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Before the 1970 World Cup, a Brazilian sportswriter asked Joao Saldana, who was fired as coach of the Brazilian national team for political reasons, 'Who is Brazil's best goalkeeper?'' Saladana said, 'Pele.'' and best right back? The answer came 'Pele.'' After mentioning Pele's name in roughly half of the team's positions, Saladana laughed and said, 'Pele is the best footballer in the world in any position.'' Many who played with and against Pele echoed Saldana. End of a chapter. Football emperor Pele passed away. He died of colon cancer at the age of 82. He is the "greatest" footballer of the 20th century as judged by the "FIFA" magazine readers and the jury board. However, general football fans on the internet voted in favor of Diego Maradona. FIFA eventually announced the two men jointly as the Centenarians. Maradona died suddenly in 2020 at the age of 60. This time world also lost Pele.
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Pele No More!: An Unknown Life of King of Football
Adeline Klara Palmerstone
Published by The Country Publications, 2022.
Title Page
Pele No More!: An Unknown Life of King of Football | End of a Chapter
First Superstar of World Football
Messi and Pele
Pele, the Man and Life
36 Years of Curse?
Macron to Mbappe's dressing room
Pele Sees Maradona after Argentinas Win
Mbappe lost Golden Boot
Antonella Roccuzzo Dream Came True
Martinez's behavior controversy
The old king wins
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Goodbye king, in the world war of football, is Pele close to Maradona or Messi?
Is Pele the best of all time in the World Cup? Or will he have a fight with Diego Maradona or Lionel Messi who just won the World Cup? This argument will continue for a long time.
End of a chapter. Football emperor Pele passed away. He died of colon cancer at the age of 82.
He was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo after his condition deteriorated during the World Cup in Qatar. He breathed his last there late on Thursday night.
Pele signed for Santos in 1956. Called up to the national team in 1957. Pele scored his first international goal against Argentina that year. He is the youngest goal scorer of Brazil's national team.
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Pele won the World Cup for the first time in 1958. He was only 17 years old at that time. Pele won the World Cup as the youngest footballer.
Pele became the youngest footballer to score a hat-trick against France in the semi-finals of the World Cup that year.
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Pele is the only player to win a World Cup before turning 18. He is the only player to have won three World Cups. In 1958, 1962 and 1970.
A total of 10 times in three World Cups, he has crossed the ball for his teammates. That record is still unbroken. Pele scored a total of 12 goals in the World Cup.
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Pele scored 77 goals in 92 matches for the country. That record was recently touched by Neymar Jr.
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On the other hand, Diego Maradona, the prince of football, has won the World Cup four times but only once. His only World Cup win was in 1986.
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He reached the threshold of victory in 1990. But lost 1-0 to West Germany in the final.
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Maradona scored a total of 8 goals in the World Cup.