The institution had reported that the disease progressed to such an extent that he was receiving care for “renal and cardiac dysfunction.” The Brazilian star was in intensive care, along with his wife, Marcia Aoki, and two of their children, while others who lived outside the country returned to spend the last moments next to his father.
Family members and Brazilian government authoritiesalready aware of the delicate health of the ex-soccer player, had started planning his funeral: the plan would be to carry out an intimate wake for the family and after a few days open the field of Santoswhere Pelé made his debut in 1956 at the age of 16, to commemorate a popular farewellwhile his remains would rest in a private cemetery.
Behind the victory for Argentina in the World Cup final Sunday, Pelé published a photo on social networks of the albiceleste lifting the trophy, and praised the performances of the team leader, Lionel MessiFrance’s rising star Kylian Mbappé and surprising semi-finalist Morocco. “Today, football continues to tell its story, as always, in an exciting way”he claimed. “What a gift it has been to see this spectacle of the future of our sport.”
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The extraordinary career of “O Rei”
born as Edson Arantes do Nascimentothe striker nicknamed “O King” was Recognized by specialists, soccer players and fans as one of the best athletes of all times. Often the protagonist of the fight for the title of “best of all time” with Diego Armando Maradona.
His professional career began in 1956 at Santos, where he played until 1974. and with whom he won the Supercopa de Intercontinental Championstwo Intercontinental Cupstwo Libertadores Cup from America, Six from the Brasileirão, four from the Rio-São Paulo Tournament and ten from the Paulista Championship. in 1975 happened to play his last two years of career at the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL), with whom he won a league title.
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In the Brazil team also debuted at age 16 and founded the style known as “nice game”. Won three of the four world that he played (1958, 1962 and 1970), becoming the player with the most world cups won. He and Neymar share the goal record in the Brazilian team, with 77 points.
After retiring, Pelé pursued a brief career as an actor and singer. He was named World citizen by the United Nations (UN) in 1977Extraordinary Minister of Sports for the Brazilian government between 1994 and 1998 and Knight of Honor of the British Empire in 1997, among other honors.
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In the year 2000the FIFA Football Committee voted where, with 73% of the votes, he was chosen as the “best official footballer of the 20th century”. Pelé never won the Golden Ball in his career (at that time it could only be awarded to Europeans), so France Football magazine awarded him an honorary one in 2013.
Upon retiring in 1977, the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) marked that he had scored 1,301 goals in his carrer. Under the official records of the FIFA, is the fourth highest scorer in history (with 765 goals) behind Messi, Josef Bican and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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