Carlos Queiroz ba baƙon fuskar Kofin Duniya ba. Mutumin da ya kai shekara 73 yana shiga bugu na 2026 a karo na biyarsa a jere a matsayin kocin ƙungiyar ƙasa — jerin abubuwa na musamman wanda ya shafi shekaru ashirin na ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya a matakin da ya fi kowace, yanzu yana jagorantar Ghana.

Tarihin Kofin Duniya na musamman

Queiroz ya kai ƙasarsa ta asali Portugal zuwa Kofin Duniya na 2010, sannan ya jagoranci Iran zuwa wasannin manyan gasar uku a jere a 2014, 2018, da 2022. Kafin duk wannan, ya riga ya jagoranci South Africa ta hanyar cancanta ga bugu na 2002, ko da yake ya bar aiki kafin gasar ta fara a Japan da Koriya ta Kudu.

Alaƙarsa da Kofin Duniya, duk da haka, wani babin ɗaya ne kawai a cikin tarihin koyarwa mai tsawo sosai.

Daga Old Trafford zuwa Bernabéu kuma komawa

A Ingila, Queiroz ya shahara sosai ta hanyar lokuta biyu a matsayin mataimakin Sir Alex Ferguson a Manchester United. Tsohon mai gadin ƙofar halitta, ya fara zuwa Old Trafford don kakar 2002/03, bayan ya riga ya koyar da ƙungiyar matasa ta Portugal ƙarƙashin shekara 20, babbar ƙungiyar Portugal, Sporting, NY/NJ Metrostars, Nagoya Grampus Eight, da UAE.

Aikinsa mai ban sha'awa a Manchester United ya jawo hankalin Real Madrid, wanda ya naɗa shi a matsayin kocin su a lokacin bazara na 2003. Ya gaji wata ƙungiya cike da ƴan wasa masu hazaka — Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Raul, Zinedine Zidane, Roberto Carlos, Claude Makelele, da David Beckham a cikinsu — amma kakar ta yi wahala. Real Madrid sun kammala a matsayi na huɗu a La Liga, sun sha kashi daga Real Zaragoza a wasan karshe na Copa del Rey, kuma an fitar da su daga UEFA Champions League a zagaye na kusa da karshe bayan wani nasarar mamaki na Monaco a kansu.

Queiroz ya koma Manchester United, wannan karo yana tsawon shekaru huɗu a kulob ɗin. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen gina ƙungiyar da aka mai da hankali a kusa da Cristiano Ronaldo da Wayne Rooney, yana ba da gudummawa ga nasarar kulob ɗin a UEFA Champions League a 2007/08. Lokutansa na biyu bai kasance ba tare da cece-kuce ba, ko da yake — faɗar da ta shahara tsakanin Roy Keane da Queiroz an ambata shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin dalilin da ya sa ɗan wasan tsakiyar ya bar kulob ɗin.

Aiki da aka gina akan ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya

Tun barin Manchester United a 2008 don karɓar jagorancin Portugal, Queiroz ya sadaukar da kansa gaba ɗaya ga koyar da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa. Wa'adinsa a matsayin koci na Portugal ya ƙare kwatsam — an kore shi bayan ficewa a zagaye na sha shida a hannun Spain, wadda ta lashe gasar a ƙarshe, a Kofin Duniya na 2010, ko da yake dalilin hukuma na korar sa ya shafi zargin sa da tsoma baki cikin hukumar yaki da doping ta ƙasar a lokacin shirye-shirye ga gasar.

Shekarun da suka biyo baya sun kawo masa ayyuka iri-iri na musamman: Iran, Colombia, Egypt, Iran kuma, Qatar, da Oman, kafin Ghana ta kira shi gaba da Kofin Duniya na 2026. A cikin waɗannan ayyukan, jagorantar Iran zuwa Kofuna uku na Duniya a jere wata babbar nasara ce. Ya kuma jagoranci Egypt zuwa ƙarshen wasan gasar Africa Cup of Nations na 2021, inda aka doke su a harbin fenareti daga Senegal.

Yanzu, tare da Ghana, Queiroz yana ƙara wani sabo babi ga ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan koyarwa na duniya mafi yawan yawo a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa.