Carlos Alberto Parreira - REUTERS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (REUTERS)
CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA resigned as Brazil coach yesterday following their World Cup quarter-final exit, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said.
"After a meeting held this morning (yesterday)... with CBF president Ricardo Teixeira, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira left the Brazilian national team," said a statement on the CBF's official website.
"It was a joint decision and Parreira will not have, from today, any professional connection with the Brazilian Football Confederation."
Former Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who was in charge of Brazil from 1998 to 2000, and former Sao Paulo and Peru coach Paulo Autuori are the favourites to take over.
The controversial Luxemburgo is currently coach of Santos and Autuori is in Japan with Kashima Antlers.
Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil's 2002 World Cup winner and widely regarded as the first choice to take over, has already signed an extension to his contract with Portugal until 2008.
Parreira, who led Brazil to their fourth world title in 1994 but was even then criticised for abandoning traditional flair, had been at the helm since the start of 2003 in his third stint in charge of the national team.
He won the 2004 Copa America and the 2005 Confederations Cup, on both occasions beating arch-rivals Argentina in the final. His overall record in 53 full internationals was 29 wins, 17 draws and seven defeats.
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