Carlos Queiroz

At 71 years old, Carlos Queiroz has this physical status:

Career

Queiroz, a native of Nampula, Portugal, was born to Portuguese Mozambique, but he didn't finish as a footballer before switching to administration. Following Portugal's Carnation Revolution, he moved to Portugal in 1974, and Mozambique's declaration of independence in 1975. Queiroz is a graduate of the University of Lisbon. In the 1989 and 1991 tournaments, he coached the Portuguese under-20 team to two FIFA World Youth Championship victories.

Queiroz was first elected as Estoril-Praia's assistant manager in 1984. Queiroz was appointed senior national team coach in 1991, nine years after that. He had a record of 14 victories in 31 matches. After that, he went on to lead the Portuguese Primeira Diviso team Sporting CP in 1994.

He later coached the NY/NJ MetroStars in the United States and Nagoya Grampus Eight, as well as the Japanese team. In the interim, he took time to write the Q-Report, which outlines efforts to standardize footballer education in the United States. Queiroz returned to coaching national teams in 1999, when he took over as head coach of the UAE, before he became South Africa's head coach in 2000. South Africa qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup under Queiroz, but Queiroz resigned in March 2002 before the finals were contested with the South African Football Association, but Queiroz resigned in March 2002. Queiroz, along Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, was involved in a humanitarian friendly match played in Sarajevo against Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 25, 2000.

In June 2002, Queiroz became a mentor at Manchester United's English club Manchester United. He began his duties as an assistant manager at the start of the 2002–03 season, alongside Alex Ferguson, who had not had an assistant manager since Steve McClaren's resignation in 2001.

Queiroz's role as assistant manager at Manchester United attracted Real Madrid's interest in replacing departing boss Vicente del Bosque in the summer of 2003. It was an honor to work with FIFA World Player of the Year award winners Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, and Lus Figo, an opportunity that Queiroz was unable to accept. He was given a two-year contract just a week after Manchester United's David Beckham's arrival.

Real Madrid got off to a promising start in the 2003–04 season by defeating Mallorca in the Supercopa de Espaa. By mid-season, the team was ranked in the La Liga table and in contention for the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League trophies. However, they lost their final five matches and ended in fourth place, with Valencia winning the tournament. Real Madrid was also dissatisfied with the Copa del Rey and Champions League, bringing an end to the season with the Supercopa de Espaa as the only trophy won. Queiroz's ten-month stay at Real Madrid added to his long list of managerial missteps at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, as he was sacked in May 2004.

Queiroz, Ferguson's assistant, was back to United in June 2004. According to various sources, he had an effect on the club's 2003–04 season, in which they finished third in the league and then dropped early from the Champions League.

United captain Roy Keane said in his autobiography from 2014 that one of the reasons for the Irishman's departure from the club in 2005 was an argument with Quieroz about loyalty. "One of my biggest regrets is that I should have ripped his head off," Keane said during ITV's coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Queiroz was credited with managerial positions with Portuguese side Benfica and the United States national team in 2006, but he remained with Manchester United to assist them in winning the Premier League in 2007. Queiroz was often seen hosting interviews with BBC shows, such as Match of the Day, as at the time Alex Ferguson refused to talk with the BBC after reports that Ferguson's younger son Jason, and later Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp, had been complicit in misconduct surrounding pay cut cuts. Queiroz's post-match recommendations on refereeing were split. For example, Queiroz was charged with improper conduct by the Football Association in 2008 after complaining about referee Martin Atkinson's participation in a match as "a disgrace."

In late March 2008, it was announced that Benfica had contacted Queiroz once more to become their manager and had made a formal request to Manchester United. United were heavily involved in the 2007-08 Premier League title race, five points clear at the top, with just seven games remaining, and also in the Champions League – being in the quarter-finals at the time of the inquiry. Queiroz did not give a single public reaction to the proposal.

Following Benfica's lead and rumors of a reunion as the Portugal national coach, Alex Ferguson began to press for Queiroz to take over as his successor as the Portugal national coach, and barred any prospective suitors from approaching him. However, rumors about Queiroz' position with the Portugal national team's role in the summer of 2008 persist, as a result of Luiz Felipe Scolari's departure. Queiroz was released from his employment on July 11, 2008, and he was named head of Portugal's national team.

Queiroz's departure from Manchester United had been revealed on July 11, 2008, after the Portuguese national team's head coach agreed to a four-year deal.

During the 2010 World Cup qualifying process, Portugal flounders under his leadership. Queiroz' team failed to win any of their next four matches despite starting their World Cup qualification campaign with a tymetic victory over Malta in Ta' Qali.

