Tite Steps Down As Brazil Coach After World Cup Exit

On Dec 10, 2022

Tite has stepped down as coach of Brazil following the exit of the country from the quarter finals of the world cup.

Tite confirmed that it was the “end of a cycle” for him after the favourites were dumped out of the World Cup on penalties by Croatia on Friday.

The 61-year-old, who has been in charge since 2016, had previously made it no secret that he would leave the position after the tournament in Qatar, regardless of the outcome.

“It is a painful defeat but I go in peace. It is the end of a cycle,” he told reporters after Brazil’s dramatic exit from the competition at Doha’s Education City Stadium.

“I already said that a year and a half ago. I didn’t come here to win and then turn around and say I was going to stay. People who know me know that.”

Tite had already overseen a quarterfinal exit at the hands of Belgium at the last World Cup in Russia four years ago.

In between, Brazil won the Copa America on home soil in 2019 but then lost the final of that tournament as hosts to Argentina last year.

Asked to assess his time in charge Tite said: “In time I will be able to respond better.

“I am not in a position now to evaluate all the work we have done, but as time goes by you will be able to make that assessment.

“I don’t have the capacity to do that now after we have been eliminated.”

The Brazilian Football Confederation has previously said it will not choose its next coach until January.

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