Sebastião Barroso Lazaroni,
(born 25 September 1950
) is a Brazilian
football
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manager
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who last coached
Qatar Stars League
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club
Qatar SC
Qatar Sports Club () is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour.
They ...
.
He was born in
Muriaé
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Importan ...
,
Minas Gerais state.
He is well known in Brazil as the manager who tried to introduce the
libero position in Brazilian football.
He used the
3–5–2 scheme during the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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, but it was a failure, and
Brazil
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was eliminated in the second round by
Argentina
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.
When he was the Brazil national team head coach, in 35 matches, he won 21, drew seven and lost seven.
He helped Brazil win the
South American Championship in
1989
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, the team's first Copa América title in 39 years.
He is also known for his being the head coach of Turkish club
Fenerbahçe that ended the 40-year undefeated European home record of
Manchester United
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in the
UEFA Champions' League
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match in 1996.
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He took over the Qatar national team on 1 August 2011 as a replacement for Milovan Rajevac
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Playing career
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, but was ultimately fired four months later as a result of the team's unimpressive performances. The QFA highlighted his failure to advance past the group stage of the 2011 Pan Arab Games
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, which Qatar had hosted, as a main cause of his sacking. His record with the team ended with two wins, five draws and two losses. He was officially sacked on 3 January 2012 after his contract was released by QFA.
Lazaroni was last in charge of Qatar SC
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They ...
for the third time in his career following spells with the Doha
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based club between 2008 and 2011 and 2012 and 2014. His third spell ended in disappointment and he was dismissed in May 2016 after the club's relegation from Qatar Stars League
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.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Club
Flamengo
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*Campeonato Carioca
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: 1986
Vasco da Gama
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*Campeonato Carioca
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: 1987, 1988
Al-Hilal
*Saudi Crown Prince Cup
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History
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: 1995
Yokohama Marinos
, stylised as Yokohama F·Marinos, is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Having w ...
*J.League Cup
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: 2002
Qatar SC
Qatar Sports Club () is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour.
They ...
*Qatar Crown Prince Cup
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Previous winners
All-time ...
: 2009
*Qatari Stars Cup
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The knockout competition, which involves a round-robin structure, was first started in 2009 when the Qatar Stars League structure was amen ...
: 2014
Shanghai Shenhua
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* FA Super Cup: 1999
International
Brazil
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*Copa América
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: 1989
Individual
*South American Coach of the Year
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: 1989
*Qatar Coach of the Year: 2009
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Brazilian football managers
Expatriate football managers in Italy
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate football managers in Turkey
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Expatriate football managers in China
Brazilian expatriate football managers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Expatriate football managers in Japan
Yokohama F. Marinos managers
Expatriate football managers in Portugal
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers
Serie A managers
Primeira Liga managers
J1 League managers
1989 Copa América managers
1990 FIFA World Cup managers
CR Flamengo managers
CR Vasco da Gama managers
Al-Ahli Saudi FC managers
Grêmio FBPA managers
Paraná Clube managers
Brazil national football team managers
ACF Fiorentina managers
Al Hilal SFC managers
SSC Bari managers
Club León managers
Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) managers
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. managers
Jamaica national football team managers
Botafogo FR managers
Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) managers
Esporte Clube Juventude managers
Trabzonspor managers
C.S. Marítimo managers
Qatar SC managers
Qatar national football team managers
Sportspeople from Minas Gerais
Kuwait Premier League managers
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Pro League managers
People from Muriaé
Copa América–winning managers