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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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12 candidate cities in Australia and New Zealand to take part in virtual workshops from 20 October to 4 November Following the decision in June to award Australia and New Zealand the right to host the next FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in 2023, the process to select the Host Cities for the tournament took its […]
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Mabil and Sisto lived in refugee camps as children Their families emigrated to Australia and Denmark Mabil plays for the Socceroos and Sisto the Danes, with both eying Qatar 2022 ‘Out of adversity comes opportunity.’ This famous saying certainly applies to Pione Sisto and Awer Mabil. Hailing from South Sudan, the pair suffered the horrors […]
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Africa has consistently produced great goalkeepers Round 2 of CAF qualifiers for Qatar 2022 is just months away FIFA.com turns the spotlight on five of Africa’s top keepers From Badou Zaki to Thomas Nkono, and Bruce Grobbelaar to Essam El Hadary and Joseph-Antoine Bell, Africa has consistently produced great goalkeepers. Their heroics in the last […]