Brazilian soccer genius Pele, has died
Undoubtedly he was the greatest football player to have emerged from Brazil.
He died at the age of 82.
Pele according to the BBC is celebrated scoring a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during a 21-year career, including 77 goals in 92 matches for his country.
Pele, who has been suffering from kidney failures, was reported to have bid his family bye on Tuesday.
Pele was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to a poor family in Sao Paulo.
He won the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups with Brazil.
According to Skysports, “Injury restricted his contribution to Brazil’s triumph in 1962 in Chile but he was player of the tournament eight years later, as Brazil assembled one of the greatest sides of all time and lifted the Jules Rimet trophy in Mexico thanks to a 4-1 win over Italy in which Pele scored the opening goal.
“That goal makes him one of only five players to have scored in two World Cup finals and, thanks to his exploits in 1958, he remains the youngest player to have netted a goal at the tournament”.
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