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    Life in pictures of Brazilian football legend Pele

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    Life in pictures of Brazilian football legend Pele

    Eternal king of football Pele was the best-loved footballer of his or any other generation


    Published:  December 29, 2022 23:24 Agencies

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    In this file photo taken on June 13, 1961 Brazilian striker Pelé, wearing his Santos jersey, smiles before playing a friendly soccer match with his club against the French club of "Racing", in Colombes, in the suburbs of Paris. Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the 'beautiful game', died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 82, after battling kidney problems and colon cancer. Image Credit: AFP
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    FILE - Brazilian soccer star Pele and his wife Rosemeri pose for a photo with their daughter Kelly, in an unknown location, June 1967.
    File photo: Brazilian soccer star Pele and his wife Rosemeri pose for a photo with their daughter Kelly, in an unknown location, June 1967. Image Credit: AP
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    File photo: Brazil's Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, June 21, 1970. Image Credit: AP
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    In this file photo taken on December 06, 1974 in Bangkok shows Brazilian football player Pelé during a training session with young boy as part of a commercial trip in Thailand. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on May 14, 1983 shows Brazilian football player Pelé and his partner Brazilian singer and TV host Maria das Graças Meneghel aka Xuxa during the 36th Cannes International Film Festival. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on April 28, 1963 Brazilian football player Pelé listens to the instructions of the referees at Colombes before the match France vs Brazil. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on June 09, 2016 Former Argentinian football international Diego Maradona (L) and former Brazilian footballer Pele pose after a football match organised by Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot at the Jardin du Palais Royal in Paris on June 9, 2016, on the eve of the Euro 2016 European football championships. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on October 31, 1990 Former Brazilian soccer star, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé (L), plays the ball during a friendly soccer match opposing Brazil to world soccer star to celebrate Pele's fiftieth birtday in Milan. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file picture released by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict shakes hands with Brazilian soccer legend Pele' during their meeting in Cologne, Germany August 20, 2005. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    In this file photo taken on April 01, 1971 Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele (C), introduces French actress Brigitte Bardot (L) to his teammates during a match organized in aid of cancer research in Colombes, Paris suburb. Image Credit: AFP
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    File photo: Brazilian soccer legend Pele smiles next to his then-wife Assiria Nascimento as he enters Vienna's State Opera, Austria November 19, 1999. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    In this file photo taken on April 02, 2019 Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and France national football team forward Kylian Mbappe (R) and Brazilian football legend Pele pose during their meeting at the Hotel Lutetia in Paris. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on June 26, 2008 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) embraces Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nacimento, known as Pele, as he decorates the winners of the 1958 World Cup, during the opening ceremony of an exposition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Brazil's first victory in this tournament, at Planalto palace in Brasilia. Image Credit: AFP
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    File photo: Brazil's 17-year-old Pele weeps on the shoulder of goalkeeper Gylmar Dos Santos Neves after Brazil's 5-2 victory over Sweden in the final of the soccer World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden, June 29, 1958. Image Credit: AP
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    In this file photo taken on March 12, 1997 Soccer legend Pele of Brazil and Michel Platini (R) of France embrace during a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Brasilia, Brazil. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on June 21, 1970 Brazilian midfielder Pelé (L) dribbles past Italian defender Tarcisio Burgnich during the World Cup final in Mexico City. Image Credit: AFP
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    File photo: Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal receives the FIFA World Player 2008 award from soccer legend Pele during the FIFA World Player of the Year awards ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January 12, 2009. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File photo: Former Brazilian soccer star Pele meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican March 18, 1987. Image Credit: via REUTERS
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    File photo: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and Brazilian soccer legend Pele smile during a meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil July 26, 2011. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File photo: President Nelson Mandela and Brazilian soccer legend Pele smile for photographers at Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, March 24, 1995. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    In this file photo taken on June 21, 1970 Brazilian forward Pelé smiles as he holds aloft the Jules Rimet Cup after Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in the World Cup final in Mexico City. Image Credit: AFP
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    File photo: Then US President Bill Clinton and Brazilian soccer legend Pele embrace after playing a brief round of soccer at the "Vila Olimpica," a sports-oriented school for poor children, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 15, 1997. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File: Brazilian football star Pele relaxes after a workout in Santos, Brazil, June 3, 1975. Image Credit: AP
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    File: Pele holds up his FIFA honorary award beside FIFA President Sepp Blatter during the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013 soccer awards ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January 13, 2014. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File: Legendary Brazilian football player Pele waves to the spectators before the start of the under-17 boys' final soccer match of the Subroto Cup tournament at Ambedkar stadium in New Delhi, India, October 16, 2015. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    In this file photo taken on January 08, 1977 in Paris shows Brazilian football star Pelé getting fitted with a French fashion designer Renoma. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on January 12, 2009 Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo (R) receives congratulations from Brazilian football legend Pele after recieving the FIFA world footballer of the year 2008 award in Zurich. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on December 01, 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian football legend Pele and Argentina's former midfielder Diego Maradona pose for pictures ahead of the Final Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup football tournament at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 01, 2017. Image Credit: AFP
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    File: Brazilian soccer legend Pele jokes with former tennis world number one Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten, as they participate in the inauguration of the first store in Brazil of Swiss watchmaker Hublot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 5, 2014. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File: Brazilian soccer legend Pele reacts as he poses after a news conference to present the FIFA World Cup global "Trophy Tour" in Paris, France, March 10, 2014. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File: Brazilian football legend Pele waves next to a public telephone booth with an image of his face painted by Brazilian artist Sipros after he autographed it, during the Call Parade art exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 8, 2014. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File: Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona, left, rests in a hammock with Brazilian soccer star Pele, during a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 13, 1995. Image Credit: AP
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    In this file photo taken on October 31, 1990 former Brazilian soccer star, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé (L), waves prior a friendly soccer match opposing Brazil to world soccer star to celebrate Pele's fiftieth birtday in Milan. Image Credit: AFP
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    File: Pele is greeted by Santos player Neymar as Santos FC President Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro looks on during a ceremony to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Brazilian soccer club Santos, in Santos near Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 14, 2012. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    File: Pele, and English soccer star David Beckham pose for photos during a U.S. Soccer Foundation fundraising gala, in New York, March 19, 2008 Image Credit: AP
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    In this file photo taken on July 17, 2007 World XI Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o (L) and football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento AKA Pele' run together, as a testimonial of the FIFA antiracism campaign before the "90 minutes for Mandela match to celebrate the 89th birthday of the former south african president Nelson Mandela at Newlands stadium in Cape Town. Image Credit: AFP
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    File: Pele and Diego Maradona attend an advertising soccer event on the eve of the opening of the UEFA 2016 European Championship in Paris, France, June 9, 2016. Image Credit: REUTERS

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