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Mano Menezes
Brazilian association football player

Mano Menezes

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Brazilian association football player
A.K.A.
Luiz Antonio Venker de Menezes
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Place of birth
Passo do Sobrado, Brazil
Age
62 years
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178 cm
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Biography

Luiz Antônio Venker de Menezes (born 11 June 1962), known as Mano Menezes, is a Brazilian football manager. He managed the Brazil national team until his sacking on November 2012. His nickname comes from his early childhood, when his sister used to call him "Mano", which is a popular slang term meaning "brother" in Portuguese.

He was born in Passo do Sobrado, Rio Grande do Sul, and began his footballing career as a defender for Guarani de Venâncio Aires in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He gave up playing to become a physical education professional, beginning in 1986 in Rio Grande do Sul, before going on to Guarani de Venâncio Aires, Juventude and Internacional (as well as a spell in 1997 with Paulo Autuori at Cruzeiro).

Early life and career

Menezes was the coach of Grêmio from 2005 through 2007, a relatively long time for a coach in Brazilian football. He led them to promotion in 2005 and followed that up with a third-place finish in the 2006 Série A. In 2007, he led Grêmio to the final of the Copa Libertadores. At the end of the 2007 season, he took over as coach of Corinthians and started the 2008 season with a 3–0 win over Guarani. Menezes led Corinthians to the 2008 Série B title with 25 wins, 10 draws and three losses, finishing with 85 points.

Coaching career

15 de Novembro

Mano's biggest highlight during his managerial time at 15 de Novembro was during 2004 Copa do Brasil. As the coach of the team, who has never even won the Rio Grande do Sul state championship, he made to the semifinals, beating more traditional clubs such as four-time Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion Vasco da Gama.

Grêmio

In April 2005, Menezes was hired as coach by Grêmio to be responsible for bringing back the team to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, which he achieved and also won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B championship title that year in a match that became known as "The Battle of the Afflicted (Batalha dos Aflitos)", due to events that took place along the departure and the fact that this has been held in the stadium Aflitos, Náutico's stadium in Recife, Pernambuco. This episode later became a movie named Batalha dos Aflitos, released in 2007.

In 2006, he led Grêmio when they took the win in the Campeonato Gaúcho with a victory over arch-rival Internacional, the first time Grêmio had won since 2001. Also in 2006, Grêmio ranked in third in the Série A, thereby earning a place in the 2007 Copa Libertadores. In 2007 they won the Campeonato Gaúcho again and reached the final in Copa Libertadores, where they lost to Boca Juniors.

Menezes left Grêmio after 169 games, with 89 wins, 35 draws and 45 losses, a win rate of 59.56%; 302 points were earned from a total of 507. The last game played by Grêmio with him as coach was the last game of the season's Série A, on 28 November 2007, against Corinthians, the team he was to coach next. In losing that match, the Corinthians were relegated to Série B.

Corinthians

Menezes in 2009

Menezes was hired to manage the Corinthians at the end of 2007, and to raise them back up from relegation. In 2008, Corinthians played the Copa do Brasil, losing to Sport Club do Recife. That year they also took the title of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2008.

In May 2009, Menezes led Corinthians to become unbeaten champions of the Campeonato Paulista. On 1 July 2009, Corinthians won the Copa do Brasil against Internacional. With the win, Corinthians gained entry to the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

Brazil

On 24 July 2010, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced that Mano would replace Dunga as manager of the Brazil national team. He was not the CBF's first choice, but Fluminense had refused to release Muricy Ramalho the day before. Menezes' appointment was generally well received, although some pointed out that his favoured playing style resembled Dunga's defensive style. He coached his first Brazil match on 10 August 2010, a 2–0 win against the United States. For this match, he selected many young players, including Diego Tardelli, André and David Luiz, among others. In addition, Menezes selected only four players that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa: Dani Alves, Ramires, Thiago Silva and Robinho, as well as 2010 World Cup cuts Alexandre Pato, Marcelo and Neymar.

At the 2011 Copa América, Brazil went out in the quarter-finals on penalties to Paraguay after a 0–0 draw, with Brazil missing all the four of its penalties. He was also the coach of the Olympic team at London 2012, hoping to win the long-awaited gold medal for Brazil, the only accolade Brazil had not won in football, however they were defeated by Mexico in the final and Menezes was the target of criticism in Brazil.

Following disappointing results, Menezes was sacked on 23 November 2012.

Flamengo

In June 2013, Menezes was named as the new coach of Brazilian club Flamengo.

Corinthians

In 2014, Menezes returned to Corinthians. After helping Corinthians to a fourth-place league finish, as well as qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, on 6 December 2014 Menezes resigned as manager of the club.

Shandong Luneng

In December 2015, Shandong Luneng Taishan of the Chinese Super League announced that Menezes would be the new coach of the team.

On 21 April 2016, with a 1–0 victory over Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Shandong Luneng returned to the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League after an 11-year absence, with one round of the group stage in advance. On 25 May, Shandong Luneng defeated Sydney FC, entering the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League, which was the best result for the team in ACL. In contrast to the excellent performance in continental competition, Shandong fell into the relegation zone in domestic league. On 7 Jun 2016, Shandong Luneng Taishan announced that Mano resigned for personal reasons and he was no longer the manager of the team. He was replaced by former FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath.

