Carlo Ancelotti will be the coach of Brazil starting from the Copa America 2024, which will be played between June and July next year in the United States. The coach will move into his new position once his contract with Real Madrid ends. The CBF, the Brazilian Football Federation, has confirmed that Fernando Diniz will lead the team until the arrival of Ancelotti.
The former AC Milan and Chelsea coach will become the first foreigner to coach Brazil for almost sixty years. The last was the Argentinean Filpo Nunez, who led the national team for one game in 1965.
The 64-year-old Ancelotti won the Champions League twice as a coach with both Milan and Real Madrid. He also won league titles in England with Chelsea, in Germany with Bayern Munich and in France with Paris Saint-Germain, as well as with Real and Milan.
Tite, former green and gold coach, resigned after the elimination in the quarterfinals of the World Cup against Croatia. Since then the team has been led by Ramon Menezes. The Brazilian Football Federation, the CBF, had announced that Fernando Diniz would be the team's coach for next year.
But Diniz will only take charge of the six South American qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup to be played this year, then the ball will pass to Ancelotti.
(Unioneonline/L)
