football coach Wanderlei Luxembourgformer coach of Brazil and Real Madrid, announced his candidacy for Brazilian Senate for the October elections.
“Life gives me a new mission: to represent our Tocantins (city center). This is the state I chose to live in and invest in. A land of opportunity and hardworking people,” a 70-year-old coach.
After leaving the technical direction Cruzeiro at the end of 2021, when he failed to avoid relegation, Wanderlei Luxembourgborn in Nova Iguazu, Rio de Janeirowent to live with his family in the state of Tocantins.
“I left home very early to fulfill my dream of becoming a footballer. It wasn’t easy, but I can proudly say that sport saved my life. Difficulties have always been the fuel to overcome obstacles and fight for what I believe in. , – he said.
Are you leaving football?
Wanderlei Luxembourg hinted that he might retire from football to devote himself full-time to politics.
“In sports, I fulfilled my mission. I studied hard, worked in a team and brought innovation and management to my work. I became the recognized winner in Brazil and in the world,” said the coach, who has passed through several teams in countries and has also been sent to clubs from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, China and Spain.
Next to Luis Alonso Pérez “Lula”, Santos coach during the Pelé era, Wanderlei Luxembourg He is the most successful coach in the Brazilian league with five titles.
Other sports figures in Brazil have ventured into politics, such as former footballers. Pelewho was the Minister of Sports, and Romario, an incumbent senator from the ruling Liberal Party (PL) but who came to Congress from the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), Luxembourg’s current political party. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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