FIFA will ask ALL the world’s countries to name a stadium after Brazil football legend Pele, the sport’s head Gianni Infantino said. Photo: Punit PARANJPE / AFP
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FIFA will ask ALL the world’s countries to name a stadium after Brazil football legend Pele, the sport’s head Gianni Infantino said.
FIFA will ask ALL the world’s countries to name a stadium after Brazil football legend Pele, the sport’s head Gianni Infantino said. Photo: Punit PARANJPE / AFP
FIFA will ask all the world’s countries to name a stadium for Brazilian football legend Pele, the head of the sport’s governing body, Gianni Infantino, said on Monday at the late icon’s wake.
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Infantino was in the city of Santos, Brazil, to pay his final respects to the player widely considered the greatest of all time, who died last Thursday at the age of 82.
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“We’re going to ask every country in the world to name one of their football stadiums with the name of Pele,” Infantino told journalists at the Vila Belmiro, the stadium where the player known as “The King” first exploded onto the world stage with his exploits for his longtime club, Santos FC.
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Attending the 24-hour wake along with the heads of the South American and Brazilian football confederations, Infantino was among the first to pay homage before Pele’s open casket, which was displayed in the middle of the field at Vila Belmiro stadium.
Pele died after a long battle with cancer
“We’re here with great sadness,” Infantino said.
“Pele is eternal. He’s a global icon of football.”
FIFA had already flown the flags of the world at half-mast on Friday outside its headquarters in Zurich in honor of Pele, whom the organisation has named as the greatest player of the 20th century.
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Pele, the only player in history to win three World Cups, died at a Sao Paulo hospital after a long battle with cancer.
Monday’s wake will be followed by a funeral procession through the streets of Santos on Tuesday, then a private interment ceremony.
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
