The football world bows its head.
At the age of 82 and after a long battle with cancer, the Brazilian legend Pele passed away.
Pele, was previously diagnosed with metastases in the intestine, lungs and liver.
The Brazilian's condition kept getting worse and worse, he was hospitalized numerous times and at certain stages it was reported that he was no longer responding to the chemotherapy treatments.
The former player is considered by many around the world as the greatest footballer of all time.
The Brazilian legend of the past won the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups with his team and is still the only one in history to lift the World Cup three times.
With the exception of three seasons in the New York Cosmos - where he retired from active play in 1977 and even collaborated with the Israeli legend Mordechai Spiegler, he spent most of his career in the Brazilian team Santos.
Pele is the only one recognized by FIFA as having passed the 1,000 goal mark in his career. In official matches, the Brazilian scored a total of 767 goals. In the Brazilian national team, he had 77 goals. In addition, Pele won the FIFA "Footballer of the Century" title in 2000 together With Diego Armando Maradona.
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