FIFA To Ask Every Country To Name Stadium After Pele
Category: Sports News
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has said the world’s soccer governing
body will request all countries to name one of their stadiums after Brazilian
football legendary, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele.
Infantino made this known on Monday at Pele’s funeral in Brazil,
saying renaming a stadium after “the king of football” is a tribute to him.
Pele
died on December 29, 2022 and his country had three days of national mourning
for him.
Brazil also started a 24-hour public wake at Santos
Urbano Caldeira Stadium yesterday.
Pele, loved by many as
undisputable greatest of all time (GOAT) in the world of football, was
three-time World Cup winner scoring more than 1,000 goals in his lifetime.
Speaking
about honoring Pele, FIFA President said, “We’re going to ask every country in
the world to name one of their football stadiums with the name of Pele.”
Pele battled colon cancer before he died at the age of 82.
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