Pelé, the transcendent Brazilian midfielder who won three World Cups and became the face of “the beautiful game,” has died at 82. USA Today’s Christine Brennan reflects on his life and legacy.
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Never mentioned his real name, never mentioned his hometown, his first club Santos, his beginning. You Americans have no respect for Edson Arantes do Nascimento
I am an african. Iam in the sixities. I loved him during my childhood and continued up to now. I loved playing and watching the sport because of him. It was always my preference for brazil team to win world cup because of him.I donot like comparing him with any footballer. He is the greatest of all time.
RIP Pele
Pele is the GREATEST and here's why..
These are just a few thoughts and facts of my own to add to the many outpourings of love and appreciation to the man who first described the game of football as… "THE BEAUTIFUL GAME"
As well as being only seventeen during the 1958 world cup, Pele did not play in any of the group stage games because he was recovering from a pre-tournament injury, yet he ended up being the tournament's second-top goalscorer with a total of 6 goals.
In other words, all his goals were scored during the business end of the tournament (the knockout stage) and breakdown as follows…
His first goal was scored in the quarter-final (the winning goal), he then score a hat trick in the semi-finals against France, and two more goals in the World Cup final against tournament host Sweden.
Think about it, 6 goals in the 3 most important games of his 17-year-old life (and the 3 most important games every professional footballer dreams of getting a chance to play in (wow!!).
A SIDE NOTE: I was a little bit disappointed that nobody appeared to notice the trivial but nonetheless very interesting fact about a particular game featured in the recent 2022 World Cup…
There was an awful lot of fanfare surrounding the Wales vs USA matchup, because it was the first time Wales were to play in a World Cup finals competition since 1958, where they suffered a hard-fought 1- 0 defeat to Brazil at the quarterfinal stage.
And who do you think scored the single solitary goal?… yes you guess it, 17 year old Pele!!
Pele's very first game (and goal) in the 1958 World Cup would be Wales's last world cup game for 68 years. And as fate would have it, he would get to witness their return just before he died.
Brazil was just another country in 1958, with no name or reputation to speak of on the world stage. By 1970 (just 12 years and 3 world Cups wins later) Brazil was known and celebrated by one and all (to this day) as the best, most important footballing nation in the world. A reputation that has enriched the Brazilian nation with billions of Dollars in football-related trade and sponsorships. I doubt that anyone person has had such an impact on his countries reputation/economic situation in such a short space of time.
Neymar's response to Pele's passing was to point out another very simple fact, "Before Pele, the number 10 was just a number"
Maradona or Messi, it doesn't matter. The skill Pele's displays in his football highlight reels is the most impressive of all (in my opinion) or at the very least stand-up alongside the compilation videos of the best wearers of the number 10 shirt and R9 and CR7 shirt.
But Pele's played in the late 1950s and 60s when only major games were recorded and televised, so his compilation videos are only made up of about 40% of the games he played in, meaning that most of his best work was either not recorded or has been lost (his greatest ever goal for example). So what we see in his completion videos are not even a full and frank reflection of what he did on the football field. In other words every great thing that Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar etc has ever done on a football field can be found somewhere in their many completion videos. The same cannot be said for Pele.
There are lots more facts that could be added such as Pele only played 12 years for the Brazilian national team, the world cup winning years (1958 to 1970). They would not win another world cup for 24 years. His club side Santos won 27 trophies during Pele's era (1957-74), having won only 1 trophy before his arrival and none for the 28 years after he retired.
And this might also surprise you…
Santos is the biggest name in Brazilian club football and one of the best know football clubs around the world, yet Santos home stadium has the capacity of a minor league football team that you might expect to find languishing in the second or third tire.
Where Man Utd, Real Madrid, AC Millan, Barcelona etc all have stadiums in excess of 60 thousand, Santos Stadium capacity is less than 17 thousand. This is because Santos is, and always has been a small town club, that Pele put on the map and made big in the eyes of the world.
BUT WHO IS THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER OF ALL TIME????????…
Ok, I think we can tidy up that discussion here as well….
All boxing fan agree that Sugar Ray Robinson is the best pound-for-pound boxer of all time…
.. but everyone knows that Muhammad Ali is the GREATEST!!
Yes it is actually possible to be the best but not great or be great but not the best. Sugar Ray Robinson is great and clearly is the BEST boxer that ever lived (his record and impressive fight footage speak for themselves) but in light of what Muhammed Ali's achieved and his impact both in and out of the ring, Sugar Ray cannot be considered greater. If what Sugar Ray did in boxing makes him the greatest boxer ever then what superlatives must we use to describe Ali's legacy????…
THE BEST vs THE GREATEST
Who is the best and who is the greatest, are more often than not, one and the same, but not in all instances.
