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The king of football, Pele, has died

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The legend is 82 years old, he did not overcome cancer. He is the only player in football history to win the World Cup three times.

At the age of 83, legendary Brazilian striker Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to most fans as Pelé, has died. This was reported by freezmi.io/category/sport.

On November 29, Pele was hospitalized. Recently, he was battling cancer. South American journalists reported that the former football player of the Brazilian national team was no longer responding to chemotherapy. Since then, several statements have been made by Pele from the hospital through his friends and relatives that he continues to fight for life.

Edson Arantis do Nascimento is the only player in the history of football to be the world champion three times. He won this title in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He has twice won the Intercontinental Cup and Copa Libertadores. Many organizations called him the best football player of the 20th century. In the late nineties, Pele headed the Brazilian Ministry of Sports.

In his career, he played for only two clubs. From 1957 to 1974, the striker played 585 matches for Santos, scoring 570 goals. After that, he moved to the United States, where, as part of the New York Cosmos, he scored 37 times in 64 matches. For the Brazilian national team in Pele – 92 games and 78 goals.

Earlier, the legendary footballer called the mind that the Kremlin leader lacked. Pele said he was tired of the war in Ukraine and asked Putin to stop the senseless bloodshed.

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Source: korrespondent

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