Brazil has announced that Real Madrid -Baas Carlo Ancelotti will be their new coach.
Ancelotti will see the remaining three games in the Spanish top flight before he officially takes the lead over Brazil on 26 May.
He will lead the Selecao to the end of their World Cup campaign 2026.
The Italian will be the first non-Brazilian coach who permanently takes the lead over the Brazilian national team.
He leaves Madrid and has won 15 trophies with the club about his two spells, making him their most successful coach in terms of silverware.
Ancelotti, whose current deal would expire in June 2026, won the Champions League three times in Madrid. He is the coach with the most Champions League titles in the history of the competition (five) and is also the only coach who participated in six Champions League finals.
Ancelotti became the first coach to win titles in each of Europe's top five competitions, after the success of Madrid in 2021-22.
He also has the LaLiga record for the most successive matches without defeat: 42 games between September 2023 and October 2024 (W31 D11).
The news from his exit from Madrid, however, follows a 4-3 Clasico defeat against Barcelona on Sunday, so that Los Blancos is lagging seven points on drift of their rivals with only nine left to play for.
Indeed, it probably seems that Madrid will be sent to a trophy -free season for the first time in four years.
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“The CBF is proud to confirm that Carlo Ancelotti will be the next head coach of the Brazilian national football team,” said the Brazilian football confederation (CBF) in a statement.
“Mr Ancelotti, a legend of the game as the most successful manager in football history, will officially take the lead after the conclusion of the La Liga season 2024-25, prior to the Brazilian qualifying companies in the FIFA World Cup in June. His official start date is 26 May 2025.
“Carlo Ancelotti arrives as the first foreign manager in the history of the Selecao. This monumental moment sees it together of two icons-de only five-time FIFA World Cup champions and a coach with an unparalleled record about Europe's elite competitions.
“The CBF warmly welcomes Mr Ancelotti and is looking forward to a new era of success under his leadership.”
Widespread reports believe that the former midfielder of Madrid, Xabi Alonso, Ancelotti will replace in the Santiago Bernabeu, after he had announced his departure from Bayer Leverkusen last week.
Ancelotti's first match that is in charge of Brazil will be against Ecuador on 5 June, before his first home game against Paraguay five days later.
Brazil is fourth in the South -American qualification for the World Cup 2026, 10 points behind leaders Argentina.