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Brazil says goodbye to late football great Zagallo

8 January 2024
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2024-01-08 10:22

Brazilians paid their last respects on Sunday to football legend Mario Zagallo, after the four-time World Cup-winning player and coach died at age 92. 

He played alongside Pele in Brazil's 1958 and 1962 World Cup-winning teams. He then coached the 1970 world champion side Pele and served as assistant coach when the Brazil national football team repeated the feat in 1994. "He made football history. It's a tremendous loss," said former president of famed club Flamengo, where Zagallo was both a player and manager.

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