Before Pele made his debut for Brazil, the South American nation had never won the World Cup. By the time he retired, they had won three — more than any other team.
Arguably Pele's greatest contribution to both soccer and Brazil was to transform his underachieving nation into a footballing superpower.
“Pre-1958 Brazil has a rich football heritage but it was not the country of football,” David Tryhorn, co-director of the 2021 Netflix documentary“Post-1970 the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Brazil is football. And while there is a wildly talented double generation of players responsible for that, the unifying figure is Pele.”
He remains the only player to have played for three World Cup winning teams, though his experiences in the tournament varied greatly.Amor, amor e amor, para sempre.Love, love and love, forever.
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