Brazil legend footballing icon Pele has sadly passed away at the age of 82 following a battle against cancer.
Born as Edson Arantes do Nascimento, he became better known as 'Pele' and is widely considered the best player to have ever graced a football pitch. Pele, who is Brazil's joint all-time top scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches, became an icon of the game after winning the World Cup in 1958 as a 17-year-old, netting twice in the final to defeat hosts Sweden.
Pele's 21-year domestic career saw him represent just two clubs. Debuting in 1956 for boyhood team Santos, he made 636 appearances for the club prior to spending two years with New York Cosmos of the now-abolished North American Soccer League. Upon retirement in 1976, he had scored 655 club goals in 700 games.
Among several accolades, Pele was voted World Player of the Century in 2000 and named as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. He received the first-ever FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur in 2014, whilst analysis showed he would have won the Ballon d'Or a record seven times if it had existed during his career.
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