Luis Felipe Scolari is a very famous person in the world of football. He is a talented field player, a terrific coach and just a man with a strong character. Scolari was born in 1948. Still continues to pay tribute to his beloved business.
Interesting Facts
Despite the fact that Luis Felipe Scolari is considered a Brazilian, as well as a national ex-player and now the coach of Brazil, he is Italian. The footballer was born into an Italian family that immigrated to Brazil. His father is from Venice and, by the way, is also associated with football. In the 1940s, he was considered one of the best defenders in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was from his father that Louis inherited Italian citizenship. And apparently, in addition to this, there is also a craving for football and sports talent.
The beginning of a coaching career
Luis Felipe Scolari began his coaching career in the eighties. And he started in this regard with a provincial club called “SSA Maceio”. After which he practiced his coaching skills in some Brazilian clubs, and the Saudi Al-Shabab team became the next. It was a kind of experience, because it was this team that became the first foreign club of the now great coach.
Continuation of activities
In 1987, Louis began to train FC Gremio. This club was considered one of the most famous in all of Brazil. But Scolari did not stay long in this team either. Since he left for Goias, after which he moved to Kuwait for two years to train Al-Qadisiya players and the national team. Luis Felipe Scolari returned to Brazil only in 1991. Then he took under his supervision FC “Chrisuma”, with whom he reached the final of the Brazilian Cup and won it. This was his first major victory.
But Louis was not destined to stay at home. He stayed there for a year and then moved to Saudi Arabia, where he began to train the Al-Ahly team. Then, by the way, he returned to Al-Qaddiyiyah again.
But in 1993, Luis Felipe Scolari, whose photos are presented below, again returned to Brazil and again became a Gremio coach. There he stayed for three seasons. Surprisingly, because of the above, we can confidently say that the Brazilian had a very hectic career with eternal moving. But with Gremio, he won the Brazil Cup (1994), the Libertadores Cup (1995) and the national championship (1996). This was followed by another move to Japan, but short-term, since then Scolari went back to Brazil and became a Palmeiras coach. With this team, he won the Cup of the country, the Cup of Libertadores and Mercosur. And in 2000, he was appointed coach of the Cruzeiro.
National teams
Luis Felipe Scolari, whose biography is very interesting, coached two teams - Brazilian and Portuguese. In his first season, he showed success. The national team of Brazil under his leadership passed the qualifying round for the 2002 World Cup and won this tournament, becoming the world champion for the fifth time. Then Scolari was named the coach of the year "FIFA 2002". However, the fans and the football confederation did not like something for reasons unclear for many (apparently, the world championship was not enough), and Louis decided to resign. But the trainer wasn’t just released - he was immediately invited to the Portuguese national team. And he again showed success, leading the team to the finals of the 2004 European Championship. True, there the players lost to the Greeks.
For some time after the national teams, Scolari coached Chelsea, Budenkor, and then Palmeiras (again). However, in 2012 he returned to the national Brazilian team. Apparently, the confederation considered that a huge mistake had been made (to dismiss the coach who led the players to victory in the World Cup) and decided to fix it. By the way, in 2013, the team under his leadership won the Confederations Cup.
About achievements
Luis Felipe Scolari is a coach with a busy life and a rich career. He and his teams became the champion of the state of Alagoas, the owner of the Cups of the Emir of Kuwait, Libertadores, Sul Minas, Mercosur, the winner of the Brazilian Cup (repeatedly), the champion of Series A, the Premier League, the Gaucho League (three times), and won the Rio San Paulo, the championship of China, etc. Also, this person was recognized as the coach of the year in South America (twice) and the best according to FIFA.
By the way, Scolari is known for its difficult character. So, for example, in 2008 (when the national team of Serbia and Portugal played in the qualifying tournament of the 2008 European Championship), Luis Felipe almost hit Ivica Dragutinovic. For this, the coach was disqualified for four games. And in 2010, someone threw a radio from the stands in the head of Scolari (this was after the match with Goias). But Louis said he needed something harder to kill.
In 2011, he was again disqualified, but for six games. Just Luis Felipe said that the referee worked too biased. In the same year, but in September, fans of their own club shouted insulting words towards the players and threw coins at them. Louis shouted something in response and showed appropriate obscene gestures.
As you can see, Scolari is an interesting and peculiar person.