Soccer-Elias replaces Sundhage as Brazil women's coach


FILE PHOTO-Soccer Football - Women's Brasileiro Championship - Final - Second leg - Corinthians v Internacional - Neo Quimica Arena, Sao Paulo, Brazil - September 24, 2022 Corinthians coach Arthur Jose Ribas Elias REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo

(Reuters) - Arthur Elias has been appointed as the new coach of the Brazil women's soccer team, the country's FA (CBF) said, after Pia Sundhage stepped down from her role following an early exit at the World Cup.

Elias, 42, joins from Brazilian women's club Corinthians.

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