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  1. Dec 29, 2022 · Pelé, who rose from a Brazilian slum to become the world’s greatest soccer player, dies at 82. Pelé is carried off the field by his teammates after Brazil won the 1970 World Cup in Mexico City ...

  2. Apr 11, 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).

  3. Dec 29, 2022 · Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has died in São Paulo at the age of 82. SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon ...

  4. 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.

  5. Dec 29, 2022 · Pelé (left) shoots past Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz during the 1970 World Cup semi-final which Brazil won 3-1, and then went on to win the final against Italy. The third one that ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Dec 29, 2022 · Pelé, who has died aged 82 after suffering from cancer, is widely regarded as the greatest footballer the game has ever seen. He was the only player to have won the World Cup three times, and ...

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