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Carlos Queiroz
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| Carlos Queiroz | ||
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| Full name | Carlos Queiroz | |
| Date of birth | March 1, 1953 | |
| Place of birth | Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique | |
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| Current club | Manchester United | |
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| 1984 1990-1993 1994 1996 1996-1997 1999 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004- |
Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (assistant manager) Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal NY/NJ MetroStars Nagoya Grampus Eight United Arab Emirates South Africa Manchester United (assistant manager) Real Madrid Manchester United (assistant manager) |
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Carlos Queiroz[1], ComIH (IPA: ['kaɾluʃ kɐi'ɾɔʃ]), (born 1 March 1953 in Nampula, Mozambique) is a Portuguese football coach. He is currently Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United, where he is currently enjoying his second spell. Queiroz is the fourth assistant Alex Ferguson has had during his 20 years at the club, following Archie Knox, Brian Kidd and Steve McClaren.
Queiroz has won several awards as a coach in junior levels, and he has been fairly successful at senior and club levels. He is considered the discoverer of the Portuguese "Golden Generation" in the early 1990s, which most prominently include Luís Figo and Rui Costa who were both selected for the FIFA 100 celebrations. In 1998, he authored the "Q-Report" which detailed plans to enhance football player development in the United States.
Queiroz was also one of two seat holders for the now-defunct A1 Grand Prix team A1 Team Portugal - the other was Luís Figo.
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Born in Nampula, in the then Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, Queiroz had a short career as a player, before turning to management. He moved to Portugal following Mozambique's declaration of independence in 1975,[2] and here he built up a reputation for working with youth players. He coached the Portuguese national under-20 youth team to two Football World Youth Championship wins, in the 1989 and 1991 tournaments. As head coach of the Portuguese under-20 youth team, Queiroz was credited with discovering the "golden generation" of Portuguese football, including Luís Figo, Rui Costa, Fernando Couto, João Vieira Pinto and Jorge Costa who went on to become five of the six most-capped players ever for the senior Portugal national football team.
In 1984, Queiroz was appointed as assistant manager of Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia. Following his success with the Portuguese national youth teams, Queiroz was appointed senior national coach in 1990. Following a record of 14 wins in 31 matches,[3] Queiroz coached his last national team game in 1993 and went on to manage the Portuguese SuperLiga team Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1994. He subsequently coached NY/NJ MetroStars in the United States and Japanese team Nagoya Grampus Eight. In between, he found time to author the "Q-Report" detailing plans to professionalise the development of football players in the United States. Queiroz returned to coaching national teams in 1999, when he took a job as coach of the United Arab Emirates, before becoming coach of South Africa in 2000. Under Queiroz, South Africa strolled through to qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but Queiroz resigned before the finals after falling out with the technical director Jomo Sono.[2]
Queiroz became the first foreign coach at English club Manchester United[2] when he joined the team in June 2002. He began his work at the start of the 2002-03 season, working alongside Alex Ferguson, who had gone without an assistant manager since the departure of Steve McClaren in the summer 2001. Following Queiroz' arrival, Manchester United succeeded in catching board leaders Arsenal and claim the Premier League title.
His work at Manchester United attracted the attention of Real Madrid, who wanted Queiroz as their manager to replace the exiting Vicente Del Bosque in the summer 2003. It was an opportunity to work with the likes of FIFA World Player of the Year award winners Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and Luís Figo; an opportunity which Queiroz was unable to turn down. He was appointed on a two-year contract, only a week after the arrival of Manchester United player David Beckham. Although Real Madrid was playing some of their best football in recent years, many believe that Queiroz' failure at Madrid was down to the pressure from the Real Madrid president. Some believe that he was forced to pick the star players, therefore having no input into tactical decisions. Famously, he didn't want to sell Makélélé, as he felt he was too important to the team. However, he was overruled. Another example of the clash between manager and president came when Queiroz informed Real Madrid officials that Pepe (now a Real Madrid player) was going to be one of the most vibrant players in his position (centre back) and was available for 2 million Euros. However, Real Madrid rejected his request because, according to Queiroz, at the time, centre backs didn't sell shirts.[4] However, just three years later, Real Madrid bought Pepe for 30 million Euros.
Real Madrid got off to a slow start of the 2003-04 season, but at mid-season the team topped the La Liga table and was still in contention for the Spanish Cup and UEFA Champions League trophies. However, they went on to lose their final five matches and finished in 4th place, which gave Valencia CF the title. Real Madrid also disappointed in the Spanish Cup and UEFA Champions League tournaments, and didn't win a single trophy for the first time in four years. Following 10 months at Real Madrid, Queiroz would join the long list of managerial failures at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, as he was sacked in May 2004.[5]
Reforming the old partnership with Alex Ferguson proved an attractive option to both sides. United had trailed 15 points behind Arsenal, and Ferguson was forced to bring in temporary help from Walter Smith during the tough end of season run-in. Subsequently, Queiroz returned to United as assistant manager on 1 July 2004, signing a 3-year deal.
At the end of 2005, Carlos Queiroz was heavily rumoured to be one of the main reasons for team captain Roy Keane's unlikely departure from Manchester United in November 2005. According to Roy Keane, he did not like the way Queiroz was given so much responsibility as if he were manager of the club and Keane did not like the tactics that Queiroz employed. One of the main outbursts of Roy Keane's now infamous MUTV interview was aimed directly at Carlos Queiroz.[6] As nobody in the media has ever seen this tape it is difficult to gather what was said.
During May 2006, reports were linking him with a return to Portugal as manager of SL Benfica. Queiroz himself denied the rumours,[7] which were later laid to rest when Benfica hired Fernando Santos for the spot. In December 2006, when Jurgen Klinsmann turned down the offer to coach the U.S. National Team, rumours began to spread that Queiroz would be a very strong candidate for that position as he has already had strong ties with MLS.
- European Under-17 Football Championship (2nd place) (1988)
- European Under-19 Football Championship (2nd place) (1988)
- FIFA World Youth Championship (1st place) (1989)
- European Football U-17 Championship (1st place) (1989)
- FIFA U-17 World Championship (3rd place) (1989)
- European Football U-19 Championship (2nd place) (1990)
- Football World Youth Championship (1st place) (1991)
- ^ Sometimes spelled Queirós, but not Queiróz.
- ^ a b c "Queiroz joins Man Utd", BBC Sport, 2002-06-06. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
- ^ Maxim Olenev (1999-06-28). PORTUGUESE NATIONAL TEAM COACHES. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
- ^ "Madrid Could Have Signed Pepe For €2m - Queiroz", Goal.com, 2007-07-31.
- ^ "Real sack Queiroz", BBC Sport, 2004-05-24. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
- ^ Rob Smyth. "Keane was right - but he should've taken down Fergie too", Guardian Unlimited, 2005-11-01. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
- ^ "Benfica silent, but Queiroz announcement edges nearer", ESPN Soccernet, 2006-05-19. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
| Preceded by Eddie Firmani |
New York/New Jersey MetroStars head coach 1996 |
Succeeded by Carlos Alberto Parreira |
| Preceded by Steve McClaren |
Manchester United assistant manager 2002-03 |
Succeeded by Walter Smith |
| Preceded by Walter Smith |
Manchester United assistant manager 2004-Present |
Succeeded by 'Incumbent' |
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