Brazil pays final respects to football giant Pele | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⚠️
The son of Brazilian football legend Pele, Edinho, attends his father’s wake at the Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 2, 2023. – Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos.
Pele, a three-time World Cup winner widely considered the greatest footballer of all time, died Thursday at age 82 after a battle with cancer. “My whole childhood was influenced by what Pele did for Brazil, by his World Cup wins. He was a national idol,” Mota, 59, told AFP. He went on to win the World Cup three times with Brazil, in 1958, 1962 and 1970 — the only player in history to achieve the feat.
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