Pele

Brazil is unparalleled when it comes to footballing success and fervour, and for many the sport itself is synonymous with the Brazilian national team

Brazil have struggled in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and presently occupy sixth place in the South American table

This compilation endeavours to rank the ten most skilled players in the history of football.

Pele, who died in December aged 82, scored 77 goals for Brazil in 92 appearances between 1957 and 1971. Neymar now has 79 following his brace against Bolivia.

Mohammed Habib, the playmaker par excellence of the 1970s who scored against Pele's New York Cosmos in Mohun Bagan colours and made the football icon take note of his game, died on Tuesday.

Ary Borges has come a long way in a short time, achieving a feat not even Pele or Ronaldinho could manage and winning high praise from Brazilian superstar teammate Marta in the process

Lionel Messi is the biggest name to ever move to MLS and the greatest player to head to the United States since Brazilian great Pele signed for the New York Cosmos in 1975.

Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died in December 2022 at the age of 82.

The will states that Marcia Cibele Aoki, Pele's third and last wife, will inherit his mansion in Guaruja

Sisters Promiseland and Holyland Dkhar and their neighbour Jerusalem Khiewtam will also exercise their righ to vote today.

Fisherman Francis Fernandes alias Pele's mobile phone has not stopped ringing ever since a short video clip showing him in conversation with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty went viral.

The West African state of Guinea-Bissau has renamed a sports stadium in its second city Bafata "Pele Stadium" in honour of the late Brazilian football legend, the government announced on Friday

Gianni Infantino took a selfie with some of Pele's old teammates on Monday right beside the open coffin of the three-time World Cup winner

Rodrygo scored the only goal and celebrated by paying tribute to Pele as Real Madrid advanced to the Spanish Cup last 16 on Tuesday with a hard-fought 1-0 win over fourth-tier Cacereno

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes on Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele.

Brazil is unparalleled when it comes to footballing success and fervour, and for many the sport itself is synonymous with the Brazilian national team

Brazil have struggled in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and presently occupy sixth place in the South American table

This compilation endeavours to rank the ten most skilled players in the history of football.

Pele, who died in December aged 82, scored 77 goals for Brazil in 92 appearances between 1957 and 1971. Neymar now has 79 following his brace against Bolivia.

Mohammed Habib, the playmaker par excellence of the 1970s who scored against Pele's New York Cosmos in Mohun Bagan colours and made the football icon take note of his game, died on Tuesday.

Ary Borges has come a long way in a short time, achieving a feat not even Pele or Ronaldinho could manage and winning high praise from Brazilian superstar teammate Marta in the process

Lionel Messi is the biggest name to ever move to MLS and the greatest player to head to the United States since Brazilian great Pele signed for the New York Cosmos in 1975.

Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died in December 2022 at the age of 82.

The will states that Marcia Cibele Aoki, Pele's third and last wife, will inherit his mansion in Guaruja

Sisters Promiseland and Holyland Dkhar and their neighbour Jerusalem Khiewtam will also exercise their righ to vote today.

Fisherman Francis Fernandes alias Pele's mobile phone has not stopped ringing ever since a short video clip showing him in conversation with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty went viral.

The West African state of Guinea-Bissau has renamed a sports stadium in its second city Bafata "Pele Stadium" in honour of the late Brazilian football legend, the government announced on Friday

Gianni Infantino took a selfie with some of Pele's old teammates on Monday right beside the open coffin of the three-time World Cup winner

Rodrygo scored the only goal and celebrated by paying tribute to Pele as Real Madrid advanced to the Spanish Cup last 16 on Tuesday with a hard-fought 1-0 win over fourth-tier Cacereno

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes on Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele.