Football legend Pele passes away at 82

Pele was regarded as the greatest football player of all time and the undisputed king of the beautiful game.

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With Brazil, he won the World Cup three times - 1958, 1962, and 1970.

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He is the epitome of his nation's heyday of football thanks to his opulent variety of abilities.

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Pele had already scored more than 1,000 goals when he ultimately decided to retire in 1977.

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He scored 77 for Brazil, a mark only equalled at the recent World Cup by Neymar.

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