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Pelé Pelé with Brazil in 1970 Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 Três Corações, Brazil Died 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) (aged 82) São Paulo, Brazil Resting place Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, Santos, São Paulo Occupations Footballer humanitarian Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Spouses Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi (m. 1966; div. 1982) Assíria Lemos Seixas (m. 1994 ...
May 6, 2024 · Pelé (born October 23, 1940, Três Corações, Brazil—died December 29, 2022, São Paulo, Brazil) was a Brazilian football (soccer) player, in his time probably the most famous and possibly the best-paid athlete in the world. He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World Cup championships (1958, 1962, and 1970).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 29, 2022 · Dec. 29, 2022. Leer en español. Pelé, one of soccer’s greatest players and a transformative figure in 20th-century sports who achieved a level of global celebrity few athletes have known, died ...
Dec 29, 2022 · Pelé’s crowning glory was a pass, one played with a nonchalant ease in the fading minutes of the World Cup final in 1970, a moment of glorious, acoustic simplicity from a player whose name had ...
Dec 29, 2022 · The only player to win the World Cup three times, Pele scored a world record 1,281 goals in his 21-year career. He died of multiple organ failure after a colon cancer diagnosis, sparking tributes from around the world.
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Dec 30, 2022 · Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in Três Corações – an inland city roughly 155 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro – in 1940, before his family moved to the city of Bauru in São Paulo.
Dec 29, 2022 · Pelé's Cosmos defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in a playoff match before 77,691 fans at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It was the biggest crowd to ever see an NASL match.
