TY - BOOK AU - Adeline Klara Palmerstone PY - 2022 CY - , Deutschland PB - The Country Publications SN - 9783754680414 TI - Pele No More!: An Unknown Life of King of Football UR - https://tolino.openpublishing.com/document/1316154 N2 - Before the 1970 World Cup, a Brazilian sportswriter asked Joao Saldana, who was fired as coach of the Brazilian national team for political reasons, 'Who is Brazil's best goalkeeper?'' Saladana said, 'Pele.'' and best right back? The answer came 'Pele.'' After mentioning Pele's name in roughly half of the team's positions, Saladana laughed and said, 'Pele is the best footballer in the world in any position.'' Many who played with and against Pele echoed Saldana. End of a chapter. Football emperor Pele passed away. He died of colon cancer at the age of 82. He is the "greatest" footballer of the 20th century as judged by the "FIFA" magazine readers and the jury board. However, general football fans on the internet voted in favor of Diego Maradona. FIFA eventually announced the two men jointly as the Centenarians. Maradona died suddenly in 2020 at the age of 60. This time world also lost Pele. KW - Maradona, Messi, Brazil, Pele, Football, World cup football LA - Englisch ER -