Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Where are they now??

Ten days after Italy's triumph in the World Cup final, following is the status of the tournament's coaches/managers:

Angola: Luis Oliveira Goncalves - Still in post.
Argentina: Jose Pekerman - Quit after loss to Germany in quarter-finals.
Australia: Guus Hiddink - Quit after loss to Italy in second round, now Russia coach
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira - Still in post, announcement on future expected this week.
Costa Rica: Alexandre Guimaraes - Quit after group stage exit.
Croatia: Zlatko Kranjcar - Fired after group stage exit.
Czech Republic: Karel Bruckner - Still in post.
Ecuador: Luis Fernando Suarez - Still in post.
England: Sven-Goran Eriksson - As agreed before finals, left the post at the end oftournament. replaced by Steve McClaren.
France: Raymond Domenech - Still in post.
Germany: Juergen Klinsmann - Quit last week after winning third-place playoff. Replaced by assistant Joachim Loew.
Ghana: Ratomir Dujkovic - Quit last weekend. Ghana lost to Brazil in second round.
Italy: Marcello Lippi - Quit last week after winning final, replaced by Roberto Donadoni.
Iran: Branko Ivankovic - Fired after group stage exit, replaced by Amir Qalenoei
Ivory Coast: Henri Michel - Quit after group stage exit, now coaching club in Qatar.
Japan: Zico - Quit after group stage exit, now coaching Fenerbahce in Turkey. Set to be replaced in Japan by former Yugoslavia coach Ivica Osim.
Mexico: Ricardo Lavolpe - Still in post but federation to make decision shortly about his future. Expected to depart.
Netherlands: Marco van Basten - Still in post.
Paraguay: Anibal Ruiz - Still in post.
Poland: Pawel Janas - Quit after group stage exit, replaced by Leo Beenhakker.
Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari - Still in post, contract extended until 2008 after fourth-place finish.
Saudi Arabia: Marcos Paqueta - Still in post.
Serbia and Montenegro: Ilija Petkovic - Quit after group stage exit. Replaced as coach of Serbia this week by ex-Spain coach Javier Clemente.
South Korea: Dick Advocaat - Quit after group stage exit, since joined Russian club Zenit St Petersburg. Replaced in South Korea by his assistant Pim Verbeek
Spain: Luis Aragones - Still in post, contract extended to 2008.
Sweden: Lars Lagerback - Still in post, contract extended to 2008.
Switzerland: Kobi Kuhn - Still in post.
Togo: Otto Pfister - Still in post, future uncertain after players' pay dispute which overshadowed World Cup campaign.
Trinidad and Tobago: Leo Beenhakker quit after group stage exit, now Poland coach.
Tunisia: Roger Lemerre - Still in post.
Ukraine: Oleg Blokhin - Still in post.
U.S.: Bruce Arena - Contract not renewed last week after group stage exit

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