Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva (born 10 May 1952) is a Brazilian professional

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and former

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. He is currently a

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. A

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, Luxemburgo represented

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonato ...

and

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before retiring in 1980. He subsequently became a coach and led

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

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, Cruzeiro and Santos to Série A titles, winning the tournament five times, a record total. In 2005 he worked at

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, but was dismissed in December of that year. His surname is after revolutionary

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Playing career

Born in

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, Luxemburgo played the most of his youth football for

, but made his senior debut with

in 1972; at the club, he was mainly a backup to Júnior. He left ''Fla'' in 1978 to

, but remained at the club for just one year before returning to his first team Botafogo. He retired in 1980, aged 28, due to a

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injury.

Coaching career

Early career

Before being a first team trainer, Luxemburgo spent the rest of the 1980 campaign with

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' Olaria, but not being officially under contract with the club. He was also Lopes' assistant at America-RJ (1981) and

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(1981–82). Luxemburgo's first coaching experience occurred in 1983, with

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; he only lasted eight matches at the club, being sacked after altercations with the board. In the same year, he also managed Rio Branco-ES, winning the Campeonato Capixaba with the side. In 1984, after managing Friburguense, Luxemburgo then moved abroad to Saudi Arabia's

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; initially

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's assistant, he was in subsequently charge of the club. He was at the helm of Democrata-GV in the following year, but only lasted three months. Luxemburgo subsequently rejoined Lopes' staff at

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in 1986, where he acted as head coach of the under-20 squad. In the following year, he replaced Pinheiro in charge of America-RJ. Another stint in the Middle East following, being again assistant of Joubert at Al-Shabab. Luxemburgo returned to Brazil in October 1988, after being invited to manage Bragantino, winning the 1990

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and t ...

. He subsequently worked at

, Guarani and Ponte Preta before being hired by

in 1993; he led the latter club to both the state and league championships in 1993 and 1994. When Luxemburgo left in 1995 for

, Palmeiras' performance was visibly affected, and when he came back in

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(after a short period at Paraná), the team won the São Paulo State championship again. After a brief stint at Santos, in 1998 he went to

and won the league that year. He left the club in the following year, to join the Brazilian national team. Luxemburgo coached Brazil after the

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until the end of 2000 Olympics. Most notably, he is known for centering his play around

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. In 1999 the ''Seleção'' won the

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undefeated. However, he is also remembered for the disastrous performance at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where Brazil lost 1–2 in overtime to gold medal winners Cameroon despite having a two men advantage in that game. He was often blamed at this tournament for leaving out

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, who had gone on national television, pleading his case to play in the tournament. In 2001, he went back to Corinthians and won yet another

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. In 2003, he led

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (), known simply as Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It pla ...

to win the Brazilian National League. Even more impressively, the club won two of the three competitions (the

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and the

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) without losing a single match. The following year he led Santos to win the Brazilian Championship. Luxemburgo also stirred up controversy by having a one-way transmission device on a forward of his club team during a match. He said that the Cameroon match inspired him to create a device in order to tell his players where and when to attack. The CBF ruled days later that such electronic devices were illegal, but did not penalize him for using it in that match.

Real Madrid

Luxemburgo was hired as

's coach from Santos in the second half of the 2004/2005 season when

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was dismissed from the job. He led Real Madrid to seven consecutive league wins, putting them back in the title race but ended up losing it four points behind

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. In the following season, Real Madrid started brightly. However, the introduction of a new formation (the ''Magic Rectangle'', a 4–2–2–2 formation), combined with multiple injury issues and poor performances began Luxemburgo's downfall. Calls for him to resign were intensified after a humiliating 0–3 home defeat to long-time rivals, Barcelona. He was sacked on 5 December 2005, Real Madrid announced

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would be his successor.

Santos

Luxemburgo signed, for the third time, a contract with Santos, leading the club to the 2006

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and in fourth place of the Série A. He continued with Santos in 2007 and won the São Paulo State Championship again. He also saw Santos through the semi-finals of the

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, winning all the matches in the group stage and eliminating strong teams, such as

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in the round of 16 and América in the quarter-finals, before losing to Grêmio in the semis. Later Luxemburgo finished second in the Série A. In both years, 2006 and 2007, he led Santos to a

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berth.

