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Shandong Luneng hires former Brazil coach Menezes

Xinhua, December 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese Super League (CSL) side Shandong Luneng officially named former Brazil national team coach Mano Menezes as new head coach here on Sunday.

Menezes replaced his countryman Cuca who joined Shandong under a three-year deal at the end of 2013, but the team's performance was disappointing.

Luneng did not reveal the details of the contract, but Menezes admitted Luneng's offer was "out of this world".

Menezes took the helm of Brazil after the 2010 South Africa World Cup. During two and a half years under his coaching, Brazil went out in the quarter-finals at the 2011 Copa America.

The 53-year-old Menezes will be the third Brazil national team coach to continue his career in China, besides Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and Super League side Tianjin Quanjian head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo.

Scolari replaced Menezes in 2012 as Brazil coach and Menezes succeeded Vanderlei Luxemburgo this September to coach Cruzeiro.

Menezes led Cruzeiro to eight wins, six draws and just one defeat in the past months, lifting the team to the eighth place in the Brazilian league from the relegation zone.

He was also the coach of Brazil's Olympic team at the London 2012, hoping to win the long awaited gold medal for Brazil, the only title Brazil has not won.

After Brazil were beaten by Mexico in the final, Menezes became the target of criticism and was sacked in November 2012. Endi