Cruzeiro

After the fiasco in China, Mano returned to Cruzeiro in order to repeat the campaign of the Brasileirão 2015, when freed from relegation.

Brazil results

#DateVenueOpponentResultGoalscorersCompetition
2010
1August 10, 2010New Jersey, United States United States2–0Neymar and Alexandre PatoFriendly
2September 7, 2010Sant Joan Despí, Spain Barcelona B3–0Lucas, Pato and FernandinhoUnofficial friendly
3October 7, 2010Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Iran3–0Da. Alves, Alexandre Pato and NilmarFriendly
4October 11, 2010Derby, England Ukraine2–0Da. Alves and PatoFriendly
5November 17, 2010Doha, Qatar Argentina0–1Friendly
2011
6February 9, 2011Saint-Denis, France France0–1Friendly
7March 27, 2011London, England Scotland2–0Neymar (2)Friendly
8June 4, 2011Goiânia, Brazil Netherlands0–0Friendly
9June 7, 2011São Paulo, Brazil Romania1–0FredFriendly
10July 3, 2011La Plata, Argentina Venezuela0–02011 Copa América
11July 9, 2011Córdoba, Argentina Paraguay2–2Fred and Jádson2011 Copa América
12July 13, 2011Córdoba, Argentina Ecuador4–2Pato (2) and Neymar (2)2011 Copa América
13July 17, 2011La Plata, Argentina Paraguay0–0
(0–2 PSO)
2011 Copa América
14August 10, 2011Stuttgart, Germany Germany2–3Robinho and NeymarFriendly
15September 5, 2011Fulham, England Ghana1–0Leandro DamiãoFriendly
16September 14, 2011Córdoba, Argentina Argentina0–0Superclásico de las Américas
17September 28, 2011Belém, Brazil Argentina2–0Lucas and NeymarSuperclásico de las Américas
18October 11, 2011Estadio Corona, Mexico Mexico2–1Ronaldinho and MarceloFriendly
19November 10, 2011Stade Omar Bongo, Gabon Gabon2–0Sandro and HernanesFriendly
20November 14, 2011Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Egypt2–0Jonas (2)Friendly
2012
21February 28, 2012AFG Arena, Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina2–1Marcelo and Papac (o.g.)Friendly
22May 26, 2012Volksparkstadion, Germany Denmark3–1Hulk (2) and Zimling (o.g.)Friendly
23May 30, 2012FedExField, United States United States4–1Neymar (pen.), Silva, Marceloand PatoFriendly
24June 3, 2012Cowboys Stadium, United States Mexico0–2Friendly
25June 9, 2012MetLife Stadium, United States Argentina3–4Rômulo, Oscar and HulkFriendly
26August 14, 2012Råsunda Stadium, Sweden Sweden3–0Leandro Damião and Pato (2)Friendly
27September 7, 2012Estádio do Morumbi, Brazil South Africa1–0HulkFriendly
28September 10, 2012Estádio do Arruda, Brazil China PR8–0Ramires, Neymar (3), Lucas, Hulk, Liu Jianye (o.g.) and Oscar (pen.)Friendly
29September 19, 2012Estádio Serra Dourada, Brazil Argentina2–1Paulinho and Neymar (pen.)Superclásico de las Américas
30October 11, 2012Swedbank Stadion, Sweden Iraq6–0Oscar (2), Kaká, Hulk, Neymar and LucasFriendly
31October 16, 2012Stadion Miejski, Poland Japan4–0Paulinho, Neymar (2) and KakáFriendly
32November 14, 2012MetLife Stadium, United States Colombia1–1NeymarFriendly
33November 21, 2012La Bombonera, Argentina Argentina1–2
(win 4–3 PSO)
FredSuperclásico de las Américas

With Brazil national under-23 team

#DateVenueOpponentResultGoalscorersCompetition
1July 20, 2012Riverside Stadium, England Great Britain2–0Sandro and NeymarFriendly
2July 26, 2012Millennium Stadium, Wales Egypt3–2Rafael, Leandro Damião and Neymar2012 Olympic Games
3July 29, 2012Old Trafford, England Belarus3–1Pato, Neymar and Oscar2012 Olympic Games
4August 1, 2012St James' Park, England New Zealand3–0Danilo, Leandro Damião and Sandro2012 Olympic Games
5August 4, 2012St James' Park, England Honduras3–2Leandro Damião (2) and Neymar2012 Olympic Games
6August 7, 2012Old Trafford, England South Korea3–0Rômulo and Leandro Damião (2)2012 Olympic Games
7August 11, 2012Wembley Stadium, England Mexico1–2Hulk2012 Olympic Games

Honors

Grêmio
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2005
  • Campeonato Gaúcho: 2006, 2007
Corinthians
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2008
  • Campeonato Paulista: 2009
  • Copa do Brasil: 2009
Cruzeiro
  • Copa do Brasil: 2017, 2018
  • Campeonato Mineiro: 2018, 2019
Brazil
  • SuperClássico de las Américas: 2011 and 2012
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