Dorival Júnior was confirmed this Wednesday as the new coach of the Brazilian team, replacing the interim Fernando Diniz, dismissed last week due to the poor results of the five-time champion, who finished the year in sixth position in the classification of the South American World Cup qualifiers. .
“Dorival Júnior is the new coach of the Brazilian men’s national team,” says the brief statement in which the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced that the coach will be presented at a press conference scheduled for Thursday at the entity’s headquarters. In janeiro river.
The departure of Dorival Júnior and his new position had already been announced by São Paulo last Sunday, but confirmation from the highest authority in Brazilian football was missing.
Dorival is 61 years old and has managed around twenty Brazilian clubs, although his best years have been the last, especially at the helm of Flamengo, which he commanded in 2022 and with which he won the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Libertadores.
He then moved to São Paulo, with whom he won the Copa do Brasil again last year, in a final against Flamengo, who fired him at the end of 2022 despite the excellent campaign that year.