Denmark was defeated 3–2 by the home team, with 0–0 draws against Albania and Sweden. These results, combined with another goalless draw in Stockholm against Sweden, left Portugal only six points out of a potential 15, and on the verge of losing a major international tournament for the first time since 1998. Portugal defeated Albania 2–1 on September 5–1 as a result of an improving defensive reputation, and then beat Malta 4–0. Portugal finished second in the group with 19 points, one behind Sweden, and qualifiers for the UEFA play-offs, thanks to these results and a win over Sweden over Denmark. They played Bosnia and Herzegovina both in home and away legs. Portugal defeated 1–0 in Lisbon and then won by 1–0 in Zenica, and as a result, they advanced to the 2010 World Cup finals.

Portugal started 0–0 with the Ivory Coast, but then defeated North Korea 7–0, the heaviest victory in the World Cup since Germany's 8–0 victory over Saudi Arabia in 2002. Portugal was practically guaranteed to the second round and a second goalless draw with Brazil's confirmed qualification. They lost 1–0 in the second round of their two World Cup matches and were eliminated after failing to score in three of their four World Cup matches.

When Quieroz was sentenced to six months in prison by the Portuguese Anti-Doping Authority (Autoridade Antidopagem de Portugal), he was suspended for a month by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) for using inappropriate words against the testers; a lesser charge that he confessed to. He was fired by the FPF on September 9th. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld his appeal against the Anti-Doping Authority on Wednesday, preventing his suspension.

Queiroz decided on April 4th, 2011 that they would continue to coach Iran until the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, with goalkeeping coach Dan Gaspar and assistant coach Omid Namazi.

Queiroz's service as the head of Iran's national team has been known for introducing players from the Iranian diaspora to the national team. Among the many participants are German Iranians Daniel Davari and Ashkan Dejagah, Dutch Iranian Reza Ghoddos, Swedish Iranians Omid Nazari and Saman Ghodddos, as well as Iranian American Steven Beitashour.

Iran started their World Cup qualification campaign with a 4–0 win over the Maldives in the first leg of their second round of qualifiers. Iran advanced to the third round of qualifiers after winning 5–0 on aggregate. Iran demonstrated their dominance of their group by defeating Bahrain 6–0 at home in the Azadi Stadium, as well as welcoming former German youth international Ashkan Dejagah, who scored twice on his debut against Qatar. Iran qualified for the final round of direct qualifiers after winning by 4–1 at Indonesia.

Iran was divided into four groups: South Korea, Qatar, Uzbekistan, and Lebanon were in the fourth round. Queiroz made new international-based contributions to his squad, including Reza Ghooochannejhad, who was a member of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran won by 1–0 in Uzbekistan in their fourth round of Asian qualifiers. Team Melli then drew Qatar and lost in Lebanon before defeating South Korea at the Azadi on October 16th with a goal from captain Javad Nekounam. Iran defeated Qatar 1–0 in Doha and Lebanon 4–0 at home after a 1–0 loss in Tehran against Uzbekistan. Iran defeated South Korea 1–0 in Ulsan Munsu's last qualifying game, resulting in their qualification to the 2014 World Cup with 16 points. Iran became the third team to qualify for the World Cup after qualifying for South Africa and Portugal's 2010 edition, which culminated in the finals.

Iran qualified for the 2014 World Cup as a team champion and participated in Group F alongside Argentina, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. Queiroz revealed his 23-man team on June 1, 2014, on June 1. The Central Asian Football Association was founded just prior to the tournament.

Iran beat Nigeria 0–0 in the tournament's first clean sheet of the FIFA World Cup on June 16th, giving them their first clean sheet of the tournament. Iran was defeated by Argentina 1–0 in their next match, but the country was lauded for 90 minutes while creating some attacking opportunities of their own. Iran was disqualified from the tournament after a 3–1 loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reza Ghoochannejhad scored Iran's lone goal. According to a Forbes survey, his salary as an Iranian team manager was US$2,098,060 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Queiroz has been playing professionally since the tournament ended, and he has been playing until the 2018 World Cup.

Iran's winning streak began after 2014 World Cup qualifying, securing qualification to the 2015 Asian Cup as the highest ranked seed. Iran qualified for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup as a group champion, despite being the highest ranked seed. In Group C, Iran defeated Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE.

The Iranians defeated Bahrain 2–0 with limited planning, winning the second largest number of fans in the tournament since the hosts Australia. Iran defeated Qatar 1–0 thanks to a Sardar Azmoun goal before defeating the UAE by the same scoreline to climb to the top of their group.

