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Mário Zagallo

Mário Zagallo

Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmaɾju zaˈɡalu]; born 9 August 1931) is a Brazilian former football player and manager, who played as a forward. He was the first person to win the FIFA World Cup as both a manager and as a player, winning the competition in 1958 and 1962 as a player, in 1970 as manager and in 1994 as assistant manager.[1] In 1992 Zagallo received the FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA, for his contributions to football.[2]

Mário Zagallo
Personal information
Full nameMário Jorge Lobo Zagallo
Date of birth(1931-08-09)9 August 1931
Place of birthAtalaia, Alagoas, Brazil
Height1.67 m (5 ft51⁄2 in)
Playing positionInside forward, left winger
Youth career
1948–1949America
1950–1951Flamengo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1951–1958Flamengo99(11)
1958–1965Botafogo107(10)
Total206(21)
National team
1958–1964Brazil33(5)
Teams managed
1966–1970Botafogo
1967–1968Brazil
1970–1974Brazil
1971–1972Fluminense
1972–1974Flamengo
1975Botafogo
1976–1978Kuwait
1978Botafogo
1979Al-Hilal
1980–1981Vasco da Gama
1981–1984Saudi Arabia
1984–1985Flamengo
1986–1987Botafogo
1988–1989Bangu
1989–1990United Arab Emirates
1990–1991Vasco da Gama
1991–1994Brazil(coordinator)
1994–1998Brazil
1999Portuguesa
2000–2001Flamengo
2002Brazil(caretaker)
2003–2006Brazil(coordinator)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Zagallo started his football career with América in 1948, and he later played for Flamengo and Botafogo.[3]

He won the World Cup as a player with Brazil in 1962.[3] At the time of the 1958 tournament he was a Flamengo player but by the 1962 event he was with Botafogo.[4]

He won a total of 33 caps for Brazil between 1958 and 1964.[5]

Style of play

Zagallo was a diminutive left winger with a small physique, who was known for his technical skills and his high defensive work-rate, as well as his ability to make attacking runs from deeper areas of the pitch. He was also capable of playing as a forward, either as a main striker, or as an inside forward.[6][7]

Coaching career

Zagallo in 1974

Zagallo in 1974

Zagallo won the World Cup as a manager in 1970, and as assistant coach in 1994, both with Brazil. He was the first person to win the World Cup both as a player and as a manager.[8] Winning the World Cup in 1970 at the age of 38, he is also the second youngest coach to win a World Cup, after Alberto Suppici, who won aged 31 with Uruguay in 1930.

Personal life

Zagallo (original family name Zakour, a Lebanese surname from Zahle) married Alcina de Castro on 13 January 1955 at the Church of Capuchins in Rio de Janeiro and they remained together until her death on 5 November 2012.[9] Mário and Alcina had four children.[10] He is a practicing Roman Catholic.[11][12][13]

Nicknames

Zagallo was nicknamed the professor by his players throughout his career, due to his tactical awareness and commanding presence on the bench. He was also nicknamed Velho Lobo (Old Wolf) due to his surname "Lobo", which means "wolf".[7]

Honours

Player

Brazil

Flamengo

  • Rio de Janeiro State Championship: 1953, 1954, 1955

Botafogo

  • Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1962, 1964

  • Rio de Janeiro State Championship: 1961, 1962

Individual

  • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1962

  • Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame

Manager

Brazil

  • FIFA World Cup: 1970 Runner-up: 1998

  • FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997

  • Copa América: 1997 Runner-up: 1995

  • CONCACAF Gold Cup: Runner-up: 1996 Third place: 1998

Kuwait

  • AFC Asian Cup: Runner-up: 1976

Botafogo

  • Taça Brasil: 1968

  • Rio de Janeiro State Championship: 1967, 1968

Flamengo

Individual

  • IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 1997[14]

  • World Soccer Magazine 9th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013

See also

List of Brazil national football team managers

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.si.comWest, Jenna (15 July 2018). "Didier Deschamps Becomes Third to Win World Cup as Player and Manager". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[2]
Citation Linkresources.fifa.comFIFA Order of Merit holders
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[3]
Citation Linkwww.sambafoot.com"Zagallo". Sambafoot. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[4]
Citation Linkwww.rsssf.comGwidon Naskrent, Roberto Di Maggio and José Luis Pierrend (17 September 2010). "World Cup Champions Squads 1930 – 2010". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[5]
Citation Linkwww.rsssf.comRoberto Mamrud (29 February 2012). "Appearances for Brazil National Team". Brazil – Record International Players. RSSSF. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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[6]
Citation Linkwww.fifa.com"Vicente Feola: A controversial innovator". FIFA. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[7]
Citation Linkwww.fifa.com"Mario Zagallo – None hungrier than Brazil's lone wolf". FIFA. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[8]
Citation Linkwww.dailymail.co.uk"Motty's World Cup greats: Mario Zagalo". Mail online. Associated Newspapers. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[9]
Citation Linkgloboesporte.globo.com"Esposa de Zagallo morre no Rio | globoesporte.com". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
Sep 30, 2019, 2:02 AM
[10]
Citation Linkgloboesporte.globo.com"Zagallo recebe apoio de amigos no velório da esposa no Rio de Janeiro | globoesporte.com". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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[11]
Citation Linkwww1.folha.uol.com.br"Folha Online - Mundo - Zagallo diz que "família católica perdeu seu irmão mais importante" - 02/04/2005". Folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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[12]
Citation Linkesporte.uol.com.br"Xará, Zagallo ressalta coincidências do nº 13 com o papa e lamenta: "Temos que engolir" – Futebol – $estacao.titulo". Esporte.uol.com.br. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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[13]
Citation Linktardesdepacaembu.wordpress.com"Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo | TARDES DE PACAEMBU: o futebol sem as fronteiras do tempo". Tardesdepacaembu.wordpress.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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[14]
Citation Linkwww.iffhs.de"FORMER RESULTS". IFFHS.de. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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[15]
Citation Linkwww.si.com"Didier Deschamps Becomes Third to Win World Cup as Player and Manager"
Sep 30, 2019, 2:03 AM
[16]
Citation Linkresources.fifa.comFIFA Order of Merit holders
Sep 30, 2019, 2:03 AM
[17]
Citation Linkwww.sambafoot.com"Zagallo"
Sep 30, 2019, 2:03 AM
[18]
Citation Linkwww.rsssf.com"World Cup Champions Squads 1930 – 2010"
Sep 30, 2019, 2:03 AM
[19]
Citation Linkwww.rsssf.com"Appearances for Brazil National Team"
Sep 30, 2019, 2:03 AM
[20]
Citation Linkwww.fifa.com"Vicente Feola: A controversial innovator"
Sep 30, 2019, 2:03 AM