RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) 鈥� Brazil’s -winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has been hospitalized in his fight against cancer, hospital Samaritano Barra said Wednesday.
The 83-year-old Parreira, who oversaw Brazil’s run to the 1994 World Cup title, was diagnosed with Hodgkin鈥檚 lymphoma in 2023.
The hospital said in a statement it wouldn’t provide details about Parreira’s health or when he arrived for treatment.
Former footballer Zinho, a member of the 1994 squad who is close friends with Parreira, told journalists the former Brazil coach 鈥渋s not in good shape鈥� and had 鈥渓ung problems that are putting him in a ventilator at the hospital.鈥�
鈥淗e is stable, we need to wait. Doctors are giving him the best care, all we can do is to pray for Parreira,鈥� Zinho said.
Parreira also coached Brazil at the 2006 World Cup and won the 2004 Copa America and the 2005 Confederations Cup with the team. Brazil’s soccer federation says Parreria guided the national men’s team for 177 matches, with 124 wins, 39 draws and 14 losses.
Parreira was also a member of the national team’s coaching staff at the 1970 World Cup, which Brazil also won, and was a coordinator for Luiz Felipe Scolari in the .
He also coached several other teams during World Cups, including Kuwait (1982), United Arab Emirates (1990), , and (2010).
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