Iran faced underdog Iraq, who had been defeated weeks before in a friendly match, in the quarterfinals. Iran led a vain attempt with ten men in the first half, scoring two goals late in extra time to tie the game 3–3. Iran lost 7–6 in sudden death in the ensuing penalty shootout.

Iran started their 2018 World Cup qualification campaign with friendly matches against Chile and Sweden in March 2015. Queiroz resigned from his managerial position shortly after due to differences with the Iranian Football Federation. Iran was drawn in the second round of qualifiers on April 14th, 2015. Turkmenistan, India, Turkmenistan, and Guam were among the participants.

Queiroz declared on April 26 that he will remain as Iran's chief for their 2018 World Cup campaign. Iran won by 4–0 over India and 2–0 over Oman in second round qualifying, bringing an end to the two-way competition. Iran finished in the second round of World Cup qualifying with 20 points from eight games, Queiroz and his team escaped defeat and remained undefeated, with Queiroz and his team battling to avoid defeat and remain unbeaten. For the draw of the third round of World Cup qualifying, Iran and Australia were placed in Pot 1 alongside Australia. South Korea, Uzbekistan, Qatar, China, and Syria drew with them. Iran qualified to the World Cup after defeating Uzbekistan at the Azadi Stadium with two games remaining. They were the third team to qualify for the World Cup after hosting Russia and Brazil.

He was one of the applicants for the open Cameroon national team position in April 2018.

Iran defeated Morocco 1–0 in their first match of the tournament, but lost 1–0 to Spain in their second match after going undefeated in qualification. Queiroz played in Portugal for the final match; after going 1–0 down, goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand saved a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo to give Iran hope, but they had to wait until injury time at the end of the second half for an equalizer from Karim Ansarifard. The draw may have been enough to put Iran into the knockout phase for the first time in the Spaniards' history, but Spain's injury-time equalizer in a 2–2 draw with Morocco denied them status with Portugal.

Queiroz signed his deal until the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, aiming for his first continental title since 1976. Iran defeated Group D and advanced to the third-placed team from Group F, Oman, with victories over Yemen and Vietnam as well as a draw with neighbor Iraq. A 2–0 victory over Oman set up a quarter-final against China, who beat them 3–0. Queiroz' team lost their first goals of the tournament in his 100th match in charge of Iran, losing 3–0. He left Team Melli after the match.

Queiroz was voted as Colombia's new boss on a three-year contract on February 7, 2019. He was the only European and African coach assisting a South American national team, and after Friedrich Donnenfeld's departure, Toza Veselinovi and Blagoje Vidini, he was the fourth European manager to head the Colombian team. His time with Colombia began in 2019 Copa América, where his Colombia took the first place with a flawless nine points, including a 2–0 victory over Argentina. Colombia was also knocked out by Chile in the last eight, where Colombia was able to salvage two goals for Chile but not so well in the penalty shootout.

Colombia began the 2022 World Cup qualifiers with the intention of making it third in a row, and Colombia seemed to be on the right track as they defeated neighbor Venezuela and Chile. Colombia's results fell precipitously as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 0–3 home loss to Uruguay (the country's worst home loss in 82 years) before being shocked by Ecuador's 1–6 loss, bringing an end to Carlos Queiroz's reign as Colombia's boss.

The Egyptian Football Association announced the signing of Carlos Queiroz to replace Hossam El Badry on September 8th.

In the first round of Group D of the African Nations Cup, the Egyptian team suffered a defeat against its Nigerian team at the start of the tournament. Egypt defeated Guinea Bissau with a goal scored by Mohamed Salah, giving Egypt the first victory in Group D's second round of Group D. Egyptian Egypt defeated Sudan with a goal by Mohamed Abdel Moneim in the match, lifting the national team's total score to 6 points. Egypt qualified for the round of 16. After beating Ivory Coast 5–4 in the round of 16, the Egyptian national team qualified for the quarter-finals by penalty shootout. Egypt beat Morocco 2–1 in the quarter-finals. Egypt gained the right to advance to the final by beating Cameroon 3–1 on penalties in the semi-final match. This victory was the first time Queiroz had coached a national team into the final of a competitive football tournament. However, Queiroz could not capture the glory after Egypt lost to Senegal after penalty shootouts.

Egypt qualified for the third round of the World Cup qualifications, including Senegal, for a spot in the World Cup in Qatar. However, Egypt lost on penalties after a 1–0 victory in Cairo and a 1–0 loss in Dakar; a result, and they did not qualify for the final competition. He later agreed to separate his work with the Egyptian Football Association and called it a "failure of divorce."

He became the head coach of Iran's national team for the second time during the 2022 FIFA World Cup on September 7th.

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