Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva (born May 10, 1952, in Nova Iguaçu) is a Brazilian football (soccer) coach, he is currently head coach at Santos after being unemployed for nine days, when being sacked by Real Madrid on December 4, 2005, at just over 11 months in charge. He was dismissed following an emergency board meeting at the club, a day after the team's lacklustre 1-0 win at home to Getafe. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nova Iguaçu Nova Iguaçu is a city in southeast Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... December 4th redirects here. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Getafe Club de Futbol is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Getafe, a town in the metropolitan area of South Madrid, founded in 1983. ...

Luxemburgo coached Brazil following the 1998 World Cup until the end of 2000 Olympics. Most notably, he is known for centering his play around Rivaldo. However, he is also notoriously remembered for the disastrous performance at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where his team lost 1-2 in overtime to gold medal winners Cameroon despite having a two men advantage in that game. He is often blamed at this tournament for leaving out Romario, who had gone on national television, pleading his case to play in the tournament. Vítor Borba Ferreira (born April 19, 1972 in Recife, Pernambuco), commonly known as Rivaldo, is a Brazilian professional football (soccer) player, who plays for Greek club Olympiacos in the Super League Greece. ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | 1966 births | Brazilian footballers | People stubs ...

Luxemburgo also stirred a controversy by having transmission devices on his forward for his club team in a match. He claimed that the Cameroon match inspired him this device so that he can 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 assigned as Real Madrid's coach from Santos in the second half of the 2004/2005 season when Mariano García Remón was dismissed from the job. Luxemburgo arrived to the Spanish team from the hand of the legendary Arrigo Sacchi, who had been hired as Director of Football in December of 2004. Upon his arrival, Luxemburgo lead Real Madrid to 7 consecutive league wins, putting them back in the title but ended up losing it 4 points behind Barcelona. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... He is a Spanish football coach. ... Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946 at Fusignano) is a former manager of the Italy national football team (1991 - 1996), and twice manager of A.C. Milan (1987 - 1990, 1996 - 1997). ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça (IPA: baɾsa), is a Catalan sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ...

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 by a humiliating 0-3 home defeat to their rivals, Barcelona. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ...

Upon resigning, Real Madrid announced Juan Ramón López Caro would be his successor. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... López Caro Juan Ramón López Caro is the new manager of Real Madrid of the Spanish La Liga, replacing Brazilian Vanderlei Luxemburgo who was fired December 4, 2005. ...

Today, rumours want him taking over Olympiakos CFP. He confirmed the rumours of being in talks with the Greek team in Greek media on 19/12/2006. Olympiacos CFP is a Greek football club, part of the Olympiacos sports club founded in 1925, which plays in the port city of Piraeus. ...

Assistant Coach

• 1981: América
• 1981 - 1982: Vasco da Gama
• 1984: Al Ittihad
• 1987-1988: Al Shabab

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U-20 Coach

• 1986-1988: Fluminense

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Titles

• 5 Brazilian Championship (1993, 94, 98, 2003 and 04)
• 1 Brazilian Second Division (1989)
• 1 Brazilian Cup (2003)
• 6 São Paulo State Championship (1990, 93, 94, 96, 2001 and 06)
• 1 Espírito Santo State Championship (1983)
• 1 Minas Gerais State Championship (2003)
• 1 Guanabara Cup (1995)
• 2 Rio-São Paulo Tournament (1993 and 97)
• 1 Copa América (1999)
• 1 Pre-Olympic Tournament (2000)

The Série A is the main division of Brazilian football. ... The Série B is the intermediate division of Brazilian football. ... The Copa do Brasil (or Brazil Cup) is a knockout competition played by 64 football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. ... The Campeonato Paulista is the most prestigious football tournament within the state of São Paulo. ... The Campeonato Capixaba is the football league of the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. ... FMF official logo) Campeonato Mineiro is the league played in the Brazilian southeastern State of Minas Gerais and is held by the Minas Gerais Soccer Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol). ... Taça Guanabara (or Guanabara Trophy) is a football tournament organized yearly since 1965 by the football Federation of Rio de Janeiro. ... Torneio Rio-São Paulo (or Rio-São Paulo Tournament) was a traditional Brazilian football competition contested between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro teams. ... The Copa América is the main national football competition in South America, and is run by CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation. ... Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (born August 9, 1931 in Maceió) is a Brazilian of Lebanese origin (Zakkour) football coach and former player. ... First International Argentina 3 - 0 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; August 20, 1914) Largest win Brazil 9 - 0 Colombia (Lima, Peru; 23 March 1957) Worst defeat Argentina 6 - 1 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 March 1940) World Cup Appearances 17 (First in 1930) Best result Winners, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002... Émerson Leão (born on July 11, 1949, in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo) is a Brazilian manager and former football player. ...

External links

• Brief biography