Vanderlei Luxemburgo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Occupation	Soccer Coach
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1952(1952-05-10)
Age	72
Birthplace	Rio de Janeiro
Country	Brazil
Horoscope	Taurus

Vanderlei Luxemburgo Biography

Vanderlei Luxemburgo is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Coach who was born on May 10, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Former Flamengo Wingback who was later a manager of numerous teams as well as Brazil from 1998 to 2000 and Real Madrid in 2004-2005.

He was a teammate of the attacking midfielder He played alongside attacking midfielder Zico on Flamengo. on Flamengo.

Luxemburgo started to be noticed as a top tier coach when he led Bragantino, a modest team from the countryside, to the title of the 1990 Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo State Championship). This gave him enough visibility to be hired by Palmeiras in the Série A. In 1993 and 1994 he led Palmeiras to win both the São Paulo State and Brazilian championships. When he left in 1995, Palmeiras’ performance was visibly affected and when he came back in 1996 the team won the São Paulo State championship again.

Luxemburgo coached Brazil after the 1998 World Cup until the end of 2000 Olympics. Most notably, he is known for centering his play around Rivaldo. In 1999 the National Team won the South American Nationals Championship 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 Romário, who had gone on national television, pleading his case to play in the tournament.

His birthplace was Nova Iguacu, Brazil.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo Net Worth

Vanderlei Luxemburgo is one of the richest Soccer Coach from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vanderlei Luxemburgo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a player for Botafogo between 1968 and 1970.

From 1979 to 1982, he was a player in the team of Botafogo.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva (born 10 May 1952), better known as Vanderlei Luxemburgo, and often known as Wanderley Luxemburgo, is a Brazilian football manager, who is the manager of Palmeiras and former player. As a manager, he has won Brazil’s Série A five times, a record total. His surname is after revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (in Portuguese, this word becomes “Luxemburgo”).

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Luxemburgo signed, for the third time, a contract with Santos, leading the club to the 2006 São Paulo State Championship and in fourth place of the Série A.

Facts & Trivia

Vanderlei Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Vanderlei Luxemburgo celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.

He continued with Santos in 2007 and won the São Paulo State Championship again. He also saw Santos through the semi-finals of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, winning all the matches in the group stage and eliminating strong teams, such as Caracas 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 Copa Libertadores berth.