Luxemburgo not to manage national team, Brazil soccer Federation

President of Brazil's CBF soccer federation Ricardo Teixeira (photo) denied on Wednesday reports that Vanderlei Luxemburgo would replace Carlos Alberto Parreira as Brazil national team coach after the 2006 World Cup.

"I would like to tell you that any news you have involving the replacement of Parreira is a rumor," he said. "That decision will only be taken when we no longer have a manager. We have one. His name is Parreira and he is preparing the national team for the World Cup."

On Tuesday evening, Brazil media cited CBF sources saying that Luxemburgo, the Santos's current manager and manager of Real Madrid until late last year, was favorite to replace Parreira, alleging the current manager wanted to leave after the World Cup.

Luxemburgo managed Brazil at the end of the 1990s, when he helped the team to a 1999 America Cup win. He was sacked after the team failed to win gold in Sydney's 2000 Olympic Games where Brazil was elminated by Cameroon, and charges of tax-evasion and document falsification.

The reports of his alleged appointment came two days after Luxemburgo's team won the Sao Paulo Championship.

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