Japan coach Zico slammed a newspaper report linking him with the South African national team job, but said he is still weighing up a coaching career in Europe.

News photoJapan national team coach Zico addresses the media Thursday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

Zico will quit the national team after the 2006 World Cup and South Africa's Sunday Times said recently the Brazilian had thrown his hat into the ring of candidates to lead the team known as "Bafana Bafana" when it hosts the 2010 World Cup.