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Watch: Pele’s family, former teammates and more talk about the late legend – ‘A genius’

Pele was the only player to have won the men’s Fifa World Cup three times – in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

Scroll Staff

Dec 30, 2022 · 09:35 am

Pele | MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP

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