Vicente Feola

Vicente Feola Ítalo ( born November 1, 1909 in São Paulo; † 6 November 1975) was a Brazilian football player and coach. He led the Brazilian national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1958 to win the title and was in a period of over 20 years - with some interruptions - worked as coach of FC São Paulo.

Career

Vicente Feola played in his early years in São Paulo da Floresta and Americano Futebol Clube in his hometown of São Paulo. However, he could not recommend for a professional career and began working as a trainer with 18 years in Sao Paulo. With São Paulo he won in 1948 and 1949, twice the State of São Paulo Championship ( Campeonato Paulista ).

While he continued to work as a coach at FC São Paulo, he took over the Brazilian national football team during the World Cup 1958. In the 22-member squad for the World Cup included, among others the goalkeeper Carlos José Castilho, defenders Djalma Santos and Santos Nílton and the attacker Vavá and Pelé. The prelude to the tournament designed Brazilians successfully with victories over Russia and Austria, and a draw against England in the group stage and finished the preliminary round in first place. In the quarterfinals against the defensively strong Welsh score ranged by Pelé to progress. In the semi-final against France and the Final against Sweden, the South Americans impressed with their strong offensive and took care of the first title win in Brazil in a World Cup.

Although Vicente Feola the first world champion coach a Brazilian selection was, took over in 1961, his successor Aymoré Moreira national team, which was responsible for the second title. Feola took over the Seleção once again for the World Cup 1966 in England. After a 2-0 opening victory over Bulgaria, the team was unable to build on the outstanding performances in Sweden at the 1962 World Cup and failed after two subsequent defeats against Hungary and Portugal in the preliminary round. Then Feola was removed from office and replaced again by Aymoré Moreira.

Feola officiated in addition during the Olympics 1960 and Olympics in 1964 as a coach. However, the two participations in the Olympic Games ended in failure and the Brazilian selection failed in the preliminary round.

After the failure at the World Cup in England in 1966 he retired from the activities as national coach back. Feola lived until his death in November 1975 in his hometown of São Paulo.