Death of Pelé

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Pelé

Pelé was one of the greatest and best-known footballers in modern history.
Born as Edson Arantes do Nascimento as a son of a Brazilian football player Dondinho and Celeste Arantes.
Pelé joined the Brazil national team at the age of 16.
He won three FIFA World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970) and remains as the only player to do so till now.
He was nicknamed O Rei meaning The King following the 1958 tournament.
Pelé is the joint-top goal scorer for Brazil by scoring 77 goals in 92 games.
At the club level, Pelé was Santos’ all-time top goal scorer by scoring 643 goals in 659 games.
Pelé retired in 1977, and later became a worldwide ambassador for football and made many acting and commercial ventures.
He was appointed as minister of sports of Brazil in January 1995.
During his tenure, he initiated multiple reforms against corruption in state football associations.
He resigned from the post of minister on 30 April 1998.
He died on Thursday (29^th December 2022) at the age of 82 after battling cancer.

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