Sugar Ray Robinson is undisputedly the BEST pound-for-pound boxer ever (Ali said so himself) but Muhammed Ali is (and will always be) the GREATEST boxer/sporting personality to ever have walked among us.
You'd have to be so much more than the best in your particular sport to even be considered a worthy contender to Ali. Sugar Ray was a great fighter but Muhammed Ali was something even more, he was greatness personified.
Less we forget that in 1999 a huge voting campaign was launched across the world to discover who the world considered the greatest sports man of the 20th century. Not only did Muhammed Ali win the public vote, nobody even came close. He scored more votes than all the other great sporting celebrities of the last hundred years (including Pele) "COMBINED."
The point I'm trying to get across is that, you might be able to make a stronger case for claiming Maradona, Messi, or Ronaldo the BEST footballers ever but Pele's legacy as the world's first truly global SPORTS icon (not just the first global football, or black icon), his skill and ability on the field, his impact on the beautiful history of the beautiful game (as stated here) should leave no one in any doubt as to who is footballs GREATEST son…
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (Pele)
RIP
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Pelé patrimônio global..Pelé e senna sempre estarão no coração dos brasileiros e do mundo .dois lendas
RIP Pele
Why do Americans always think its about them? A little of Serena? SMH Pele is from a different planet. All those you mentioned will be forgotten. The WORLD will always remember Pele. Rest in peace O Rei.
RIP Legend now you are United with your long time friend Maradona you have done so much greatness in the World of football.❤️??????
Forty six seconds of Brasil, o jogo bonito, and Pele's perfect no look pass for goal 4 in the 1970 WC final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5HbmeNKino
Pele' transcended his sport. Even people who didn't follow sports knew of Pele'. Descanse em paz, rei. Voce era o melhor.
As a child I loved and played soccer, but being a young black boy playing soccer in the south was not considered cool especially when Football was everything. I used to read books on Pele to inspire me to play through all the teasing. Thank you, Pelé.
Pelé was great as a player, but he had a historic of being not so nice with people around him, including his teamates, like Jair and Gérson who weren't even included in his "FIFA 100", and his daughter
Immunity drops cancer wins,
I wonder why the drastic turn.
#10?pele ✊✨✨✨✨????
He was a living legend and the greatest of all time. The king. He definitely made soccer popular in America
Christine is so right. I was introduced to soccer ⚽ through Pele…fly high Pele.??
A king that gracefully transcends the beautiful. May the soul of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in eternal peace❤❤❤. The finest player to grace the planet ? in the beautiful game.
Greatest to ever do it. Rip Pele
Rest in peace legend
https://youtu.be/vjVsp-mdaSI
There should be more women in the mundial…they should play against men..no discrimination…
So much respect for his beautiful wife. Her grace and kind heart towards him definitely shows in his last years – a queen for sure. I only wish him and his family the best ❤
Soccer had many GOATS but there’s only ONE God: Pelé!
I like her smile and empathy for Pele .Thank you, Christina.
May he rest in peace. And I hope we still remember him too for his humanitarian deeds. With UNESCO.
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REST IN PEACE THE LEGEND….I have never seen any famous person humble as Pele was; sometimes he cried when he couldnt handle the praises and cheering from people. GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL, PELE?
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The master thank you for football played at it's best god bless RIP
Legends r always legends
May his soul rest in peace, a great hero.
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Pelé . JORDAN …
Respect the accent, people, it’s on the last E….
And in Brazil it will be governed by the biggest bandit Brazil has ever had. Luis Inacio Lula da Silva
Rip legend ❤️❤️??
Pelé … Olé!
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Now the king of football stands in front of the KING OF KINGS. What will he say to Him?
Pele world Champions 1958 1962 1970 and Rest in peace Legends never die
!!! ???King of King's ???!!!
!!! ??? Champ of champ's ??? !!! EDSON ERANTES DO NASCIMENTO ? PELE ? ??️ REST IN PEACE AO REI ? AO REI. ?️? !!!
RIP PELE THE LEGEND. TO FAMILY ALSO
Great comments about this legend. Pelé was an example of everything. Nobody reached this level of popularity all over the world as Pele did. RIP Rei Pele
Rest in peace King ?? ?
The BOAT = The Best of All Time (BOAT) ?
Last words “I wish I can play with maradona in heaven”