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Luiz Felipe Scolari

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Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈis fiˈlipi skoˈlaɾi]; born 9 November 1948), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football manager and former player who currently serves as the technical director of Grêmio. Considered to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time by several pundits, Scolari was a defender during his playing days, and notably represented Caxias before moving to a managerial role in 1982. After leading the Brazil national team to a FIFA World Cup win in 2002, he was manager of the Portugal national team from July 2003 to June 2008. He led Portugal to the final of UEFA Euro 2004, which they lost 0–1 to Greece, and to a fourth-place finish in the 2006 World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luiz Felipe Scolari is the 18th most popular coach (down from 16th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Coach.

Luiz Felipe Scolari is most famous for being the manager of the Brazilian national team during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he led Brazil to its fifth World Cup title.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 18 out of 471Before him are Hans-Dieter Flick, Guus Hiddink, Rafael Benítez, Giovanni Trapattoni, Marco van Basten, and Vicente del Bosque. After him are Rinus Michels, Marcello Lippi, Luis Aragonés, Jürgen Klopp, Diego Simeone, and Sven-Göran Eriksson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 22Before him are Hassan Rouhani, Eddie Jordan, Maurizio Gucci, Linda McMahon, Jan Palach, and Jeremy Irons. After him are Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Nick Drake, Charles Taylor, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Klaus Meine, and Olivia Newton-John.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 20 out of 2,236Before him are Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Rivellino (1946), Nelson Piquet (1952), and Roberto Carlos (1973). After him are Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Jorge Amado (1912), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), João Havelange (1916), and Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927).

Among COACHES In Brazil

Among coaches born in Brazil, Luiz Felipe Scolari ranks 1After him are Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Vicente Feola (1909), Leonardo Araújo (1969), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), Sebastião Lazaroni (1950), Mazinho (1966), Adhemar Pimenta (1896), Zé Mário (1949), José Faria (1933), Oswaldo de Oliveira (1950), and Mano Menezes (1962).