Unidentified Announcer (CBS): Pele is the most famous player in the history of soccer, and today...
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Brazil legend Pele was another who called for Ronaldinho to return to the fold.
Just last month, Pele described him as "much better" and "more complete" than Messi.
The more than 52, 000 people in attendance witnessed a 3-1 loss to a Pele-led NY Cosmos.
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Eto'o's fourth African crown takes him past other three-time winners Abedi Pele and George Weah.
Even though Cristiano Ronaldo is no more gifted than Pele was, he is paid vastly more.
Most of the people insisted that Pele and Maradona were above Messi and far above all others.
Cristiano Ronaldo won a special young player award and Pele was honoured with the FIFPro legend award.
It shows the authorities kept watch over Pele's personal, sporting and financial activities.
He was sitting beside soccer legend Pele, who was chatting in front of television cameras with a young Emirate boy.
Neymar, the current South American player of the year, revitalized Santos, Pele's former club, scoring 138 goals in only 229 matches.
It tells the story of the wild 1977 U.S. soccer team, the New York Cosmos, where superstar Pele led the way.
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Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, won his first World Cup in 1958 at the age of 17.
The Cosmos, a former powerhouse which once boasted Pele and Franz Beckenbauer as players, folded in 1985 but relaunched last August.
For example, the emergence of Pele in 1958 as a 17-year-old phenomenon set a pattern for many World Cups to come.
He told them Edgar Martinez was the toughest hitter he ever faced, and he grew up worshipping Pele, the Brazilian soccer legend.
Brazilian football great Pele, who also played for Santos, has said he was reminded of himself when he first saw Robinho play.
Representing the football world will be several African greats, among them Liberia's George Weah, Cameroonians Roger Milla and Abedi Pele of Ghana.
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The captain of Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning side has seen England's 18-year-old striker compared to his former team-mate Pele in recent weeks.
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Brazilian football player Pele was one of the thousands of people investigated by the authorities during Brazil's military rule (1964-1985), newly released records show.
So, the chance to do what Pele could not and break soccer in the States or one last tilt at silverware with the national team?
Pele and the Cosmos played on painted dirt on Randall's Island.
Pele was injured and did not play in that game, meaning the pair of them never finished on the losing team together in yellow and blue.
"Domestic football was a total mess, " explains Alex Bellos, author of "Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life" as well as the ghost writer of Pele's 2006 autobiography.
He lists meeting Brazilian legend Pele and being elected to FIFA as his "fondest football memory" and is also a supporter of English Premier League giants Liverpool.
Pele rose to prominence as a 17-year-old at the 1958 tournament, scoring six goals including a brace in Brazil's 5-2 defeat of hosts Sweden in the final.
And, back then, the NASL didn't just bring in foreign superstars but also bought numerous seasoned pros from overseas to support Pele, Cruyff, Chinaglia, Best and Beckenbauer.
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As sports minister in 1995-98, Pele, Brazil's greatest footballer, proposed a law to subject football clubs to company law, which would have forced them to publish proper accounts.
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