Brazil national football team head coach Dorival Júnior sacked after disastrous loss against Argentina for the second time in a row..

The Brazilian Football Confederation announced on its official website on Saturday that the country's national team head coach Dorival Júnior has been sacked effective immediately.

According to the Brazilian Football Confederation's official statement, they are very grateful for Dorival's past contributions to the national team and wish him good luck in the future. However, due to the team's poor performances, they cannot help but make this decision.

It is reported that Jorge Jesus, the Portuguese head coach of Al-Hilal, has begun to be approached by the Brazilian Football Confederation, and Jesus has no objection to officially taking over the Seleção's head coach position after the end of this season.

However, since the Brazilian Football Confederation's favourite candidate has always been Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti, all this depends on what the Italian coach will do after the end of this season.

About Dorival Júnior

Dorival Júnior, 62, was born on April 25, 1962 in Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. He is 1.86 meters tall and played as a defensive midfielder during his playing career, where he was a Palmiras club legend.

After retiring in the late 1990s, Dorival began coaching several local lower league and non-league clubs in Brazil in 2002.

Later, he won tCopa do Brasil twice while coaching at Santos.

In 2022, Dorival was appointed as the head coach of Flamengo.

During this spell, he led the club to complete the Copa Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil Double.

In January 2024, Dorival was appointed as the head coach of the Brazil national team.

As the head coach of the Seleção, Dorival has coached Brazil in 16 games in all competitions, achieving 7 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, with a win percentage of 43.75%. In the process, he suffered a 4-1 defeat to Argentina and was defeated twice by the La Albiceleste in the World Cup qualifiers, setting an embarrassing record of the biggest defeat since the disastrous defeat to Chile in 2000.