The soccer player won his last World Cup in Mexico.
The Brazilian star has a net worth of around $100 million.
Pele is the only soccer player to have won three World Cups.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, passed away this Thursday, December 29. After his death, the tributes, In particular, stories and even photographs have begun to circulate on the internet, such as the time the soccer star paralyzed Mexico in 1970 and an advertisement immortalized him.
Considered the best player in the world, he was fighting a colon tumor for which he was receiving treatment, which is why for which in recent months he had been hospitalized in an emergency. At the end of November 2020, he entered a clinic in Sao Paulo and his daughter, Kely Nascimento, pointed out that she had been to regulate the medication.
Without a doubt, talking about football today is thinking of the name of the Brazilian, who was a three-time world champion and after his great performance on the pitch, knew how to capitalize on his success in the outside world, signing large contracts with brands globally recognized.
In this sense, it came to have multiple sponsorships, of different types, so according to data from the El Mundo report Pele, has a net worth which is around 100 million dollars, where most of his money was obtained as a professional player who invested it in real estate.
The advertisement where they name Pelé who stopped Mexico in 1970
After the announcement of the death of “O rei”, Mexicans began to remember what is considered one of the best soccer players in the world, to the point that in our country work is suspended to see him play.
Let’s remember that in 1970 Mexico hosted the FIFA World Cup, so the “tapatíos” stopped working to see Pelé dominate the ball.
Through an image that circulates on Twitter, many Mexicans have shared it and it dates back to 1970, where Mexicans are seen walking through the streets of the city of Guadalajara and on one of the walls there is a sign that says “today we do not work because we are going to see Pele”.
“Today we are not working, we are going to see Pelé”
Guadalajara, Mexico 1970 💔🇲🇽🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/7Pq9FmDRm5
– Analysts (@SomosAnalistas_) December 29, 2022
The iconic image shows that, on that occasion, the Brazilian National Team played almost all their World Cup matches in Guadalajara, where they won the affection of the fans and Pelé was very happy during his stay at the Perla Tapatía.
Let us remember that Mexico is very present in the history of the soccer player, since the field of the Azteca Stadium saw Pelé win the last of the three world championships he won in his career and where he became an idol for all Mexicans.
According to the sports media, in that World Cup the Brazilian scored only four goals, however, he was the great emblem of that team that fell in love with the planet along with Jairzinho and Rivelino in a big way.
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