Scolari hired to coach Uzbek champ Bunyodkor
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP)—Luiz Felipe Scolari has been hired to coach Uzbek champion Bunyodkor, four months after being fired by Chelsea.
The 60-year-old Brazilian signed an 18-month contract Tuesday to replace fellow Brazilian Zico, who left the club in December to take over CSKA Moscow.
“Uzbek football now creates its own success story, especially Bunyodkor with its remarkable dynamism and prospects for the past four years,” Scolari said. “Completion of a new football stadium in the town of Tashkent, which is scheduled for March 2010, will open a new era for the club.”
Bunyodkor reached the semifinals of the Asian Champions League last season.
Scolari led Brazil to its fifth World Cup title in 2002, then coached Portugal before being recruited by Premier League club Chelsea last year.
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