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'Carlos Queiroz'^[1], ComIH (), (born 1 March 1953 in Nampula, Mozambique) is a Portuguese football coach. He is currently Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United, where he is currently enjoying his second spell. Queiroz is the fourth assistant Alex Ferguson has had during his 20 years at the club, following Archie Knox, Brian Kidd and Steve McClaren.
Queiroz has won several awards as a coach in junior levels, and he has been fairly successful at senior and club levels. He is considered the discoverer of the Portuguese "Golden Generation" in the early 1990s, which most prominently include Luís Figo and Rui Costa who were both selected for the FIFA 100 celebrations. In 1998, he authored the "Q-Report" which detailed plans to enhance football player development in the United States.
Queiroz was also one of two seat holders for the now-defunct A1 Grand Prix team A1 Team Portugal - the other was Luís Figo.

Contents

Career

Early senior career

Failure at Real Madrid

Back at Old Trafford

2006-07 season

Titles

References

External links

Career

Born in Nampula, in the then Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, Queiroz had a short career as a player, before turning to management. He moved to Portugal following Mozambique's declaration of independence in 1975,^[2] and here he built up a reputation for working with youth players. He coached the Portuguese national under-20 youth team to two Football World Youth Championship wins, in the 1989 and 1991 tournaments. As head coach of the Portuguese under-20 youth team, Queiroz was credited with discovering the "golden generation" of Portuguese football, including Luís Figo, Rui Costa, Fernando Couto, João Vieira Pinto and Jorge Costa who went on to become five of the six most capped players ever for the senior Portugal national football team.

Early senior career

In 1984, Assistant Manager of Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia. Following his success with the Portuguese national youth teams, Queiroz was appointed senior national coach in 1990. Following 31 matches with 14 wins the result,^[3] Queiroz coached his last national team game in 1993 and went on to manage the Portuguese SuperLiga team Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1994. He subsequently coached NY/NJ MetroStars in the United States and Japanese team Nagoya Grampus Eight. In between, he found time to author the "Q-Report" detailing plans to professionalize the football player development of the United States. Queiroz returned to coaching national teams in 1999, when he took a job as United Arab Emirates coach, before becoming coach of South Africa in 2000. Under Queiroz, South Africa strolled through to qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but Queiroz resigned before the finals after falling out with the technical director Jomo Sono.
Queiroz became the first foreign coach at English club Manchester United when he joined the team in June 2002. He began his work at the start of the 2002-03 season, working alongside Alex Ferguson, who had gone without an assistant manager since the departure of Steve McClaren in the summer 2001. Following Queiroz' arrival, Manchester United succeeded in catching board leaders Arsenal F.C. and claim the FA Premier League title.

Failure at Real Madrid

His work at Manchester United attracted the attention of Real Madrid, who wanted Queiroz as their manager to replace the exiting Vicente Del Bosque in the summer 2003. It was an opportunity to work with the likes of FIFA World Player of the Year award winners Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and Luís Figo; an opportunity which Queiroz was unable to turn down. He was appointed on a two-year contract, only a week after the arrival to Real Madrid of Manchester United player David Beckham. Many believe that Queiroz's failure at Madrid was down to the pressure from the Real Madrid president. Some believe that he was forced to pick the star players, therefore having no input into tactical decisions. Famously, he didn't want to sell Makelele, as he felt he was too important to the team. However, he was overruled.
Real Madrid got off to a slow start of the 2003-04 season, but at mid-season the team topped the La Liga table and was still in contention for the Spanish Cup and UEFA Champions League trophies. However, they went on to lose their final five matches and finished in 4th place, which gave Valencia CF the title. Real Madrid also disappointed in the Spanish Cup and UEFA Champions League tournaments, and didn't win a single trophy for the first time in four years. Following 10 months at Real Madrid, Queiroz would join the long list of managerial failures at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, as he was sacked in May 2004.^[4]

Back at Old Trafford

Reforming the old partnership with Alex Ferguson proved an attractive option to both sides. United had trailed 15 points behind Arsenal, and Ferguson was forced to bring in temporary help from Walter Smith during the tough end of season run-in. Subsequently, Queiroz returned to United as assistant manager on 1 July 2004, signing a 3-year deal.
At the end of 2005, Carlos Queiroz was heavily rumoured to be one of the main reasons for team captain Roy Keane's unlikely departure from Manchester United in November 2005. According to Roy Keane, he did not like the way Queiroz was given so much responsibility as if he were manager of the club and Keane did not like the tactics that Queiroz employed. One of the main outbursts of Roy Keane's now infamous MUTV interview was aimed directly at Carlos Queiroz.^[5] As nobody in the media has ever seen this tape it is difficult to gather what was said.
During May 2006, reports were linking him with a return to Portugal as manager of SL Benfica. Queiroz himself denied the rumours,^[6] which were later laid to rest when Benfica hired Fernando Santos for the spot. In December 2006, when Jurgen Klinsmann turned down the offer to coach the U.S. National Team, rumours began to spread that Queiroz would be a very strong candidate for that position as he has already had strong ties with MLS.

2006-07 season

After fellow countryman Cristiano Ronaldo was made a scapegoat for England's World Cup exit following his involvement in Wayne Rooney's sending-off in the quarter final against Portugal, Queiroz quickly helped Ronaldo to overcome this situation and as well as the death of Ronaldo's father in 2005, Queiroz has acted as a father figure for Ronaldo. He also has assisted manager Sir Alex Ferguson to lifting United first Premiership trophy in four years since 2003. Because of Queiroz's Portuguese connections, he has helped Manchester United in signing foreign players, most notably Nani and Anderson.

Titles

★ European Under-17 Football Championship (2nd place) (1988)

★ European Under-19 Football Championship (2nd place) (1988)

★ FIFA World Youth Championship (1st place) (1989)

★ European Football U-17 Championship (1st place) (1989)

★ FIFA U-17 World Championship (3rd place) (1989)

★ European Football U-19 Championship (2nd place) (1990)

★ Football World Youth Championship (1st place) (1991)

References

1. Sometimes spelled Queir'''ós''', but not Queir'''óz'''.
2. Queiroz joins Man Utd
3. PORTUGUESE NATIONAL TEAM COACHES Maxim Olenev
4. Real sack Queiroz
5. Keane was right - but he should've taken down Fergie too
6. Benfica silent, but Queiroz announcement edges nearer

External links

★ Manchester United profile