On and Off the Field Issues

Dec 29, 2022 ... Pelé was one of the world's best soccer players who was the sport's global face for decades. The Brazilian legend was a wizard on the field ... Dec 30, 2022 ... Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to a poor family in Sao Paulo, won the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups with Brazil. This article examines how English representations of Pelé and Brazilian football in the 1950s and 1960s served to articulate a range of domestic discontents, ... Dec 29, 2022 ... ... Pele, one of the beautiful game's all-time greatest players. The Brazil legend was the first – and to date only – player to win the FIFA ... Dec 29, 2022 ... Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport's first global icon, has died at the age of 82. Dec 29, 2022 ... A natural right-footer, he honed his left-foot skills to match, and his timing in the air was peerless. He was an uninhibited passer, capable of ... Nov 25, 2024 ... Nov 19 is Pele Day in Brazil. After he scored what was reportedly his 1,000th career goal on Nov 19, 1969 playing for Santos against rivals ... Jun 27, 2018 ... ... Pelé—Brazil's most popular and the world's best football player. It did not take much effort for UNICEF to convince Pelé to lend his name to ... Feb 2, 2024 ... a man and a woman. . UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay and Brazilian footballer Vinícius Junior, newly-appointed Goodwill Ambassador for ... In 1958, Pelé joined the Brazilian World Cup team as the youngest player to ever compete in such an event. By the end, he would also be the youngest player ...