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Brazil Fires U20 Coach Ramon Menezes After First-Ever Group-Stage Exit

CBF removed the 53-year-old coach in a move that closes a tenure defined by South American titles overshadowed by costly tournament failures.

AME5059. SANTIAGO (CHILE), 04/10/2025.- El entrenador de Brasil, Ramon Menezes, reacciona este sábado, en un partido del grupo C de la Copa Mundial Sub-20 entre España y Brasil en el estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, en Santiago (Chile). EFE/ Esteban Garay
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Overview

  • CBF announced Menezes’s dismissal on Sunday in an official statement that thanked him for his service.
  • Brazil finished bottom of Group C in Chile with one point after losses to Morocco and Spain and a draw with Mexico.
  • Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Spain sealed Brazil’s earliest exit at a U20 World Cup, with no wins and only three goals scored.
  • Menezes had led the side since March 2022 and won the CONMEBOL U-20 Championship in 2023 and 2025.
  • His stint also featured setbacks including elimination by Israel at the 2023 U20 World Cup, failure to qualify via the Pre-Olympic tournament, and a 6-0 loss to Argentina, as Brazilian media condemned the latest campaign as a shame.