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Steven Rae

Pele remembered by junior football team as 'greatest to ever have graced' Scots club's pitch

Tributes have flooded in across Scotland for Pele, including one junior football team who hold the remarkable claim of the Brazilian being the "greatest to ever have graced" their pitch.

The Brazil footballing icon died on Thursday from colon cancer, aged 82, and was regarded by many as the greatest player of all time.

As well as the iconic number 10 being the only person to collect three World Cup winners' medals, the global superstar once visited the Scottish seaside town of Troon.

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