Person in history
Mário Zagallo
Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1931)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2024 · January 5
Their story
Who they were
Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo was a Brazilian professional football player, coordinator and manager, who played as a forward.
Why this date
Mário Zagallo appears on our January 5 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.
Sources
Cite this page
“Mário Zagallo”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/mario-zagallo, accessed October 27, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Mário Zagallo
When did Mário Zagallo die?
January 5 2024.
Who else was born on this day?
The date page lists everyone we hold for that calendar day.
Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.