Didier Deschamps to join World Cup coaching elite, Carlos Alberto Parreira leads, Carlos Queiroz set for five | OneFootball

Didier Deschamps will lead France at a fourth successive World Cup, joining a select group of coaches with at least four editions. According to L'Équipe, Carlos Alberto Parreira tops the list on six.

Parreira coached five nations, taking Kuwait in 1982, United Arab Emirates in 1990 and Saudi Arabia in 1998, exiting at the group stage each time.

With Brazil he won in 1994 and lost to France in the 2006 quarter-finals. His sixth came with South Africa in 2010, who also fell in the groups.

Bora Milutinovic led Mexico in 1986, Costa Rica in 1990, the United States in 1994, Nigeria in 1998 and China in 2002.

Carlos Queiroz is set for his fifth, taking Ghana to 2026. He previously coached Portugal in 2010, then Iran in 2014, 2018 and 2022, without escaping the groups.

Sepp Herberger, Germany, 1938, 1954, 1958 and 1962, won in 1954. Helmut Schön, West Germany, 1966, 1970, 1974 and 1978, lifted the trophy in 1974.

Walter Winterbottom, England, 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962, and Lajos Baroti, Hungary, 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1978. Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay, 1990, 2010, 2014 and 2018, reached the semi-finals in 2010. Henri Michel managed France in 1986, then Cameroon in 1994, Morocco in 1998 and Ivory Coast in 2010.

Deschamps is due to join this group when France face Senegal on Tuesday, kick-off 21:00.

Source: L'Équipe