Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz is a Portuguese football coach who currently is the head coach of the Qatar national team.
34 Facts About Carlos Queiroz
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Carlos Queiroz has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia and Egypt, leading South Africa, Portugal and Iran to the FIFA World Cup.
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Carlos Queiroz had two spells as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United.
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Carlos Queiroz is the longest-serving manager in the history of the Iran national team, serving for almost eight years between 2011 and 2019.
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Carlos Queiroz returned to the role for Iran's 2022 World Cup campaign.
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Carlos Queiroz is the only manager in the country's history to lead them at three consecutive World Cups.
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Carlos Queiroz moved to Portugal following Portugal's Carnation Revolution on 25 April 1974, and Mozambique's declaration of independence in 1975.
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Carlos Queiroz coached the Portuguese under-20 side to two FIFA World Youth Championship wins, in the 1989 and 1991 tournaments.
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In 1984, Carlos Queiroz was appointed as assistant manager of Estoril-Praia.
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Carlos Queiroz had a record of 14 wins in 31 matches.
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Carlos Queiroz returned to coaching national teams in 1999, when he took the job as head coach of the United Arab Emirates, before becoming head coach of South Africa in 2000.
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Carlos Queiroz became a coach at English club Manchester United in June 2002.
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Carlos Queiroz was appointed on a two-year contract, only a week after the arrival of Manchester United player David Beckham.
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Carlos Queiroz returned to United as Ferguson's assistant in June 2004.
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Carlos Queiroz was linked with managerial roles with Portuguese side Benfica and the United States national team in 2006 but he remained with Manchester United to help them win the Premier League in 2007.
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Carlos Queiroz was often seen conducting interviews with BBC programmes, such as Match of the Day, as at the time Alex Ferguson refused to speak with the BBC after allegations by the BBC's Panorama programme that Ferguson's younger son Jason, and Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, had been involved in corruption regarding cuts in transfer fees.
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Carlos Queiroz did not make any public response to the approach.
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Carlos Queiroz was the closest you could be to being the Manchester United manager without actually holding the title.
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On 11 July 2008, it was announced that Carlos Queiroz was leaving Manchester United, having agreed to a four-year contract to become the head coach of the Portugal national team.
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On 4 April 2011, Carlos Queiroz agreed to a two-and-a-half-year deal to coach Iran until the end of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil alongside goalkeeping coach Dan Gaspar and assistant coach Omid Namazi.
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Carlos Queiroz made new foreign-based additions to his squad, adding players such as Reza Ghoochannejhad to his team.
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Carlos Queiroz resigned from his managerial post thereafter due to disagreements with the Iranian Football Federation.
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On 26 April, Carlos Queiroz announced that he would continue as the manager of Iran for their 2018 World Cup campaign.
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On 23 September 2018, Carlos Queiroz extended his contract until the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, hoping to win Iran's first continental title since 1976.
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On 7 February 2019, Carlos Queiroz took over as the new manager of Colombia on a three-year contract.
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Carlos Queiroz was the only European and African coaching a South American national team, and was the fourth European manager to be in charge of the Colombian team after Friedrich Donnenfeld, Toza Veselinovic and Blagoje Vidinic.
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On 8 September 2021, the Egyptian Football Association announced the signing of Carlos Queiroz to replace Hossam El Badry.
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Carlos Queiroz later agreed with the Egyptian Football Association to terminate his contract by mutual consent.
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On 7 September 2022, Carlos Queiroz was rehired for a second spell as Iran coach ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, his third World Cup with the country.
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Carlos Queiroz's appointment was promised as part of Mehdi Taj's successful campaign for a second spell as president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Carlos Queiroz said that his players had the right to protest as long as it conformed with the regulations of the tournament.
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Carlos Queiroz took issue with BBC reporter Shaimaa Khalil asking Iran player Mehdi Taremi for his opinion on the protests, and questioned her on whether she would ask the other teams in Iran's group about the British and American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Carlos Queiroz was appointed manager of the Qatar national team in February 2023, succeeding Felix Sanchez, who led them at the 2022 FIFA World Cup which they hosted.
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Carlos Queiroz had answered previously to Choi that Iran had fairly shared what they had with the South Korean national team on their visit to Iran.