Sebastião Lazaroni

Sebastião Lazaroni
Lazaroni as manager of the Qatar national team in 2011
Personal information
Full name Sebastião Barroso Lazaroni
Date of birth (1950-09-25) 25 September 1950
Place of birth Muriaé, Brazil
Managerial career
Years Team
1984–1986 Flamengo
1987–1988 Vasco da Gama
1988 Al-Ahli
1988 Grêmio
1989 Paraná
1989–1990 Brazil
1990–1992 Fiorentina
1992 Al-Hilal
1992–1993 Bari
1993–1994 León
1994 Vasco da Gama
1996 Paraná
1996–1997 Fenerbahçe
1999 Shanghai Shenhua
2000 Jamaica
2000–2001 Botafogo
2001–2002 Yokohama F. Marinos
2003–2004 Al Arabi
2004–2005 Jamaica
2005 Juventude
2006 Trabzonspor
2007–2008 Marítimo
2008–2011 Qatar SC
2011–2012 Qatar
2012–2014 Qatar SC
2015–2016 Qatar SC

Sebastião Barroso Lazaroni,[1] (born 25 September 1950[1]) is a Brazilian football manager who last coached Qatar Stars League club Qatar SC.[2] He was born in Muriaé, Minas Gerais state.[1]

He is well known in Brazil as the manager who tried to introduce the libero position in Brazilian football.[3] He used the 3–5–2 scheme during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but it was a failure, and Brazil was eliminated in the second round by Argentina.[3]

When he was the Brazil national team head coach, in 35 matches, he won 21, drew seven and lost seven.[3]

He helped Brazil win the South American Championship in 1989, the team's first Copa América title in 39 years.

He is also known for his being the head coach of Turkish club Fenerbahçe that ended the 40-year undefeated European home record of Manchester United in the UEFA Champions' League match in 1996.[4]

He took over the Qatar national team on 1 August 2011 as a replacement for Milovan Rajevac, but was ultimately fired four months later as a result of the team's unimpressive performances. The QFA highlighted his failure to advance past the group stage of the 2011 Pan Arab Games, which Qatar had hosted, as a main cause of his sacking. His record with the team ended with two wins, five draws and two losses.[5] He was officially sacked on 3 January 2012 after his contract was released by QFA.

Lazaroni was last in charge of Qatar SC for the third time in his career following spells with the Doha based club between 2008 and 2011 and 2012 and 2014.[2] His third spell ended in disappointment and he was dismissed in May 2016 after the club's relegation from Qatar Stars League.

Managerial statistics

As of 7 March 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Flamengo 3 August 1985 30 March 1987 74 39 20 15 106 50 +56 052.70
Guarani 30 May 1987 25 June 1987 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 012.50
Vasco da Gama 29 June 1987 26 June 1988 47 29 7 11 72 36 +36 061.70
Al-Ahli 1 July 1988 15 January 1989 17 10 5 2 26 10 +16 058.82
Brazil 1 January 1989 30 June 1990 30 19 6 5 49 18 +31 063.33
Fiorentina 1 July 1990 6 October 1991 48 15 18 15 56 45 +11 031.25
Al-Hilal 1 January 1992 30 January 1992 14 6 4 4 17 10 +7 042.86
Bari 1 July 1992 11 January 1993 21 7 6 8 25 29 −4 033.33
Vasco da Gama 28 May 1994 12 December 1994 30 11 9 10 34 32 +2 036.67
Paraná 28 March 1996 20 May 1996 9 4 2 3 15 12 +3 044.44
Paraná 10 June 1997 22 September 1997 18 6 5 7 22 22 +0 033.33
Grêmio 28 November 1997 10 May 1998 20 10 4 6 28 15 +13 050.00
Shanghai Shenhua 1 January 1999 31 December 1999 34 15 11 8 44 32 +12 044.12
Jamaica 29 February 2000 30 June 2000 4 0 0 4 0 7 −7 000.00
Yokohama Marinos 1 August 2001 14 October 2002 57 29 12 16 74 51 +23 050.88
Al-Arabi 1 July 2003 30 June 2004 30 17 6 7 57 29 +28 056.67
Jamaica 31 July 2004 31 October 2004 6 1 4 1 8 6 +2 016.67
Juventude 28 July 2006 18 October 2006 18 4 4 10 20 30 −10 022.22
Trabzonspor 1 July 2006 7 September 2006 6 2 2 2 5 5 +0 033.33
Marítimo 1 July 2007 30 June 2008 33 15 5 13 41 30 +11 045.45
Qatar SC 24 July 2008 11 August 2011 93 45 26 22 157 113 +44 048.39
Qatar 9 August 2011 20 December 2011 6 2 3 1 8 4 +4 033.33
Qatar SC 9 July 2012 1 June 2014 70 24 17 29 102 107 −5 034.29
Qatar SC 26 October 2015 27 June 2016 21 6 8 7 26 36 −10 028.57
Career total 714 317 188 209 998 739 +259 044.40

Honours

Club

Flamengo

Vasco da Gama

Al-Hilal

Yokohama Marinos

Qatar SC

Shanghai Shenhua

International

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c Napoleão, Antônio Carlos; Assaf, Roberto (2006). Seleção Brasileira 1914-2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. p. 335. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.
  2. ^ a b "Lazaroni returns to Qatar Sports Club". Qatar Stars League. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ a b c Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance. Vol. 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 440. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  4. ^ Sebastião Lazaroni
  5. ^ "QFA sacked Lazaroni". QFA. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.