- Mário Zagallo
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Zagallo Personal information Full name Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo Date of birth August 9, 1931 Place of birth Maceió, Brazil Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Playing position Inside Forward, Left Winger Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1948–1949 America 1950–1958 Flamengo 1958–1965 Botafogo National team‡ 1958–1964 Brazil 33 (5) Teams managed 1966 Botafogo 1967–1968 Brazil 1969 Botafogo 1970–1971 Brazil 1971–1972 Fluminense 1972–1973 Flamengo 1974 Brazil 1975 Botafogo 1976 Kuwait 1977–1978 Botafogo 1979 Al-Hilal 1980–1981 Vasco da Gama 1981–1984 Saudi Arabia 1984–1985 Flamengo 1986–1987 Botafogo 1988–1989 Bangu 1989–1990 United Arab Emirates 1990–1991 Vasco da Gama 1991–1994 Brazil (assistant) 1994–1998 Brazil 1999–2000 Portuguesa 2001 Flamengo 2003–2006 Brazil (assistant) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 August 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 August 2011Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (born August 9, 1931 in Maceió) is a Brazilian former football player and manager.
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Biography
Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo was born in Maceió, Alagoas, to a family of Lebanese and Italian heritage.
Zagallo started his football career with América in 1948, and he later played for Flamengo and Botafogo.[1]
He was the first footballer to win the World Cup as a player (1958, 1962), as a manager (1970), and as assistant coach (World Cup 1994), all with the Brazilian national team. He also coached his country to a fourth-place finish in the 1974 World Cup and to a second-place finish in the 1998 World Cup.[2]
Zagallo guided the United Arab Emirates to their first World Cup in 1990, but was dismissed from his post before the tournament. Zagallo was assistant coach (as in 1994, the main coach was Carlos Alberto Parreira) of the Brazilian team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which was eliminated by France.
As a player, Zagallo was the left-forward of the Brazilian teams in the Cups of 1958 and 1962; he scored goals in both tournaments, including one in the final against the Swedish team, in 1958. What he lacked in physical stature, Zagallo compensated with exquisite technique and by always being the first man back to defend if his team lost the ball.
In 1970, Zagallo assumed the national team after the previous coach João Saldanha resigned alleging that he was suffering external pressures to include players in the team. Zagallo had the task – and succeeded in performing it – of finding a place in the team for a group of outstanding players such as Pelé, Gérson, Tostão, Jairzinho and Rivelino. In his 1977 autobiography, Pelé writes that Zagallo initially restricted his team from playing their attacking game at the 1970 World Cup. Based on a chess format, Zagallo organized a sophisticated method, which he ultimately had to abandon due to player complaints. His side won all six of their matches, scoring 19 times in the process. It was the first time football had witnessed a 5-3-2 formation that could seamlessly transform itself into a 3-5-2 and back again.
On July 23, 2001 the Brazilian football team was defeated (0-2) in the quarter-final of the 2001 Copa America tournament by the low-ranked (and last minute invitee) Honduras. Zagallo, stunned, stated that he never thought to live long enough to see the powerful Brazil being defeated by Honduras.
He is famously superstitious about the number 13,[3] believing that the 1958 and 1994 World Cups were special for him (and therefore for Brazil), because 5+8=13 and 9+4=13. Regarding the 1994 victory, he used to state that the phrase Brasil Campeão ("Champions Brazil") has 13 letters.
After being introduced by Cláudio Coutinho in 1978, Zagallo was one of the managers to fully use attacking full backs, a concept he has always remained loyal to—as the importance of Cafu, Leonardo and Roberto Carlos to the Seleçao’s forward play in 1994 and 1998 stands to prove.
Quotes
- "I accept criticism, but what hurts is mockery. In Germany, I was elected the best coach in the world. In Brazil, I'm ridiculed."
- "I've lived football for 50 years, and this is my happiest moment. After 40 years, our flag will tremble again in Europe"
- "You gonna have to stand me!"
- "He was one of the greatest Brazilian players of his generation and, after winning the World Cup four times, he has left a permanent mark on Brazilian football. It is an honour for me to have worked with him" - Ronaldo
- "Brasil campeão (champions Brazil), has 13 letters!"
Honours
Brazil Honours as Player and Manager
- FIFA Confederations Cup
- Winners: 1997
Minor Honours
- Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1958, 1961, 1962
- Bernardo O'Higgins Cup: 1959, 1961
- Atlantic Cup: 1960
- Roca Cup: 1963, 1971 (Shared)
- Brazilian Independence Cup: 1972
- Umbro Cup: 1995
- Tournoi de France Runners-up: 1997
Player
Botafogo
- Paris Intercontinental Tournament: 1963
- Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1962, 1964
- Rio de Janeiro State Championship: 1961, 1962
Manager
Botafogo
- Taça Brasil: 1968
- Rio de Janeiro State Championship: 1967, 1968
- Guanabara Cup: 1967, 1968
References
External links
- FIFA Page about Zagallo
- Iranian 70's singer Zia Atabay singing for Mario Zagallo after Iran's victory against Kuwait in World Cup Qualification match in 1977
Bebeto | Carlos Alberto Torres | Didi | Djalma Santos | Falcão | Garrincha | Gérson | Gilmar | Jairzinho | Julinho | Nílton Santos | Pelé | Rivaldo | Rivelino | Roberto Carlos | Romário | Ronaldinho | Ronaldo | Sócrates | Taffarel | Tostão | Vavá | Zagallo | Zico | Zizinho Brazil national football team – managers Lagreca (1914) · Selection panel (1915–16) · C. Netto (1917) · Selection panel (1917) · F. Netto & Barbuy (1918) · Selection panel (1919) · Gomes (1920) · F. Netto (1921) · Selection panel (1922) · F. Netto (1922) · C. Netto (1923) · Guimarães (1925) · Moares & Laís (1928–29) · Píndaro (1930) · Luiz Vinhaes (1931–34) · Ferreira (1934–35) · Pimenta (1936–38) · Nascimento (1939) · Lagreca (1940) · Barcelos (1940) · Adhemar Pimenta (1942) · Flávio Costa (1944–50) · Zezé Moreira (1952) · Aymoré Moreira (1953) · Zezé Moreira (1954–55) · Vicente Feola (1955) · Flávio Costa (1955) · Osvaldo Brandão (1955–56) · Teté (1956) · Flávio Costa (1956) · Pirillo (1957) · Pedrinho (1957) · Vicente Feola (1958–60) · Aymoré Moreira (1961–63) · Vicente Feola (1964–1966) · Aymoré Moreira (1967–68) · Yustrich (1968) · João Saldanha (1969–70) · Zagallo (1970–74) · Osvaldo Brandão (1975–77) · Coutinho (1977–80) · Telê Santana (1980–82) · Parreira (1983) · Edu (1983–84) · Evaristo de Macedo (1984–85) · Telê Santana (1985–86) · Carlos Alberto Silva (1987–88) · Lazaroni (1989–90) · Falcão (1990–91) · Parreira (1991–94) · Zagallo (1994–98) · Luxemburgo (1998–2000) · Leão (2000–01) · Scolari (2001–03) · Parreira (2003–06) · Dunga (2006–10) · Mano Menezes (2010–)
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