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Brazilian football legend, Pele, has died after a long battle with colon cancer, his agent Joe Fraga announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He was 82.<\/p>\n
His daughter Kely Nascimento took to Instagram, also on Thursday, as the news was made public.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything we are is thanks to you,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWe love you infinitely. Rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
A post on Pele’s official Instagram page said, “Inspiration and love marked the journey of King Pele, who peacefully passed away today. On his journey, Edson enchanted the world with his genius in sport, stopped a war, carried out social works all over the world and spread what he most believed to be the cure for all our problems: love. His message today becomes a legacy for future generations. Love, love and love, forever.”<\/p>\n
Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is considered the greatest and most talented football player of all times and global face of football.<\/p>\n
He was also seen as the global face of football.<\/p>\n
Pele has been named “the greatest” by FIFA and he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century.<\/p>\n
He led Brazil to a trio of World Cup titles in 1958, 1962 and 1970.<\/p>\n
In the 1958 tournament, he became the youngest ever scorer in a World Cup final, netting twice at the age of 17 years.<\/p>\n
He remains Brazil\u2019s leading goal scorer, with 77 goals in 92 games.<\/p>\n
However, in recent times he has been struck by a series of ailments.<\/p>\n
He had been regularly receiving hospital care since September 2021, when a tumor was removed from his colon.<\/p>\n
He was hospitalized in November with multiple ailments, including a respiratory infection and heart and kidney problems.<\/p>\n
As news of Pele’s death spread on Thursday afternoon, many international football players took to social media to pay tribute.<\/p>\n
“A simple goodbye will never be enough to express the pain that the entire football world is currently feeling,” Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese professional footballer, wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n
“The king of football has left us but his legacy will never be forgotten,” Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who is considered one of the best players in the world, wrote, also on Twitter.<\/p>\n
“Everyone who loves football, loves Pele,” a spokesperson for the Football Association of England wrote. “His unique talent lit up the game, and inspired the world.”<\/p>\n
Former Real Madrid and Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil wrote, “Rest in peace to one of the greatest legends of the game. Your legacy will live forever. I’m sure ‘Heaven FC’ with Maradona and Pele together will be invincible forever.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brazilian football legend, Pele, has died after a long battle with colon cancer, his agent Joe Fraga announced on Thursday. He was 82. His daughter Kely Nascimento took to Instagram, also on Thursday, as the news was made public. \u201cEverything…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":296309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[301,235,9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-death","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n