{"id":2741,"date":"2022-12-29T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/brazils-preeminent-football-star-who-captivated-the-world-pele-dies-at-82\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T23:44:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T23:44:00","slug":"brazils-preeminent-football-star-who-captivated-the-world-pele-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/brazils-preeminent-football-star-who-captivated-the-world-pele-dies-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil’s preeminent football star who captivated the world, Pele dies at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Reuters) – Magical Brazilian soccer star Pele, who went from barefoot poverty to one of the greatest and most famous athletes in modern history, has died at the age of 82, his daughter says said on Instagram on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He had been in and out of the hospital for several months after a tumor was found in his colon.<\/p>\n

Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, has scored a world record 1,281 goals and is the only player to win the World Cup three times.<\/p>\n

With his sublime skill and charming smile, he has helped make football the most popular sport in the world, attracting popes, presidents and Hollywood stars during his 70-year career as a player and ambassador for the sport. Did.<\/p>\n

Born October 23, 1940, in the small town of Torres Coraz\u00f3s, or “Three Hearts”, in the state of Minas Gerais, Edson Arantes do Nascimento learned the game from his father. He was a semi-professional player, but his knee injury derailed his promising career.<\/p>\n

Some aspects of his youth are obscured by mythology, including the origin of his famous nickname. Children began comparing him to the local player “Bile”.<\/p>\n

Whatever the truth, he immediately charmed scouts not as a goalkeeper, but as an attacking forward – prototype number 10.<\/p>\n

He was respected for his breadth of talent and ever since then he has been a player who could do it all. With both feet, he had tremendous pace and stamina, able to head, pass, tackle and, of course, score. Goal.<\/p>\n

He joined Santos at the age of 15 and transformed the small seaside club into one of the most famous clubs in football.<\/p>\n

In his 18 years with the illustrious club, he has won all the honors of Brazilian football, as well as two Copa Libertadores (the South American equivalent of the Champions League) and two Intercontinental Cups (the best teams in Europe and the South). Annual Tournament held in between) won. America.<\/p>\n

His talents were quickly recognized by the national team, and he was selected to represent Brazil in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, but a team psychologist called the 17-year-old “clearly childish”. , advised not to use him.<\/p>\n

Pele scored a hat-trick in the semi-final half against France and scored two more goals in the final against the host Swedish team, helping Brazil to its first-ever championship.<\/p>\n

The injury kept him out of all but two matches in the 1962 Cup, which Brazil won. At his 1970 tournament in Mexico, Pele, now at full maturity, at the age of 29, won his third title with a Brazilian side that included other stars such as Carlos Alberto Torres and Tost\u00e1n. won and is considered by many to be the best team. ever.<\/p>\n

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