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Updated 2039 GMT (0439 HKT) April 16, 2023
By Kyle Almond and Will Lanzoni, AE Daily News
Pelé, the Brazilian soccer star who grew to become a world icon, has died on the age of 82.
Pelé, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is the one man in historical past to win three World Cups.
He was simply 17 years outdated when he starred within the 1958 World Cup, scoring two targets within the last over Sweden. He would go on so as to add titles in 1962 and 1970, thrilling followers along with his extraordinary dribbling expertise and his prolific goalscoring capacity.
For a lot of his profession, Pelé performed professionally for the Brazilian membership Santos. In the previous couple of years earlier than his retirement, he signed a multimillion-dollar deal to play within the North American Soccer League, the place he received a title with the New York Cosmos.
In 2000, FIFA named him Player of the Century together with Argentine nice Diego Maradona. Many nonetheless think about him the best participant of all time.
“I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint,” Pelé as soon as stated.
Source web site: www.cnn.com
