Death of a Legend = PELE

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Pelé - Wikipedia

 

A World Cup Winner at 17, with two goals in the final in / against Sweden in 1958

 

4 Years later - saw another World Cup win with Brazil in Chile

 

England: 1966 - was less successful, with a Targeted campaign - especially against Portugal - saw an injury force an end to the campaign

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Before, perhaps his finest hour, It's = MEXICO

• BRAZIL 4 CZECHOSLAVAKIA 1

- And then nearly a cracker = . . .

 

• ENGLAND 0 BRAZIL 1

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• The Iconic picture

 

• BRAZIL 3 ROMANIA 2

 

• BRAZIL 4 PERU 2

 

BRAZIL 3 URAGUAY 1
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• BRAZIL 4 ITALY 1

The Final sees Pele score Brazil's 100th Worls Cup goal

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Before laying off the perfect pass - following the perfect team goal

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• Pelé being held aloft after winning the 1970 World Cup Final.

• He is the only player to win three World Cups.

 

He retired from the National team following the World Cup triumph - and still holds numerous r
Records

• Joint-most goals for Brazil national football team: 77 (95 including unofficial friendlies) (tied with Neymar)
• Highest goals-per-game ratio (0.84) for Brazil national football team
• Highest goals-per-game ratio (0.84) of any South American top international scorer
• Highest goals-per-game ratio (2.33) of any leading scorer in the Intercontinental Cup
• Most goals in the Intercontinental Cup: 7
• Most goals for Santos: 643 (in 659 competitive games)
• Most goals scored in a single Campeonato Paulista season: 58 (in 38 competitive games,1958)
• Most goals in a calendar year (recognised by FIFA): 127 (1959)
• Most hat-tricks in world football: 92
• Most career goals in world football (including friendlies): 1,283 (in 1,363 games)
• Most FIFA World Cup winners' medals: 3 (1958, 1962, 1970)
• Youngest winner of a FIFA World Cup: aged 17 years and 249 days (1958)
• Youngest goalscorer in a FIFA World Cup: aged 17 years and 239 days (for Brazil vs Wales, 1958)
• Youngest player to score twice in a FIFA World Cup semi-final: aged 17 years and 244 days (for Brazil vs France, 1958)
• Youngest player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup: aged 17 years and 244 days (for Brazil vs France, 1958)
• Youngest player to play in a FIFA World Cup Final: aged 17 years and 249 days (1958)
• Youngest goalscorer in a FIFA World Cup Final: aged 17 years and 249 days (for Brazil vs Sweden, 1958)
• Youngest player to score twice in a FIFA World Cup Final: aged 17 years and 249 days (for Brazil vs Sweden, 1958)
• Youngest player to start a knockout match at a FIFA World Cup
• Youngest player to reach five FIFA World Cup knockout stage goals
• Youngest goalscorer for Brazil national football team: aged 16 years and nine months (Brazil vs Argentina, 1957)
• First player to score in three successive FIFA World Cups
• One of only five players to have scored in four different FIFA World Cup tournaments
• One of only five players to have scored in two different FIFA World Cup Finals
• Scored in two FIFA World Cup Finals for winning teams (shared with Vavá)
• Most assists provided in FIFA World Cup history: 10 (1958–1970)
• Most assists provided in a single FIFA World Cup tournament: 6 (1970)
• Most assists provided in FIFA World Cup Final matches: 3 (1 in 1958 and 2 in 1970)
• Most assists provided in FIFA World Cup knockout phase: 6 (shared with Messi)
• Most goals from open play in FIFA World Cup Final matches: 3 (2 in 1958 and 1 in 1970) (shared with Vavá, Geoff Hurst and Zinedine Zidane)
• Only player to reach 25 international goals as a teenager
• Only player to score in a FIFA World Cup before turning 18
• Only player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World cup before turning 18
• Only player to have scored a hat-trick in the Intercontinental Cup

 

Teaming up with German Great Franz Beckanbaur in New York (Cosmos) in latter years

 

(He also appeared in the 1981 film Escape to Victory, about a World War II-era football match between Allied prisoners of war and a German team)



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In 1994, Pelé was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
In 1995, Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso appointed Pelé to the position of Extraordinary Minister for Sport.
- During this time he proposed legislation to reduce corruption in Brazilian football, which became known as the "Pelé law."
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• In 1997, he received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace.

 

Tributes:

• BBC SPORTS

Pele: Goalscorer, World Cup winner, hero, icon and legend - BBC Sport

 

• SKY SPORTS:

Pele in pictures: The greatest footballer ever | World News | Sky News

 

• NEYMAR

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