The Flamengo Museum reopens its doors this Tuesday (July 14th) with new features for visitors. In addition to the temporary exhibition "Zagallo is Mengo: it has thirteen letters"The space now features a unique interactive activation, inviting the public to take on the role of a player during crucial moments of a match, such as a penalty kick.

The exhibition invites the nation to journey through the life of Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo, from the first goal of his career, narrated especially for the exhibition by radio broadcaster Luiz Penido, to his consecration as one of the greatest legends of world football and a figure in Flamengo's history.

Combining club memorabilia, historical photographs, and press records from the period, the exhibition unfolds along three main themes: Zagallo is Gávea, Zagallo is the World, and Zagallo is a Legend.Three dimensions of the same Old Wolf, an eternal figure in World Cups and a man of faith who transformed the number 13 into his destiny.

Zagallo is Gávea, it has 13 letters.

Zagallo played for Flamengo four times throughout his long career in Brazilian football. He grew up alongside stars like Evaristo de Macedo and Dida and won the club's second ever Rio de Janeiro state championship three-peat (1953, 1954 and 1955).

He returned as coach in 1972, when he won titles such as the Taça Guanabara and the Campeonato Carioca, in Zico's first conquests. Twelve years later, in 1984, he lifted another Taça Guanabara leading a team that brought together part of the historic 1981 squad and the Argentinian goalkeeper Fillol. The model of the jacket he wore in the 1950s, the pennant of the 53-54-55 three-peat and Fillol's shirt are some of the pieces on display.

In his fourth and final stint at the club, in 2001, he experienced as coach the emotion of Petkovic's free-kick goal in the 43rd minute of the second half, which immortalized yet another three-peat in the Rio de Janeiro state championship for Flamengo. Interestingly, he closed the cycle with the conquest of the Copa dos Campeões (Champions Cup) in Alagoas, his birthplace. Memories of these moments will also be on display.

Zagallo is Mundo (meaning "World") has 13 letters.

The only four-time world champion in football – twice as a player (1958 and 1962), once as a coach (1970) and once as a technical coordinator (1994), Zagallo made history wearing the Flamengo and Brazilian national team jerseys. In the 1958 final against Sweden, he scored one of the goals in the 5-2 victory that gave Brazil its first World Cup title, with a squad that also included Dida, Joel and Moacir. The historical photographs from the National Archives, which capture Zagallo among his Flamengo and national team teammates, weave together these two jerseys in his gaze.

Zagallo is Legend (13 letters)

It was mystical. It was faith. The number that became a symbol runs throughout the entire exhibition. A devotee of Saint Anthony, celebrated on June 13th, he married Alcina on the 13th. World Champion in 1958: 5+8=13. Champion again in 1994: 9+4=13. Rio de Janeiro State Champion in 2001, in an epic 3-1 (13 backwards). He wore number thirteen, believed in number thirteen, and won with number thirteen.

The statuettes of Saint Anthony, donated by the family specifically for the intervention at the Flamengo Museum, reveal the Old Wolf's faith and corroborate: 'Zagallo Eterno' has thirteen letters.

The exposure "Zagallo is Mengo": it has thirteen letters. It is carried out with the support of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), which provided the Jules Rimet and 1994 World Cup trophies, the National Archives, Grupo Globo, and curated by the club's Historical Heritage department.

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Reopening of the Flamengo Museum – Exhibition "Zagallo is Mengo: it has thirteen letters"

Dates: July 14 to July 31, 2026

Opening hours: every day, from 9am to 18pm

Location: Av. Borges de Medeiros, 997, Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro – RJ

Tickets: museuflamengo.com or at the museum's physical ticket office