Brazil dispose of Dunga
Reuters - Monday 05 July 2010, 01:56
SAO PAULO - Brazil coach Dunga and his
entire coaching staff have been sacked after the team's
quarter-final exit from the World Cup.
The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) released a
statement on Sunday confirming the dismissals.
"With the closing of the work cycle that started in August
2006 and ended with the elimination of Brazil from the World
Cup in South Africa, the CBF announces the dismissal of the
Technical Commission of the Brazilian team," the statement
read.
Dunga, 46, had already indicated after his team's surprise
2-1 quarter-final loss to the Netherlands that he would be
stepping down after four years in the job.
Dunga replaced Carlos Alberto Parreira in July 2006,
immediately after the last World Cup.
A hard-tackling midfielder in his playing days, Dunga
captained the Brazil team that won the 1994 World Cup and
finished runners-up four years later, but was a surprise choice
as coach, having had no previous coaching experience.
Despite that, he led Brazil to the Copa America in 2007,
the Confederations Cup in 2009 and top of the South American
World Cup qualifying group before it all came crashing down
with the loss to the Dutch in Port Elizabeth.
The CBF said in their statement that a new coach would be
installed by the end of the month.
Brazil are due to play the United States at the new
Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey in August and have a busy
schedule over the next few years, including hosting the
Confederations Cup in 2013 and the World Cup in 2014.
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