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Brazil's soccer star Pele, left, embraces Mario Zagallo after the latter's appointment as coach of the Brazilian national soccer team, in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in March 1970. Zagallo, who reached the World Cup final a record five times, winning four, as a player and then a coach with Brazil, has died. He was 92. Brazilian soccer confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said in a statement in the early hours of Saturday, Jan. 5, 2024, confirming Zagallo's death that Zagallo "is one of the biggest legends" of the sport. (AP Photo, File)

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92

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