Luiz Felipe Scolari was also good as a player and played professionally, but achieved significantly greater success as a coach.
In addition to the World Cup gold in 2002, there is also European silver with Portugal in 2004, two Brazilian league titles and two titles in the Copa Libertadores (South American Champions League).
Witness the 2014 fiasco
A not so happy moment came in 2014, when during his second stay as Brazilian national team captain.
Then Brazil lost the semi-final against Germany in the home World Cup by a whopping 1–7 – the country's biggest loss in a World Cup by far.
Now the career is over.
His last game as manager was played last night, as his Atletico won 3-0 at home to Botafogo in the last round of the Brazilian league.
The victory meant that Atletico finished sixth in the league, and thus gets to play in next year's Copa Libertadors.
- This has been my life, and I ended this chapter in a very good way, said an emotional Scolari after the match, according to the AP news agency.
Scolari's last season has been a successful one, with his Atletico surprisingly reaching the final of the Copa Libertadores - just the club's second ever final of the tournament.
In the final, however, Flamengo proved too difficult and won 1–0.