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Luiz Felipe Scolari, ComIH (born November 9, 1948 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), also known as Felipão (\"Big Phil\"), is a Brazilian football coach. He has been the head coach of the Portuguese national team since 2003. more...

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From 2001 to 2002, Scolari coached the Brazilian national team, leading them to victory in the 2002 World Cup.

Career

Brazilian clubs

Scolari had an auspicious career coaching Brazilian clubs. His first big title was the Brazilian Cup, in 1991, coaching the small Criciúma, from Santa Catarina. In 1994, Scolari joined one of the biggest teams in South America, Grêmio, for whom he also played in the 1970s. During his time at the club, Grêmio enjoyed a significant degree of success winning the Brazilian Cup, in 1994; the Libertadores da América, in 1995; the Recopa, also in 1995 and the Brazilian Championship in 1996. Grêmio were defeated in the 1995 Toyota Cup final after a penalty shootout with Ajax. During the late 1990s he also coached other South American's Giant, Palmeiras. Here he won the Brazilian Cup and the Mercosur Cup. He won the Libertadores once more but was defeated again in the Toyota Cup, this time his team suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United. The Palmeiras was the most important moment in his career.

Brazil national team

After a brief period coaching Cruzeiro, he was invited, in 2001, to coach the Brazilian national team, whose morale was very low after the lacklustre defeat of the final match of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, its elimination in quarterfinals of (Catalan) by Honduras and a series of bad results which threatened their qualification for the upcoming 2002 FIFA World Cup (which would be nothing short of a national disaster, as Brazil never failed to qualify). His career with the national team was controversial since the beginning mostly for his refusal to call famous footballer Romário with whom he supposedly had a major disagreement over the former's demands of privileges and (in Scolari's opinion) decaying physical fitness. After resisting a national outcry in favour of Romário he coached Brazil in its probably easiest-won World Cup ever but resigned soon after the final match with allegations of excessive pressure from the CBF and disappointment with the public's reaction to his work. After resigning he said that after successfully coaching a major national team in a World Cup returning to coaching Brazilian clubs would be a return into obscurity and sought work abroad, eventually signing with the Portuguese federation.

Portugal national team

Portugal, as organizer of Euro 2004, did not have to qualify, and played only friendlies on the run up to the tournmant. Apart from a victory against Brazil, the results were mostly disappointing: the team selected by Scolari showed itself uncapable of beating any of the Euro 2004 finalists.