OUR PeleThe Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became a role model for young and old has died at the age of 82.

“All we are is because of you,” his daughter wrote. Cell Nascimento in my post on Instagrambelow is an image of family members holding his hands Pele. “We love you unconditionally. Rest in peace.”

OUR Pele went to his hospital Shao Paolo in late November for a respiratory infection and complications from colon cancer. Last week, the hospital reported that his health had deteriorated due to the progression of the cancer. He died Thursday of multiple organ failure due to the progression of colon cancer, according to a hospital statement.Albert Einstein”.

OUR Pele has been synonymous with football for over 60 years. He participated in four world championships and won three of them. He is the only player to achieve such a feat.

“I was born to play football, as Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo to paint,” he said. Pele.

Posts about his “king”. football today’s “elite” of the round goddess did not miss them. Brazilian football player Neymar said that Pele “it changed everything.” In my post on Instagram, wrote: “He turned football into an art, into entertainment. He gave a voice to the poor, to the blacks, and above all: He made Brazil visible. “The prestige of football and Brazil has grown thanks to the king,” he added.

OUR Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his condolences to Brazil by posting on Instagramsaying that “a simple ‘farewell’ to the eternal king Pele will never be enough to express the pain that currently grips the entire football world.”

OUR Killian Conception her Paris Sen Germain announced his death Pele: “The king of football has left us, but his legacy will never be forgotten.”

Former English footballer Jeff Hurst he tweeted about his memories of him Peledescribing him as the best football player he has ever played against.

It is noted that on Monday an all-night vigil will be held in his honor. Pele at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium, known as Vila Belmiro and the headquarters of the Santos football team, in the state Shao Paolo Brazil, the sports club said in a statement.

Nickname”Pele”

His normal name Pele It was Edson Arantes make Nascimento. He was born in Tres hearts an inland city about 155 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro. Janeiro .

How he acquired the nickname by which the whole world knows him is unknown. Not even myself Pele knows.

He once wrote in the British newspaper The Guardian that it probably started when his classmates teased him for forging another player’s nickname. blank.

Like a child, Pele he remembers playing barefoot rolling up socks and rags for the ball. However, when he got his hands on an ordinary ball, he himself, as he already mentioned, had no special ambitions.

“My father was a good football player, he scored a lot of goals,” said O. Pele in CNN in 2015. Indeed, his father called dondinho he was famous in Brazil and was his role model Pele.

“I always wanted to be like him, but what happened to this day can only be explained by God,” said the king of football.

As a teenager, Mr. Pele he left home and started training with her Santosscoring his first club goal shortly before he turned 16.

Though imprinted in the memory of most Pele in the Brazilian jersey, he scored 619 goals in 638 matches for Santos.

17 year old Pele at his first world championship

The world got a taste of his dazzling powers for the first time. Pele in 1958 when he made his World Championship debut at the age of 17. Scored Brazil’s only goal in the country’s quarter-final win over Wales, then scored hat trick in the semi-finals against France and two goals in the final against hosts Sweden.

“When Pelé scored the fifth goal in that final, I have to be honest and say that I wanted to applaud,” said Sigvard Parling from Sweden.

OUR Brazil on the football map

Behind Pele however, the most important memory of the World Cup was that he put his country on the sports map.

“When we won the World Cup, everyone knew about Brazil. CNN in 2016. “I think that was the most important thing I gave to my country because we became famous after that World Cup,” he said.

Another victory at the World Championship came in 1962, although due to injury, he Pele on the sidelines in decisive final games. He also suffered an injury at the next World Cup in 1966 while Brazil did not reach the final. However, redemption came in 1970.

“Pelé said we were going to win, and if Pelé said that, then we were going to win the World Cup,” teammate Carlos Alberto said of the event at the time.

OUR Pelewho was considering retirement before the 1970 World Cup, scored one goal in the final and a total of four during the tournament.

“Before the match, I told myself that Mr. Pele he was a player like all of us,” said the Italian defender. Tarcisio Burgnitz after the defeat of his team in the final and added: “Then I realized how wrong I was.”

The 1970 World Cup was his last. Pele. However, his football career did not end there. In 1975, he signed a $1.67 million a year US contract with New York Cosmos.

One of the greatest players

Thanks to this strong character and superb dribbling skills – a hallmark of his game – Pele helped Cosmos win the North American Football League championship in 1977. He then officially retired from football.

Then Pele he remained in the spotlight as a pro-poor figure in Brazil.

She served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for many years promoting peace and supporting vulnerable children.

Health problems

Unfortunately, health problems showed up early. He himself experienced problems with mobility, and also underwent surgery to remove a tumor.

OUR Pele he started cancer treatment from 2021. He was hospitalized Shao Paolo in November, when Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which caused a wave of support from the global football community and beyond.

However, the debate often came down to whether Pelé (or Maradona) is the best player of all time. In 2000, FIFA jointly named Maradona and Pele the Players of the Century.

In any case, there is no doubt that Pele he was and always will be the world’s first football superstar.

“If one day I die, I will be happy because I tried my best,” he told the online magazine The Talks. “My sport has allowed me to do so much because it is the biggest sport in the world.”

Info: CNN/ Photo: AP