RIO DE JANEIRO : Mario Zagallo, who won four soccer World Cups for Brazil as either player or coach, including the 1970 side considered by many to be the best ever, has died, according to a post on his official Instagram account on Saturday. He was 92.A tough and talented left winger, Zagallo played on th
Brazil is in mourning after one of the country s most iconic former players and managers died at the age of 92. His passing means that there are now no members of the iconic 1958 side left alive.
Brazilian football has lost one of its greatest legends, Mario Zagallo, who was a player and manager for Brazil, has passed away at the age of 92. Zagallo was a five-time World Cup finalist, winning four of them, and he played an instrumental role in Brazil’s victories in 1958 and 1962. He was the first […]
Brazilian football legend Mario Zagallo, who won the World Cup twice as a player and twice as a coach, has passed away aged 92 following a period of ill health
Brazil football legend Mario Zagallo, who won four World Cups as a player and coach, has died at the age of 92.
Zagallo won back-to-back tournaments as a player in 1958 and 1962, before led Brazil to glory as a coach in 1970 becoming the first person to win the World Cup both as a player and a manager.
He was assistant coach to Carlos Alberto Parreira when Brazil won the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
He also led Brazil to the final in 1998, where they were beaten by hosts France.
A Brazilian football federation (CBF) statement in the early hours of Saturday confirmed Zagallo’s.