{"id":1789887,"date":"2022-12-29T14:35:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789887"},"modified":"2022-12-29T15:07:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T20:07:39","slug":"soccer-legend-pele-dead-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-legend-pele-dead-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Legend Pel\u00e9 Dead At 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoccer-legend-pele-dead-at-82%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789887&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pel\u00e9, the Brazilian soccer legend recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the greatest athlete of the 20th century, died Thursday. He was 82.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 had been hospitalized since December for a \u201creevaluation of the chemotherapeutic therapeutic treatment of the tumor\u201d During his battle with colon cancer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/brazil-soccer-legend-pele-says-he-is-strong-has-hope-amid-cancer-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> To the hospital<\/p>\n<p>His agent confirmed his demise. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pele-soccer-star-dead-f2c5f7d2771b96dbd854cb025ab2563a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> To the Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s all-time leading scorer, Pel\u00e9 has 77 international goals in 92 matches and helped lead the Brazilian national team to three World Cup championships: 1958, 1962, and 1970. Although the Brazilian legend has scored more than a thousand goals, the total is still quite small. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/blog-the-toe-poke\/story\/4542216\/has-messi-overtaken-peles-career-goals-record-it-depends-who-you-ask\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disputed<\/a>His official goals total 757, which includes his national team and club goals with Santos FC as well as his club goals with New York Cosmos.<\/p>\n<p>Often referred to simply as the \u201cKing of Football,\u201d he was born on October 23, 1940, in Tr\u00eas Cora\u00e7\u00f5es, Brazil, with the name Edson Arantes do Nascimento. The nickname Pel\u00e9 came about when he mispronounced the name of Bil\u00e9, a teammate of his father. He gave the nickname <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2006\/may\/13\/sport.comment9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stuck<\/a> When his classmates started to refer to him as such.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends, I want to keep everyone calm and positive,\u201d Pel\u00e9 wrote in a recent Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CluFX8JOAwl\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m strong, with a lot of hope and I follow my treatment as usual \u2026 I have a lot of faith in God and every message of love I receive from you all over the world keeps me full of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded the post by encouraging his followers not to miss Brazil&#8217;s World Cup match in Qatar. His support for his country\u2019s national team is not without reciprocation. Brazilian fans displayed a massive banner with an image of Pel\u00e9 holding a ball, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-sports-soccer-sao-paulo-middle-east-a9376a8df4a4962c159f716c5bd4623a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">words<\/a>: \u201cPel\u00e9: Get Well Soon\u201d \u201cWe love Pel\u00e9\u201d during the country\u2019s match against Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Voted FIFA\u2019s player of the century with Argentinian Diego Maradonna in 2000, Pel\u00e9 started playing for Santos FC at age 15 and his country\u2019s national team at 16. Soccer is known as \u201cThe Beautiful Game\u201d largely because of Pel\u00e9, who <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/69649-jogo-bonito-the-beautiful-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referred<\/a> It should be treated as such. Over half of Brazil\u2019s World Cup championships were achieved with Pel\u00e9 on the team. He continues to be a part of the team. <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/news\/youngest-goal-scorer-fifa-world-cup-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains<\/a> The youngest ever World Cup goal scorer was 17-year-old, in the 1958 competition.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 retired from soccer in 1977, but didn\u2019t leave the public eye. Being admired by many across the world, he has been awarded the International Peace Award, the International Olympic Committee\u2019s Athlete of the Century, and one of Time\u2019s 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, among other awards. From 1995 to 1998, Pel\u00e9 served as Brazil\u2019s Minister of Sports.<\/p>\n<p>He had emphasized humanitarian work since retiring, focusing on international children\u2019s rights and poverty. He was a goodwill ambassador to the United Nations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pele10.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founded<\/a> the Pel\u00e9 Foundation to help children in education and poverty alleviation.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 greatly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2017\/sep\/30\/pele-soccer-america-new-york-cosmos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impacted<\/a> American soccer, attracted great attention as a New York Cosmo. This opened up the possibility for other international stars from around the world to play in the United States. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/sport\/north-american\/pele-at-80-remembering-the-brazil-legend-s-white-house-visits-1.1098288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met<\/a> With several American presidents, including Nixon and Ford at the White House. Both Presidents Clinton and Obama met with Pel\u00e9 during their trips to the South American country.<\/p>\n<p>Reagan made the following statement at a 1982 meeting: \u201cMy name is Ronald Reagan, I\u2019m the President of the United States of America. But you don\u2019t need to introduce yourself because everyone knows who Pel\u00e9 is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 was the first soccer player known to many Americans and he helped normalize the sport in the U.S. His speed, control of the game, and incredible goals caught the attention of people around the world. He isn\u2019t just one of the greatest soccer players in history, he is also known as one of the greatest sports figures as well.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 is survived by his wife of six years and seven children.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pel\u00e9, the Brazilian soccer legend recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the greatest athlete of the 20th century, died Thursday. He was 82. Pel\u00e9 had been hospitalized since December for a \u201creevaluation of the chemotherapeutic therapeutic treatment of the tumor\u201d amid his fight with colon cancer, according to the hospital. 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