Pele

He had been receiving regular treatment from doctors ever since undergoing surgery to have a tumour on his colon removed in September 2021, but had been ...

He retired having won three World Cups - and currently remains the only player to do so - and is still Brazil's top scorer with 77 goals from his 92 caps. Pele made his debut for Santos in 1956 in what was the start of a career that would turn the game on its head. His condition failed to improve, with Pele remaining in hospital in Sao Paulo throughout the 2022 World Cup and then for Christmas,

Pelé was a beloved and world-renowned Brazilian footballer who died on December 29, 2022, at the age of 82 years old. Pelé is one of the most illustrious ...

In terms of his international career, Pelé got off to a fast start by defeating Sweden in the 1958 World Cup final and winning the tournament. In order to see Pelé play in a stadium in Lagos, the two opposing forces of the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour cease-fire in 1969. His participation in the 1958 and 1962 World Cups for the Brazilian national team came about fast. The following year, 1956, he signed a contract and made his professional debut, scoring in his maiden game. In the top division, Pelé presently owns a lot of significant records, including the most goals scored (541). He was the world's highest-paid athlete during the height of his career.

Pele, the Brazil footballing legend and three-time World Cup winner, has died at the age of 82.According to AP, Joe Fraga.

[According to AP](https://apnews.com/article/pele-soccer-star-dead-f2c5f7d2771b96dbd854cb025ab2563a), Joe Fraga, his agent, broke the news on Thursday evening. We love you infinitely. “Everything we are is thanks to you.

Brazilian football legend Pele, who died on Thursday at the age of 82, is widely considered the greatest footballer of all time.

He was booked in the 27th minute as Brazil went on to win 4-1 with Pele scoring one of the goals. “Pele has said he’s the Beethoven of football. Our eyes met and he said: ‘Not for the book, my friend, not for the book’.” “An artist in my eyes is someone who can lighten up a dark room. “The best ever is Pele. “Pele doesn’t die. Pele will never die. I played with him at the New York Cosmos and you would give him the ball and just not see him again because he was too fast. “Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. “When he did this, blood came from the dead man’s mouth. We all end up the same, don’t we?” For a long time I would wake up at night, screaming.”

Pele burst onto the global stage at just 17 with dazzling goals as Brazil won the World Cup for the first time in Sweden in 1958.

One of the strengths in my life and in my football was my improvisation, to change at the last second.” Then Garrincha twice beat his men on the right and hit low crosses for Vava to tap in. Vava added a second after the break as Brazil won 2-0 and secured first place in the group. By the time he landed Parling was behind him. Pele struck the woodwork. Fans watching round the world cheered too. He tested the players and pronounced Pele “too infantile”. Despite their careful planning, the Brazilians had neglected to submit squad numbers and were assigned them at random. The ’58 World Cup was a dream. Although his play, behind centre forward Vava, epitomised the all-round attacking role associated with the modern number 10, he had that shirt only by accident. I was a kid. I remember some reporters saying: ‘how can they take a 17-year-old kid to the World Cup finals,” Pele recalled in an interview with FIFA.

Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the "beautiful game," ...

He was often welcomed like royalty when traveling abroad with Santos or the national team. Pele dazzled from the age of 15, when he started playing professionally with Santos. Pele declined offers to play in Europe, but signed for a brief, lucrative swan song with the Cosmos at the end of his career, bringing his star power to the land of “soccer.” Known for his genius with the ball, he epitomized the sublime style of play called “samba football” in Brazil, where he was declared a “national treasure.” “Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely.

Pelé, the Brazilian football legend, who many regard as the greatest player of all time, has died in hospital in Sao Paulo at the age of 82.

He scored a world record 1,281 goals, playing in 1,363 games during his professional career, which began when he was just 15. We are deeply saddened by the passing of Pelé. At the time, the Secretary-General of the Summit, Maurice Strong, described him as not only the greatest footballer in the world, but “a universal man”, rooted in Brazil. He was also appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the crucial UN Earth Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992, one of the first major global development and environment summits devoted to a more sustainable future for all. He devoted considerable time in retirement to supporting the UN and its work, both as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Children’s Fund [UNESCO](https://en.unesco.org/), tweeted that it was “deeply saddened” at his passing, and extended condolences to the Brazilian people, and the wider “football family”.

