Pelé won three World Cups and is often considered the greatest player ever. Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, a three-time World Cup champion who's largely considered to be one of the best players ever, ...

The soccer legend known mononymously as Pelé originally hated his nickname. He preferred his given name, Edson—a tribute to Thomas Edison, since at the time, power had just reached his parents’ town.

Tributes poured in Thursday for Brazilian soccer legend Pelé following his death at the age of 82. Pele, one of the greatest to ever play the game, passed away at a hospital in Sao Paulo from multiple ...

Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend widely hailed as "O Rei do Futebol," the king of his sport, the only man to win the World Cup three times, died Thursday at a hospital in Brazil. He was 82. His death ...

Soccer icon Pelé has died at the age of 82, and the entire sport is mourning his death. Pelé made a massive impact on the game of soccer, and the superstars of today continue to use him as a source of ...

The three-time World Cup champion died Thursday amid ongoing treatments for colon cancer Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity news writer at PEOPLE Digital. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 ...

Edson Arantes do Nascimento remembered exactly when he first saw his father weep. It was 1950 and Brazil, appearing in soccer’s World Cup for the first time, had just been beaten by Uruguay in the ...

Josh Nascimento's father is one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Now, he's working with the best prospects in ...

I saw the Brazilian soccer demigod Pelé play in person a few times and have watched innumerable clips of his greatest hits. Two of my most indelible memories are of goals that he didn’t even score.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Besides playing soccer better than anyone, Pelé, who ...

Tributes were pouring in Thursday after soccer legend Pelé, who won three World Cups with Brazil, died at 82 following a bout with cancer. Pelé, whose real name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was ...

Soccer great Pelé died in São Paulo on Thursday at age 82, according to the Associated Press. The celebrated Brazilian athlete, whose birth name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died of complications ...