While the Brazilian national is in the US and has begun the battle to conquer the 6th World Cup of its history the man who led it to the 4th cup is hospitalized in critical condition.
The reason for Carlos Alberto Pareira. The Brazilian technician had won Brazil the lead at the 1994 World Cup on U.S. courts and now at 83 he is fighting for his life.
As media broadcast in Brazil is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Samaritano Barra Hospital, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro and breathing with the help of machinery.
Pareira has a lung problem while for years he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer affecting the lymphatic system, which is responsible for an important part of the body’s immune defense.
O técnico do tetra, em 1994, Carlos Alberto Parreira foi internado hoje, no Rio.
Ele luta há anos contra um linfoma de Hodgkin. Ainda não há informações sobre o estado de saúde do treinador de 83 anos.
Desejamos força e saúde, Parreira! pic.twitter. com/aRiKjEnaGB— TV Globo (@tvglobo) June 17, 2026
COPA DO MUNDO • Carlos Alberto Parreira, de 83 anos, ex-técnico da Seleção Brasileira e campeão mundial em 1994, está interna do Hospital Samaritano Barra, no Rio de Janeiro. Segundo boletim médico, ele apresenta um quadro de inflamação pulmonar, respira com auxílio de... pic.twitter. Com/G6bzTayZ0V— PLOCSOCIAL (@plocsocial) June 18, 2026