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George Flood

Mario Zagallo: Brazil football legend and World Cup hero dies aged 92

Brazil football legend Mario Zagallo has died at the age of 92.

The hugely influential Zagallo was a World Cup winner both as a player and manager, the first person ever to achieve that feat, part of the successful 1958 and 1962 teams alongside the likes of Pele before then coaching the star-studded Selecao to success at the famous 1970 tournament in Mexico, aged just 38.

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