Former Manchester United No. 2 Carlos Queiroz has been appointed coach of the Iran national team ahead of the team’s participation in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The jubilant Queiroz went to his official Twitter account to confirm the news.
“When the family calls you at home, all you do is just introduce yourself.”
“Fully committed to his duties and ready for the Mission.”
“Let’s do it together, guys! To the future!”
When the family calls you at home, all you do is just introduce yourself. Fully committed to his duties and ready for the Mission.
Let’s do it together guys! Towards the future!
Thank you very much Team Melli pic.twitter.com/H6C0D0zIsP
– Carlos Queiroz (@Carlos_Queiroz) September 13, 2022
The 69-year-old served as Sir Alex Ferguson’s assistant for two spells, effectively the legendary manager’s right-hand man.
During his time at United, Queiroz helped the Red Devils win two Premier League titles and a Champions League trophy.
The successful Portuguese also went on to coach one of the biggest soccer clubs in the world at Real Madrid for a single season.
The former United no. 2 takes over from Dragan Skocic, who was fired in July by Iran after failing to curb locker room indiscipline.
Queiroz will take his team to Qatar, where they will face the United States, England and Wales in the group stage of football’s most illustrious competition.
He has served in other national team coaching capacities, including coaching his native Portugal, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Colombia and Egypt.
The 2022 World Cup will be Queiroz’s third as Iran coach, following the 2014 and 2018 tournaments. In both cases, his team failed to make it out of the group stage.
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