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At the age of 92, Brazilian Mario Zagallo, a four-time FIFA World Cup champion with his country's national team as a player, coach and assistant coach, died.
He said in a brief announcement on his official Instagram account: “We inform you with great sadness of the death of 4-time eternal world champion Mario Giorgio Lopo Zagallo.”
The statement continued that Zagallo is “a devoted father, a loving grandfather, a caring son-in-law, a loyal friend, a heroic professional, and a great human being. My patriot left us a legacy of great achievements.”
Zagallo won the World Cup as a player twice, in 1958 and 1962, and lifted the cup as a coach in 1970, and as an assistant coach in 1994.
Zagallo was transferred to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro last August due to a urinary tract infection.
But the former Seleção star has suffered additional health problems recently, and was hospitalized for about two weeks due to a respiratory infection.
The former winger played an important role in the squad that won the World Cup titles in 1958 and 1962, with the legend Pele.
He also led Brazil as coach in 1970 in a squad considered the greatest in the history of the game, then he was an assistant coach in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, and coach in 1998 when Brazil lost the final against France.
His achievement was later equaled by winning the World Cup title as a player and coach by the German Franz Beckenbauer (1974 and 1990) and the Frenchman Didier Deschamps (1998 and 2018).
The president of the Brazilian Federation, who returned to his position after a legal dispute, Edaldo Rodriguez, announced mourning for Zagallo's death for 7 days.
