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Mário Zagallo, who won four soccer World Cups for Brazil as either player or coach, has died aged 92 according to a post on his official Instagram account.
Here are 10 things you may not know about Zagallo.
1. Zagallo was the first ever person to win the World Cup both as a player and a manager.
2. Zagallo played a role in nearly every major chapter in Brazilian football history, from their first World Cup title in 1958 to the tournament hosted in 2014.
3. Former Brazil coach Tite visited Zagallo for advice before taking the team to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
4. Zagallo was Brazil forward in Sweden in 1958 and Chile in 1962, when Brazil won the World Cup both times.
5. Zagallo stopped playing professionally in 1965 and began his coaching career with Rio de Janeiro club Botafogo the following year.
6. Zagallo was named Brazil national-team coach in 1970, just before the World Cup in Mexico and subsequently inherited a squad that included Pelé, Jairzinho, Gerson, Roberto Rivellino and Tostão.
7. In the 1970 World Cup, Zagallo went on to win it as manager after his side thrashed Italy 4-1 in the final.
8. Zagallo coached Brazil in the 1974 World Cup, but without legend Pelé in the side, this time Brazil finished in fourth place.
9. Zagallo was assistant coach to Carlos Alberto Parreira when Brazil won the 1994 World Cup in the United States, beating Italy in the final, this time on post match penalties, once again.
10. Zagallo was Brazil coach yet again during the 1998 World Cup in France, when Brazil lost 3-0 to the hosts in a final marked by striker Ronaldo’s unexplained convulsions before the game of which Zagallo was criticised for letting Ronaldo play.
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