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Mário Zagallo

1931 - 2024

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Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾju zaˈɡalu]; 9 August 1931 – 5 January 2024) was a Brazilian professional football player, coordinator and manager, who played as a forward. Zagallo holds the record for FIFA World Cup titles in general with four titles in total. He also holds the record for World Cup finals with six participations. He was the first person to win the World Cup as both a manager and as a player, winning the competition in 1958 and 1962 as a player and in 1970 as manager. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mário Zagallo is the 22nd most popular soccer player (down from 12th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Mario Zagallo is most famous for being the coach of Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mário Zagallo ranks 22 out of 21,273. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Luis Suárez, Bobby Charlton, Luis Enrique, and Francisco Gento. After him are Cesare Maldini, George Best, Jairzinho, Sócrates, Didi, and Josef Bican.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mário Zagallo ranks 11. Before him are A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Raúl Castro, Tomas Tranströmer, James Dean, Chun Doo-hwan, and Isabel Martínez de Perón. After him are Robert Duvall, Irvin D. Yalom, Raymond Kopa, Riccardo Giacconi, Philip Kotler, and Leslie Caron. Among people deceased in 2024, Mário Zagallo ranks 10. Before him are Manmohan Singh, Maggie Smith, Donald Sutherland, O. J. Simpson, Fethullah Gülen, and Paul Auster. After him are Ismail Kadare, William Anders, Alberto Fujimori, Peter Higgs, Maria Branyas, and Daniel Kahneman.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Mário Zagallo ranks 11 out of 2,236. Before him are Garrincha (1933), Oscar Niemeyer (1907), Zico (1953), Ronaldo (1976), Dilma Rousseff (1947), and Pedro II of Brazil (1825). After him are Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), and Rivellino (1946).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Mário Zagallo ranks 5. Before him are Pelé (1940), Garrincha (1933), Zico (1953), and Ronaldo (1976). After him are Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Rivellino (1946), Roberto Carlos (1973), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), and Ronaldinho (1980).

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