The New York Times newspaper announced that football legend Pele passed away. After this news, users said, ‘Did Pele die, what was Pele’s disease?’ They began to explore questions such as: The former football player, who passed away at the age of 82, had been receiving treatment for a while. How old was Pele, the most famous 10 in football history, and which teams did he play for? Here are the curious things about Pele…
WHO IS PELE?
Pele was born on October 23, 1940 in Brazil. 29 December 2022 (todayThe football legend who passed away in ) was 82 years old. Pele, a former Brazilian football player who played in the forward position, is in the Guinness World Records with 1279 goals scored in 1363 games played, including friendlies, from 1956 until his retirement in 1977. Pele, who started his professional football career in Santos team at the age of sixteen, started playing for the Brazilian national team at the age of seventeen. He tasted his first World Championship in 1958.
In his fourteen-year career with the national team, he won three World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970), becoming the only player in history to have done so. He was one of the top two goalscorers in Brazil with 77 goals in 92 matches. Pelé spent most of his club career at Santos, winning a total of twenty-five trophies there. He was named “athlete of the century” by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.
After retiring from football, Pelé founded his own foundation for poverty alleviation and access to education for underprivileged children. He also served as Brazil’s Minister of Sports from 1995 to 1998.
IT WAS CANCER OF THE COLON!
The news that shocked the football world came. Pele, who is shown as the greatest football player of all time in the world, passed away today in the evening. It was known that Pele had colon cancer and was hospitalized for chemotherapy on 29 November. In a statement made by her daughter, it was said that her condition had worsened.
The news of this death shook football fans deeply. Pele, whom millions of people, young and old, spoke with admiration, could not resist cancer any longer and passed away at the age of 82.
