The Brazilian Pelé, the world’s first football star and genius striker who revolutionized the game of football, died at the age of 82 after battling cancer for more than a year, announced this Thursday, December 29 one of his daughters.
“We love you endlessly, rest in peace” wrote Kely Nascimento on Instagram, a publication illustrated with a photo of the joined hands of his family members resting on that of the former footballer at the Albert-Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo, where he had been admitted a year ago. month.
Instagram – Kely Nascimento (@iamkelynascimento) • Instagram photo
the ” King “ Pelé had been admitted on November 29 to the Albert Einstein Hospital for a reassessment of his chemotherapy treatment after the detection of a colon tumor in September 2021.
The hospital said in a statement that the death was caused by “multiple organ failure”.
Three World Cups
The only footballer to have won the World Cup three times (1958, 1962 and 1970), Pelé, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was elected athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.
No player has shaken the nets so much: 1,281 goals in 1,363 matches for Santos (1956-1974), his club in Brazil, “Selecao” National and Cosmos New York (1975-1977).
It was alongside Mbappé that Pelé made one of his last public appearances, in April 2019, in Paris, for a promotional event with a common sponsor.