Palmeiras return

At the end of 2007, Luxemburgo left Santos. He signed with

in 2008, and won the

for the third consecutive time. With Palmeiras he was eliminated from the

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and from the

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by Sport Recife the eventual champions. In the 2008 Série A he reached fourth place with Palmeiras in a very competitive season, earning the club a spot in the

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. Luxemburgo remained with Palmeiras in 2009. He managed the team to a successful campaign in the

but lost to Santos in the semi-finals. In the

he conquered a place in the Round of 16 by defeating

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1–0 in

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, with

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scoring a last minute long-range goal in the angle of

's goalkeeper. Palmeiras defeated Sport Recife on penalties in the Round of 16, but were eliminated by an away goal from Nacional from

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drawing both matches, by 1–1 at home and 0–0 away. In the 2009 Série A Luxemburgo started well in the competition, but after an incident involving young striker

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, Luxemburgo was dismissed from

in the seventh round of the competition.

Santos return

He was re-signed as Head Coach of Santos after a one and a half-year absence on 17 July 2009 and on 7 December 2009 the coach quit Santos, finishing 12th in the league, to sign with

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Flamengo (3rd spell) / Grêmio

On 5 October 2010, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of

, and managed the club until February 2012. On 21 February 2012, it was announced that Luxemburgo was taking charge of

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (), commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, ...

until 31 December 2012. On 29 April 2013, after getting involved in a fight in the game between Grêmio and

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for the

Libertadores Cup The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in So ...

, Luxemburgo was suspended for six games in this competition. On 29 June 2013, Luxemburgo was dismissed by directors of Grêmio.

Fluminense

On 30 July 2013, Luxemburgo signed with ''

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'' side

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, that dismissed, one day earlier,

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. Luxemburgo defended his predecessor, calling him "winner", and lamented his resignation, a "culture of brazilian football". The coach, to resume, wants his players "wrathful with losses". On 12 November Fluminense FC sacked Luxemburgo after a long winless streak. At the time Fluminense stood in 18th place in the

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and was under relegation threat.

Flamengo (4th spell)

On 23 July 2014, Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of

with the mission of taking lot of an unprecedented low points record at the start of the Brazilian national league (Brasileiro). ''Luxa'' was ultimately successful in leading the club's struggle against relegation, earning important points in the tournament and taking the team to the upper half of the table.

Cruzeiro return

On 2 June 2015, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of

, but was dismissed after poor results on 31 August.

Tianjin Songjiang

On 23 September 2015, Vanderlei Luxemburgo was named as a new head coach of

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, for the 2016 season. He was sacked the following 5 June, with the club only in the eighth position, and was subsequently replaced by

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Sport Recife

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

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with the club. On 26 October, after a poor run of form, he was relieved from his duties.

Vasco da Gama

On 8 May 2019, Luxemburgo was named head coach of

, agreeing to a contract until the end of the year. After helping the side avoid relegation, he departed the club on 13 December.

Palmeiras (5th spell)

On 15 December 2019, Luxemburgo signed a two-year contract with Palmeiras, returning to the club after 11 years. He 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. On 14 October 2020, after a 1–3 home defeat against

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, Luxemburgo was sacked.

Vasco da Gama return

On 31 December 2020, it was announced the return of Luxemburgo to

on a contract running until the end of the

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season.

Cruzeiro (third spell)

On 3 August 2021, Luxemburgo returned to Cruzeiro, with the club now in the Série B.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Flamengo *

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: 1972, 1974, 1978

Manager

Club

Rio Branco-ES * Campeonato Capixaba: 1983 Bragantino *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league syst ...

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Palmeiras *

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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* Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1993 Santos * Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1997 *

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Corinthians *

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

Cruzeiro *

: 2003 *

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Atlético Mineiro *

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International

Brazil *

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References

External links

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Playing career

Coaching career

Early career

Real Madrid

Santos

Palmeiras return

Santos return

Flamengo (3rd spell) / Grêmio

Fluminense

Flamengo (4th spell)

Cruzeiro return

Tianjin Songjiang

Sport Recife

Vasco da Gama

Palmeiras (5th spell)

Vasco da Gama return

Cruzeiro (third spell)

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

Club

International

See also

References

External links