Pelé died on 29 December 2022 in Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, aged 82. A Brazilian footballer, Pelé, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, began his career at Santos at the age of fifteen and was a member of the Brazil squad that won the World Cup in 1958 at seventeen. He won it again in 1962 and in 1970, the only player to win three World Cups. A forward noted for skill, vision and scoring, he is credited with well over a thousand goals in his career. He played for the New York Cosmos in the 1970s, which helped to popularise the sport in the United States, and later served as Brazil's minister of sport. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in history.
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