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Portuguese football manager (born 1953)

This article is about the Portuguese football coach. For other people, see Carlos Queiroz (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Brito Leal and the second or paternal family name is Queiroz.

Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de QueirozComIH (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈkaɾluʃkɐjˈɾɔʃ]; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football manager.

He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia, Egypt and Qatar, leading South Africa (2002), Portugal (2010) and Iran (2014, 2018, and 2022) to the FIFA World Cup.

At club level, he has also managed Sporting CP, the New York/New Jersey Metrostars in Major League Soccer and Spanish club Real Madrid. He also had two spells as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United.

Queiroz has won several awards as a coach at junior levels, and has been