). until 2020), as well as Portugal (from 1991 to 1993 and from 2008 to 2010), Iran (from 2011 to 2019 and 2022) and Egypt (from 2021 to 2022).
After winning two Under-20 World Cups with Portugal, in 1989 and 1991, with the “golden generation”, Queiroz was selected to lead the senior team to the 1994 World Cup in the USA, but he failed to do so. and he left. position at the time, with strong criticism of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
This was followed by three seasons with Sporting (peaking the Portuguese Cup) and stints in the USA (MetroStars), Japan (Nagoya Grampus), the Emirates and South Africa before he arrived in England in the 2002/03 season. become Alex Ferguson’s assistant at Manchester United.
The following season, Queiroz was chosen to manage Real Madrid, but his adventure with the Merengue team, with whom he won the Spanish Super Cup, lasted only one season, and at the end he returned to Manchester and became Ferguson’s number two again. . .
In 2008, the former goalkeeper, born in Nampula, Mozambique, returned to the Portuguese national team, this time replacing Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari and guaranteeing qualification for the 2010 World Cup, a goal that was achieved.
In South Africa, Portugal lost in the round of 16 to Spain (1-0), who subsequently won the competition, and Queiroz again left his position in open conflict with the FPF leadership as well as some Portuguese players. like Cristiano Ronaldo or Pepe.
In 2011, the coach came to Iran, where he stayed for eight years, taking part in two World Championships, where he always reached the group stage.
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