PELÉ: A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR AND CULTURAL ICON

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Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. However, to many fans, the Brazilian will be remembered as the best to have ever played the game. For others, it goes further: He was the symbol of soccer played with passion, gusto and a smile. Indeed, he helped to forge an image of the game, which, even today, many people continue to crave. Pelé wasn’t just a great player and an excellent ambassador for the world’s favourite game; he was a cultural icon. Indeed, he remained the face of purity in soccer long before big money and global geopolitics infiltrated the game. It is a testament to his legend that everyone from English 1966 World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton and current French superstar Kylian Mbappé to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – the former and incoming president of Brazil – and former U.S. President Barack Obama have led tributes to him.

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