Luiz Felipe Scolari: The Man, The Manager by José Carlos Freitas
PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE THUS: "To Andrew Best wishes L Scolari"; Dewi Lewis Media Ltd 1st UK ed/1st printing published in 2008 having been translated from the Portuguese by Silvia Baptista, 191pp., text generally in decent order albeit with a hint of yellowing to page edges, slight browning & staining to the page extremities at the very top, side & bottom, some edge wear to covers/corners/top & bottom of spine with slight rubbing/creasing to the front top right hand edge, the front has many marks & scratches, the rear less so.
Luiz Felipe Scolari OIH (born 9 November 1948), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Atlético Mineiro.
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. Scolari also managed Portugal through UEFA Euro 2008, but resigned after a 2–3 loss to Germany in the second round.
After a return to club management at Chelsea in the Premier League, Scolari was hired again as manager of the Brazil national team in
2012. He led them to victory at the 2013 Confederations Cup, and to the semi-final in the 2014 World Cup. After the Brazil national team
finished fourth overall in an upset 1–7 loss to Germany in the semi-finals, and a 0–3 loss to the Netherlands in the third-place playoff, the Brazilian Football Confederation decided not to renew his contract. In 2015, he started work at Guangzhou Evergrande and went on to claim both the 2015 Chinese Super League and 2015 AFC Champions League in his first season with the club. He returned to Palmeiras in 2018, winning his second Brazilian league title that year.
Scolari is a dual citizen of Brazil and Italy, as he is descended from Italian immigrants.
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