PELE’S daughter has shared the poignant final photo taken of the Brazilian football star after he died at age 82. Devastated Kely Nasicmento told of her pain after losing her sporting legend …
He made his debut for his local team Santos aged just 15 and then won his first cap for the Brazil national team at 16.The South American superstar racked up 643 goals in 659 appearances for club side Santos across his 18-year spell.
He also played for the New York Cosmos and retired in 1977, in an exhibition match between the Cosmos and Santos.Three years later, he was then named Brazil's Extraordinary Minister for Sport by president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.Pele leaves his third wife Marcia Aoki and six children.
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