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Pele wasn’t just a prolific scorer of goals, but a prolific scorer of wonder goals. He netted 12 overall at the FIFA World Cup™ across Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and Mexico 1970. FIFA TV looks at the best five of them from ‘The King’. Watch them on the abvoe video. Go to Source […]

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Pele turns 80 today FIFA had the immense privilege of interviewing ‘The King’ An emotional Pele expressed his gratitude to football “In Pele’s 80 years, the only thing that’s missing is to land on the moon,” a teary-eyed Pele told FIFA on his landmark birthday. “When there’s football on the moon, I’ll go there and […]

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‘The King’ celebrates his 80th birthday today FIFA interviewed countless football legends about Pele The man himself wasn’t the only one in tears Pele played football with arguably more style than anyone in history. FIFA, therefore, wanted to celebrate his 80th birthday in some style. We travelled the world to interview his former team-mates, other […]

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Brazilian and world football legend Pele, the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup three times, celebrates his 80th birthday today. To mark the occasion, FIFA is publishing exclusive content on its digital platforms, including a special video programme which is available on FIFA.com and via FIFA’s YouTube channel. Football lovers everywhere will […]

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FIFA spoke to former team-mates, family & friends about Pele We also spotlight the best quotes about him throughout history Presidents, poets, rock stars and artists were wowed by ‘The King’ “Pele revolutionised football. Pele stopped a war. Pele united countries, united families. There was no race problem, language problem. I was born in 1970. […]

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Pele, football’s first icon (Part 1) Pele signs autographs for some young fans during the 1966 FIFA World Cup Pele wears a sombrero a few seconds after winning his third FIFA World Cup, on 21 June 1970 at the Azteca Stadium Pele lifts the Jules Rimet trophy in the Champs Elysees in April 1971 Pele […]

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Today is Pele’s 80th birthday ‘The King’ left an incomparable legacy in football We pay tribute to him with tales, trivia and stats The names Dondinho and Celeste named their first son Edson after Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors in history. His family nicknamed him ‘Dico’, but he received the moniker ‘Pele’ in […]

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Preliminary draw to be held in Zurich at 18:00 CET on 7 December Road to Qatar 2022 to be mapped out for 55 European member associations Ceremony to be live-streamed on FIFA.com With FIFA World Cup 2022™ preliminary-competition action already under way in Africa, Asia and South America, UEFA’s 55 member associations are eagerly looking […]

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Niger in the same FIFA World Cup™ qualifying group as Algeria Cavalli previously coached Algeria and some of the country’s leading clubs The French coach discusses new mission and prospect of facing The Greens In March this year, Jean-Michel Cavalli was en route to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport to fly to the Niger capital […]

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The FIFA World Cup 2022™ First Sustainability Progress Report provides an update on the progress made by FIFA, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC in 2019 regarding their five sustainability commitments, including human rights, diversity and environmental protection. “We are very glad to provide our […]

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