Adenor Leonardo Bacchi 'Tite': 5 things you need to know about the man who replaces Dunga as Brazil manager

#2 Rise to fame

Tite began his managerial career as the manager of Guarany de Garibaldi in 1990. After some uneventful spells with various clubs, Tite was then appointed as the manager of Caxias in 1999, the club he started his professional playing career with.

Tite led them to a breakthrough campaign in the 2000 Campeonato Gaucho (top-flight professional football league in the Brazillian state of Rio Grande do Sul). In fact, he defeated a Gremio side lead by Brazillian legend Ronaldinho to claim the title.

What made it more special was that rarely did a team other than Gremio or Internacional win this tournament and as history had shown, only two teams outside the “big two” had won the tournament in the 50 years preceding Tite’s campaign.