As the world bids farewell to Brazil football legend, Pele, Nigerians, led by President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), have also added their words ...

The records do little justice to his out of the world delivery: The only person, man or woman, in the whole history of the game to win three World Cups. The only person, man or woman, in the whole history of the game to ever score over a thousand goals. He was also one of the first black global sporting icons. Pele rose to superstardom by winning the 1958 World Cup, scoring six goals when aged just 17. In every aspect, he towered above the rest. Because in a world where there is racial inclination, for a white man to acknowledge the greatness of Pele, it means he was greater than great. May his soul rest in peace.” Pele passed away on Thursday at the Albert Einstein Hospital and his daughter, Kely Nascimento, confirmed the news on Instagram, writing, “Everything we are is thanks to you. “May he rest in peace. The Brazil great had been undergoing chemotherapy for a colon tumour that was removed last September, and returned to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital on February 13. He was an all-rounder. He was a complete footballer,” Okpala said.

Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law lead the tributes to the Brazil and football icon who passed away on Thursday.

Que Deus te receba em paz, Rei! Muito mais que um ídolo do futebol. What a role model on and off the pitch. There is in each of these human manifestations an expression of beauty which touches us and gives us a feeling of eternity.” However, more than anything, he was a good man with a great presence and a fantastic smile.” It was an honour to have shared a pitch with him and I send my sincerest condolences to his family, friends and the Brazilian people.”

Pele's mother, Celeste, was crucial throughout the Brazilian player's career and now that "O'Rei" has passed away we take a look back at some of the storie.

She was the wife of Joao Ramos do Nascimento, known as Dondinho. - Soccer.

Pele was a footballing legend the world over, but for people in Brazil he was so much more.

Again, many felt that was a weak position given his huge influence - and of course the turbulent politics that he lived through - including a dictatorship. Pele was also known to keep his head down when it came to politics. In fact, president Janio Quadros in 1961 even declared him a national treasure, which meant for years he couldn't be "exported" to play for clubs abroad, such was his hero status and importance for national pride. In a country where racism and classism are still so dominant, Pele, a black footballer from a poor background, was an incredible success story. When news eventually came of his passing, it was still a big moment. This is a moment that Brazilians had been expecting for some time but also dreading.

October 23, 1940:Pele was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento into a modest family in Minas Gerais to the north of Rio de Jaineiro. His father was a keen amateur ...

Pele leads Brazil to his third World Cup and he remains the only player to have won three. Pele shoots to global fame, scoring twice in the World Cup final in a 5-2 win for Brazil over hosts Sweden. Unable to pronounce the name Pele came out instead and the name then stuck for the rest of his life.

Fans in Africa have paid glowing tributes to Brazil football legend Pele, terming his death a great loss to the game.

FIFA said Pele was simply "immortal" after the Brazil legend, named by world football's governing body as the greatest player of the 20th century, ...

He changed perceptions for the better in Brazil, in South America and across the world.” He celebrated the game like no other,” Blatter said on Twitter. My sincere condolences to your family and friends.” Pele won the World Cup again in Chile in 1962, despite being forced out of much of the tournament due to injury. Infantino added: “Pele had a magnetic presence and, when you were with him, the rest of the world stopped. The day we lost Pele,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement.

Brazilian football icon, Pele, died on Thursday after a tough battle with a colon tumor. During his 'hey days' the global sports star set some amazing.

In both 1958 and 1970, Pele was arguably the player of the tournament. Pele is the youngest player to score in a World Cup final, as Brazil won by 5-2. Every four years, the World Cup competition pits the finest players in the world against one another on the largest platform of them all. Pele is the only one to have won it three times. Pele made his debut for Brazil against Sweden in the 1958 World Cup final when he was just 17 years and 249 days old. He broke several records when he became the youngest player to play in a World Cup as he started Brazil’s third group game.