Mario Zagallo, the legendary Brazil World Cup-winning player and manager with strong ties to football in the Gulf, has died, aged 92.
Zagallo was a key member of the Brazil team that won back-to-back World Cups in 1958 and 1962, starting in both finals. He returned to the national team as manager of what is widely regarded as the greatest international side of all time: the 1970 World Cup-winning team of Pele, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto.
Zagallo's final World Cup triumph came as Carlos Alberto Parreira's assistant in 1994, as Brazil beat Italy on penalties in the United States.
He returned as manager after that tournament and led them to the final in 1998, where they were beaten by a Zinedine Zidane-inspired France in Paris.
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