René Rodrigues Simões (born December 17, 1952) is a Brazilian retired professional

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Coaching career

Born in

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, he guided Jamaica national team to the

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in France in 1998. This was Jamaica's first, and to date, only appearance in the final stages of a World Cup, as well as making Jamaica the first English speaking Caribbean country to qualify for the World Cup. His squad was made up of a few English players of Jamaican parentage, and they were dubbed 'The Reggae Boyz' in the English media. In the

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, he won the silver medal with the Brazil women's national team. He has also previously coached

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. In 2006, he was the head coach and manager of Iran U-23 national team. In 2007 Simões then returned to Brazil to coach Série B

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, where he won the second division. He left Coritiba in November 2008 to accept the position as Jamaica's Technical Director for the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. On September 11, 2008 Renê Simões was fired by the Jamaica Football Federation after just nine months in charge due to the country's poor performance in World Cup qualifiers. On October 2, 2008, he was appointed to manage

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and was released on 6 March 2009. Simões then returned to Coritiba at the start of the 2009 Brasileiro but was released after four months, when the club fell to the relegation zone. He then moved to Serie B Portuguesa in São Paulo but Simões resigned in August 2009 after only two weeks as coach of second-division Portuguesa in Brazil, after saying armed men threatened the players in the locker room after a loss. He was appointed as the head coach of the Costa Rica national team on September 16, 2009 after former coach

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was sacked due to poor performance in the World Cup Qualifiers for South Africa 2010. On December 20, 2009,

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officially signed Simões as the club's new manager, substituting Gusmao who didn't renew with the Brazilian club. On July 31, 2010, he was announced as the new manager of

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. On April 10, 2011, he was announced as the new manager of

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. On February 16, 2012, Simões became director of youth academy of

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. In Cotia, city where the academy is localized, he created the ''Padrão São Paulo de Qualidade'', that tries to improve the footballers formation into the club. On November 7, 2012, however, Simões left this employ. After a long time away from football, Simões made his return as the coach of

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for the 2015 season.

Coaching honors

*1988

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with

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*1990

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with

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*1990

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with

*1997 Jamaica qualified for the 1998 World Cup *1998 Jamaica came 4th in the Gold Cup *1998 Jamaica won the Caribbean Cup *

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Silver Medal with

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Bronze medal with

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*2007 Coritiba -

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(Brazilian league second division) champion

References

External links

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BBC FIFA World Cup 1998 Profile : Rene Simoes

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