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Mario Zagallo

Mario Zagallo (born August 9, 1931 in Maceió) is a Brazilian football player and coach. He was the first footballer to win the World Cup as a player (1958, 1962) and as coach (1970), all with the Brazilian national team. He also coached his country to a second-place finish in the 1998 World Cup. Zagallo also guided the United Arab Emirates to their first World Cup finals in 1990, but was dismissed from his post before the tournament.

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