page_title: Carlos Queiroz
section_title: 2019 Asian Cup
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos Queiroz / Career / Iran / 2019 Asian Cup
caption_attribution_description: English: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round, Iran-Qatar
context_page_description: Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz, ComIH, is a Portuguese football coach who is currently the manager of the Colombia national team. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team on two occasions, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and Iran, leading South Africa, Portugal and Iran to the FIFA World Cup. At club level, he has also managed Sporting CP, the New York/New Jersey Metrostars in Major League Soccer and Spanish club Real Madrid. He also had two spells as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United.
  Queiroz has won several awards as a coach in junior levels, and has been successful at senior and club levels, mainly as Alex Ferguson's assistant manager. In 1998, he authored the Q-Report, which detailed plans to enhance footballer development in the United States.
  Queiroz is the longest-serving manager in the history of the Iran national team, serving for almost eight years between 2011 and 2019. He is the only manager in the country's history to lead the national team to two consecutive World Cups.
context_section_description: On 23 September 2018, Queiroz extended his contract until the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. With wins over Yemen and Vietnam, and a draw with neighbours Iraq, Iran won Group D and progressed to the round of 16, where they met the third-placed team from Group F, Oman. A 2–0 win over Oman set up a quarter-final against China, whom they beat 3–0. However, in his 100th match in charge of Iran, the semi-final against Japan saw Queiroz's team concede their first goals of the tournament, all in the second half, losing 3–0. After the match, Queiroz announced that he would not be renewing his contract as manager of Iran.
caption: Queiroz during a qualification match against Qatar
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