Renê Simões

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playername = Renê Simões


fullname = Renê Rodrigues Simões
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1952|12|17
cityofbirth = Rio de Janeiro
countryofbirth = Brazil
currentclub = Jamaica
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manageryears = 1994-2000 2001-2002 2003 2004 2004-2005 2006 2007 2008 2008
managerclubs = Brazil U-20 Al-Rayyan SC Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Honduras Brazil Women Vitória F.C. Iran U-23 Coritiba Jamaica Fluminense

Renê Rodrigues Simões (born on December 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football coach and manager, and former footballer. He guided Jamaica to the World Cup in France in 1998. This was Jamaica's first, and to date, only appearance in a World Cup final, as well as making Jamaica the first English speaking Caribbean country to qualify for the World Cup.

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal with the Brazil women's national football team. He has also previously coached Trinidad and Tobago. In 2006 he was the Head Coach and manager of Iran national under-23 football team.

On September 11, 2008 Renê Simões was fired by the Jamaica Football Federation after just nine months in charge due to the country's poor performance in World Cup qualifiers.cite web|title =Rene Simoes no longer coach of Jamaica|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2008/09/11/fifa-jamaica-simoes.html?ref=rss|accessdate =2008-10-02|date =2008-09-11|publisher=CBC] On October 2, 2008, he was appointed to manage Fluminensecite web|title =Renê Simões é o novo técnico do Fluminense|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/brasileiro2008/mat/2008/10/02/rene_simoes_o_novo_tecnico_do_fluminense-548520796.asp|accessdate =2008-10-02|date =2008-10-02|publisher=O Globo Online|language=Portuguese]

Honours

*1988 South American Youth Championship with Brazil national under-20 football team
*1990 Qatari League with Al-Rayyan Sports Club
*1990 Sheikh Jasim Cup with Al-Rayyan Sports Club
*1997 Jamaica qualifyed for the 1998 World Cup
*1998 Jamaica came 4th in the Gold Cup
*1998 Jamaica won the Caribbean Cup
*2004 Athens Olympics Silver Medal with Brazil women's national football team
*2004/5 Cup of Portugal with Vitória F.C.
*2006 Asian Games Bronze medal with Iran national under-23 football team
*2007 Coritiba - Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Brazilian Championship Tournament Division II) champion

References

External links

* [http://www.sambafoot.com/en/trainers/538_Simies.html Sambafoot]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world_cup_98/teams/jamaica/players/86001.stm BBC FIFA World Cup 1998 Profile : Rene Simoes]