- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMário Jorge Lobo Zagallo
- Nickname
- Velho Lobo
- Height5′ 7¾″ (1.72 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
- SpouseAlcina de Castro(January 13, 1955 - November 5, 2012) (her death, 4 children)
- ChildrenMaria Cristina de Castro ZagalloMário César ZagalloMaria Emilia de Castro ZagalloPaulo Jorge de Castro Zagallo
- ParentsHaroldo Cardoso ZagalloMaria Antonieta Lobo Zagallo
- Zagallo was the first to win a football World Cup as both a player and a manager.
He won World Cups as a player in 1958 and 1962.
He coached the 1970 winning national side as well winning as an assistant coach in 1994.
- You Will Have to Swallow Me! (Vocês vão ter que me engolir!) - quote after Brazil won the Copa America in Bolivia back in 1997 (Brazil 3-1 Bolivia).
- Zagallo was also known for being highly superstitious and believed the number 13 brought him luck. He liked to coin phrases that contained 13 letters, he got married on the 13th of the month, and once even joked he would retire from the game at 13:00 on July 13, 2013.
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