(Current Affairs For SSC Exams) Sports,Jan. 2013 - Football
Sports
January 2013
Topic : Football
Luiz Felipe Scolari appointed as the Coach of Brazil
IThe Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on 29 November 2012 appointed Luiz Felipe Scolari as the Coach of Brazilian Football team. Luiz replaced Mano Menezes who was sacked from his position in the third week of November 2012. Luiz Felipe Scolari would be leading the team as its coach also during the 2014 FIFA World Cup scheduled to take place in Brazil. Before this in the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan, Luiz Felipe Scolari led the Brazilian side as its coach, the team which was declared the winner of the tournament.
His recent recruitment at the position of coach would give him a time of 18 months to guide the Brazilian Football Team to win the next World Cup at its home. He would be guiding the team during the FIFA Confederations Cup that is scheduled to be organized in June 2013 in Brazil.