“We will ask all 211 football associations in the world to name a stadium after Pele,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday at the wake for the exceptional player in the port city of Santos.
“Children, future generations around the world, need to know who Pele was. And if they score a goal in a stadium named after Pele in 30, 50, 100 years and ask who he was, we can say: He was the greatest and he moved us,” explained Infantino.
Thousands of fans said goodbye to Pelé at the stadium of his longtime club FC Santos on Monday. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, as the striker was called by his full name, shaped football like no other. He was already a legend in his lifetime. With 77 goals in 92 international matches, Pelé is still the record goalscorer for the Seleção, the Brazilian national soccer team. His 30-year-old compatriot Neymar also scored 77 goals.
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