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Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many fans, the Brazilian will be remembered as the best to have ever played the game.

His given name was a handful.

Pelé made scoring look easy, dribbling past defenders, firing powerful shots, striking well-placed free-kicks or using firm headers

Pele, who has died aged 82, won three World Cups and scored more than 1,000 goals in a sensational career

New York (AFP) - Pele was 34 and semi-retired when the New York Cosmos fended off interest from Juventus and Real Madrid to lure the world's greatest player to the footballing backwater that was America in 1975.

Brazilian football icon Pele has passed away at the age of 82 following a long battle with cancer.

Pelé stopped playing 45 years ago and died Thursday, but his impact on soccer and his global presence are eternal.

John Gibson remember the Brazilian icon, who sadly passed away on Thursday

Pelé, the soccer player who rose from an impoverished Brazilian slum to become the most famous and, for a time, the best-paid athlete in the world during a spectacular career that produced more World Cup titles and more breathtaking moments than any other, has died at the age of 82,…