The Brazilian team begins a new stage after the appointment of Dorival Júnior as coach and who was invited to join is Filipe Luís, who at the age of 38 and after two decades of activity ended his career as a professional player last month. Specifically, the proposal was that he be the next technical coordinator of the Seleção, however he rejected it since he has his own future plans.
The former full-back was the favorite of the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, to occupy a position that has been vacant for more than a year, after the departure of the entire coaching staff that accompanied Tite. The last to fulfill that role was the former São Paulo midfielder, Juninho Paulista.
Filipe Luís knows what the world is like around the national team: he played 44 games, won the 2013 Confederations Cup, the 2019 Copa América and was part of the squad that played in the 2018 World Cup. In that sense, he said he was “very honored” by the invitation, but he made it clear that his intention is to pursue a coaching career, the Brazilian press reported.
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In the footsteps of Simeone
The former soccer player already has the license granted by the CBF to coach youth players and is completing the license that enables him to direct professional teams and the license granted by Conmebol for the tournaments it organizes. His main inspiration in this new career is Diego “Cholo” Simeone, who was his coach for almost seven years at Atlético Madrid.
“Simeone was the main person who made me want to be a coach, it is because of him,” he revealed last month in an interview given a few days after hanging up his boots after a very successful time at Flamengo in which he won ten titles. including the Copa Libertadores.
