Brazilian journalists, reporting on the death of Pelé, unanimously call him “King”, recalling that he was the only player to have won the soccer world cup three times with his team. Rio de Janeiro-based newspaper O Dia notes that news of the soccer legend’s death quickly spread around the world and condolences from other team authorities poured in from around the world at Santos FC. , where Pelé was a former player.

The club will reserve the number Pelé played with

The newspaper expects that in the next few hours the management of Santos FC will reserve number 10 for Pelé, with whom the Brazilian footballer played under the colors of this club. “The Pelé family should make such a proposal to the Santos FC board of directors soon,” writes the Brazilian daily.

The UOL portal, speaking directly to the deceased, thanks him for the successes and fame of Brazil in the world. – Farewell King! There has never been a better player in the world than you,” he wrote on Thursday after football legend UOL, 82, died in a hospital in Sao Paulo. He recalled that Pelé had lost his battle with cancer.

For its part, the O Globo portal recalls that Pelé, apart from the Brazilian national team and Santos FC, where he played in the years 1956-1974, was only associated with the American club New York Cosmos. He notes that he played there at the end of his career, from 1975 to 1977.

Media in the country: Immortal. king of football

A Brazilian online newspaper claims that Pele became the “king of football” and an “immortal” figure during his lifetime. – It is difficult to choose the right words to begin the text announcing the death of Pelé. The best thing to say is that the greatest footballer in history has died.

Born in 1940, Pelé won three World Cups with the Brazilian national team: in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and with Santos FC he won the Brazilian league title six times, the Copa Libertadores twice occasions and the Intercontinental Cup. (PORRIDGE)