Brazil ex-coach Parreira in intensive care: hospital

The 83-year-old has been suffering since 2023 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Parreira was “admitted to intensive care due to a lung infection,” according to the Rio de Janeiro hospital

June 18, 2026 21:46

RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Brazilian national team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, who in 1994 led his country to its fourth World Cup title, is on a ventilator in intensive care, the hospital treating him announced Thursday.