DUBAI: Former star Brazilian goalkeeper and manager who controlled the South American giants through last year's World Cup is set to take over Qatari club al-Rayyan, the club announced this week. The 47-year-old, who was part of the squad that won Brazil the 1994 World Cup trophy, replaces compatriot Paulo Autuori, who has moved on to coach the Qatari Under-23 side, who are currently involved in 2012 Olympics qualifiers. Dunga, who was sacked as Brazil coach after they went out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals, will be officially unveiled as coach by the club. “Yes Al Rayyan will be coached by Dunga,” a club official said. “His name was recommended by Autuori.” Qatar, controversially awarded the hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, has seen a spate of coaching changes recently. Earlier this month Brazilian Sebastiao Lazaroni was named the coach of the national side after Serbian Milovan Rajevac was sacked just five months into the job. Rajevac – who guided Ghana to the World Cup quarter-finals last year – had taken over from Frenchman Bruno Metsu, who was fired in January after Qatar were knocked out of the Asian Cup quarter-finals. The Qatar Stars League, the country's top competition, is set to begin on September 16. BM