34 Facts About Luxemburgo

Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva was born on 10 May 1952 and is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player.

Luxemburgo subsequently became a coach and led Palmeiras, Corinthians, Cruzeiro and Santos to Serie A titles, winning the tournament five times, a record total.

Luxemburgo left Fla in 1978 to Internacional, but remained at the club for just one year before returning to his first team Botafogo.

Luxemburgo was Lopes' assistant at America-RJ and Vasco da Gama .

Luxemburgo's first coaching experience occurred in 1983, with Campo Grande; he only lasted eight matches at the club, being sacked after altercations with the board.

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In 1984, after managing Friburguense, Luxemburgo then moved abroad to Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad; initially Joubert's assistant, he was in subsequently charge of the club.

Luxemburgo was at the helm of Democrata-GV in the following year, but only lasted three months.

Luxemburgo subsequently rejoined Lopes' staff at Fluminense in 1986, where he acted as head coach of the under-20 squad.

Luxemburgo returned to Brazil in October 1988, after being invited to manage Bragantino, winning the 1990 Campeonato Paulista.

Luxemburgo subsequently worked at Flamengo, Guarani and Ponte Preta before being hired by Palmeiras in 1993; he led the latter club to both the state and league championships in 1993 and 1994.

When Luxemburgo left in 1995 for Flamengo, Palmeiras' performance was visibly affected, and when he came back in 1996, the team won the Sao Paulo State championship again.

Luxemburgo left the club in the following year, to join the Brazilian national team.

Luxemburgo coached Brazil after the 1998 FIFA World Cup until the end of 2000 Olympics.

Luxemburgo was often blamed at this tournament for leaving out Romario, who had gone on national television, pleading his case to play in the tournament.

Luxemburgo stirred up controversy by having a one-way transmission device on a forward of his club team during a match.

Luxemburgo said that the Cameroon match inspired him to create a device in order to tell his players where and when to attack.

Luxemburgo led Real Madrid to seven consecutive league wins, putting them back in the title race but ended up losing it four points behind FC Barcelona.

Luxemburgo was sacked on 5 December 2005, Real Madrid announced Juan Ramon Lopez Caro would be his successor.

Luxemburgo continued with Santos in 2007 and won the Sao Paulo State Championship again.

Luxemburgo saw Santos through the semi-finals of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, winning all the matches in the group stage and eliminating strong teams, such as Caracas in the round of 16 and America in the quarter-finals, before losing to Gremio in the semis.

Later Luxemburgo finished second in the Serie A In both years, 2006 and 2007, he led Santos to a Copa Libertadores berth.

Luxemburgo signed with Palmeiras in 2008, and won the Sao Paulo State Championship for the third consecutive time.

Luxemburgo managed the team to a successful campaign in the Sao Paulo State Championship but lost to Santos in the semi-finals.

On 5 October 2010, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of Flamengo, and managed the club until February 2012.

On 21 February 2012, it was announced that Luxemburgo was taking charge of Gremio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense until 31 December 2012.

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On 30 July 2013, Luxemburgo signed with carioca side Fluminense FC, that dismissed, one day earlier, Abel Braga.

Luxemburgo defended his predecessor, calling him "winner", and lamented his resignation, a "culture of brazilian football".

On 23 July 2014, Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of Flamengo with the mission of taking lot of an unprecedented low points record at the start of the Brazilian national league .

On 2 June 2015, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, but was dismissed after poor results on 31 August.

On 23 September 2015, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of Tianjin Songjiang, for the 2016 season.

On 29 May 2017, Luxemburgo was named as the new head coach Sport Recife, and won the year's Campeonato Pernambucano with the club.

On 8 May 2019, Luxemburgo was named head coach of Vasco da Gama, agreeing to a contract until the end of the year.

On 15 December 2019, Luxemburgo signed a two-year contract with Palmeiras, returning to the club after 11 years.

Luxemburgo won the 2020 Campeonato Paulista with the club, being this the fifth time winning the competition with the club and ninth overall, and surpassed Lula as the most successful head coach of the tournament.