Mário Zagallo
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo | |
| Date of birth | August 9, 1931 | |
| Place of birth | Maceió, Brazil | |
| Nickname | Velho Lobo (Old Wolf) | |
| Position | Assistant manager (former forward centre/right or striker) |
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| Current club | Brazil | |
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| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1948-1949 1950-1958 1958-1965 |
América Flamengo Botafogo |
? (?) 217 (30) ? (?) |
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| 1958-1964 | Brazil | 36(5) |
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| 1966-1970 1967-1968 1970-1974 1971-1972 1972-1974 1975 1976-1978 1978-1979 1978-1979 1980-1981 1981-1984 1984-1985 1986-1987 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1994-1998 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002 |
Botafogo Brazil Brazil Fluminense Flamengo Botafogo Kuwait Botafogo Al Hilal Vasco da Gama Saudi Arabia Flamengo Botafogo Bangu United Arab Emirates Vasco da Gama Brazil Portuguesa Flamengo Brazil |
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Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (born August 9, 1931 in Maceió) is a Brazilian football coach and former player, of Lebanese origin (Zakkour). Zagallo started his footballer career in América in 1948 [1]. He was the first footballer to win the World Cup as a player (1958, 1962), as a coach (1970), and as assistant coach (World Cup 1994), all with the Brazilian national team. He also coached his country to a fourth-place finish in the 1974 World Cup and to a second-place finish in the 1998 World Cup. Zagallo also guided the United Arab Emirates to their first World Cup finals in 1990, but was dismissed from his post before the tournament. Zagallo also was assistant coach (as in 1994, the main coach was Carlos Alberto Parreira) of the Brazilian team in the World Cup of 2006, which was eliminated by France.
As a player, Zagallo was the left-forward of the Brazilian teams in the Cups of 1958 and 1962; he scored goals in both tournaments, including one in the final match against the Swedish team, in 1958.
In 1970, Zagallo assumed the national team after the previous coach João Saldanha resigned alleging that he was suffering external pressures to include players in the team. Zagallo had the task – and succeeded in performing it – of finding a place in the team for a group of outstanding players such as Pelé, Gérson, Tostão, Jairzinho and Rivelino. In his 1977 autobiography, Pele writes that Zagallo initially restricted his team from playing their attacking game at the 1970 World Cup. Based on a chess format, Zagallo organized a sophisticated method, which he ultimately had to abandon due to player complaints.
On July 23, 2001 the Brazilian football team was defeated (0-2) in the quarter-final of the (Catalan) tournament by the low-ranked (and last minute invitee) Honduras. Zagallo, stunned, stated that he never thought to live long enough to see the powerful Brazil being defeated by Honduras.
He is famously superstitious around the number 13. For example, since 5+8= 13 as well as 9+4=13, he believed that 1958 and 1994 World Cups were special for Brazil. Also regarding the 1994 victory, he used to state that the phrase Brasil tetracampeão ("Brazil four times champion") is comprised of 13 letters.
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| Preceded by: Alf Ramsey |
FIFA World Cup winning managers 1970 |
Succeeded by: Helmut Schön |
| Preceded by: João Saldanha |
Brazilian national football team manager 1970-1974 |
Succeeded by: Osvaldo Brandão |
| Preceded by: Carlos Alberto Parreira |
Brazilian national football team manager 1995-1998 |
Succeeded by: Vanderlei Luxemburgo |
| Preceded by: Luiz Felipe Scolari |
Brazilian national football team manager 2002 |
Succeeded by: Carlos Alberto Parreira |
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Brazil squad - 1958 World Cup Champions (1st Title) | |
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1 Castilho | 2 Bellini | 3 Gilmar | 4 Djalma Santos | 5 Dino Sani | 6 Didi | 7 Zagallo | 8 Oreco | 9 Zózimo | 10 Pelé | 11 Garrincha | 12 Nílton Santos | 13 Moacir | 14 De Sordi | 15 Orlando | 16 Mauro | 17 Joel | 18 Mazzola | 19 Zito | 20 Vavá | 21 Dida | 22 Pepe | Coach: Feola |
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Brazil squad - 1962 World Cup Champions (2nd Title) | |
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1 Gilmar | 2 Djalma Santos | 3 Mauro | 4 Zito | 5 Zózimo | 6 Nílton Santos | 7 Garrincha | 8 Didi | 9 Coutinho | 10 Pelé | 11 Pepe | 12 Jair Marinho | 13 Bellini | 14 Jurandir | 15 Altair | 16 Zequinha | 17 Mengálvio | 18 Jair da Costa | 19 Vavá | 20 Amarildo | 21 Zagallo | 22 Castilho | Coach: Moreira |
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Brazil squad - 1970 World Cup Champions (3rd Title) | |
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1 Félix | 2 Brito | 3 Piazza | 4 Carlos Alberto | 5 Clodoaldo | 6 Marco Antônio | 7 Jairzinho | 8 Gérson | 9 Tostão | 10 Pelé | 11 Rivelino | 12 Ado | 13 Roberto | 14 Baldocchi | 15 Fontana | 16 Everaldo | 17 Joel | 18 Paulo César | 19 Edu | 20 Dario | 21 Zé Maria | 22 Leão | Coach: Zagallo |
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Brazil squad - 1974 World Cup | |
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1 Leão | 2 Luis Pereira | 3 Marinho Peres | 4 Zé Maria | 5 Piazza | 6 Marinho Chagas | 7 Jairzinho | 8 Leivinha | 9 César | 10 Rivelino | 11 Paulo César | 12 Renato | 13 Valdomiro | 14 Nelinho | 15 Alfredo | 16 Marco Antônio | 17 Carpegiani | 18 Ademir da Guia | 19 Mirandinha | 20 Edu | 21 Dirceu | 22 Valdir Peres | Coach: Zagallo |
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Brazil squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Runners-up | |
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1 Taffarel | 2 Cafu | 3 Aldair | 4 Júnior Baiano | 5 César Sampaio | 6 Roberto Carlos | 7 Giovanni | 8 Dunga | 9 Ronaldo | 10 Rivaldo | 11 Emerson | 12 Carlos Germano | 13 Zé Carlos | 14 Gonçalves | 15 André Cruz | 16 Zé Roberto | 17 Doriva | 18 Leonardo | 19 Denílson | 20 Bebeto | 21 Edmundo | 22 Dida | Coach: Zagallo |
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Categories: 1931 births | Living people | Brazilian football managers | Brazilian footballers | C.R. Flamengo players | Lebanese Brazilians | FIFA World Cup goalscorers | FIFA World Cup 1958 players | FIFA World Cup 1962 players | FIFA World Cup-winning players | FIFA World Cup 1970 managers | FIFA World Cup 1974 managers | FIFA World Cup 1998 managers | FIFA World Cup-winning managers
