Mario Zagallo(1931-2024)
Mário Zagallo is a Brazilian former football player and manager, who played as a forward.
He holds the record for World Cup titles in general with 4 titles in total. 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. Zagallo also coached Brazil National Football Team in 1974 (obtaining 4th place) and in 1998 (obtaining a runner-up) and was a technical assistant in 2006 reaching the quarterfinal.
He is one of three men, along with Germany's Franz Beckenbauer and France's Didier Deschamps to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager and the only one that has done it 4 times.
In 1992 Zagallo received the FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honor awarded by FIFA, for his contributions to football.
He holds the record for World Cup titles in general with 4 titles in total. 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. Zagallo also coached Brazil National Football Team in 1974 (obtaining 4th place) and in 1998 (obtaining a runner-up) and was a technical assistant in 2006 reaching the quarterfinal.
He is one of three men, along with Germany's Franz Beckenbauer and France's Didier Deschamps to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager and the only one that has done it 4 times.
In 1992 Zagallo received the FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honor awarded by FIFA, for his contributions to football.
