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Approaching 80, Pele gives thanks for his lucid mental state - Football News - Sportstar

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On the eve of his 80th birthday, Brazilian football great Pele told his fans he was happy and healthy and pleased to be reaching the landmark with his lucid mental state. I hope that when I get to heaven God welcomes me the same way that everyone welcomes me today thanks to our beloved football.” For most of his career on the world stage with Brazil and in club football at Santos and the New York Cosmos, as well as for years afterwards, the man born Edson Arantes de Nascimento was widely considered the greatest footballer of all time. Pele quickly denied his son's claims and, although the novel coronavirus pandemic affected the world barely a month later, he was upbeat in a short video sent to the media to mark his 80th. that’s life, forgive me.” This year marked the 50th anniversary of Pele’s third World Cup triumph, won in Mexico in 1970 with what many pundits rate as the greatest football team of all time.

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