FIFA through President Gianni Infantino wants each country to have a stadium named after Brazilian football legend Pele who died on December 29, 2022.
Infantino, who was in Brazil for Pele’s funeral in Sao Paulo on Monday, told local reporters: “We’re going to ask every country in the world to name one of their football stadiums with the name of Pele.”
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His statement came days after paying tribute to the football icon where he said: “For everyone who loves the beautiful game, this is the day we never wanted to come. The day we lost Pele.”
He described Pele as an “exemplary sportsman” and added: “Pele had a magnetic presence and, when you were with him, the rest of the world stopped.
“His life is about more than football. He changed perceptions for the better in Brazil, South America, and across the world. His legacy is impossible to summarise in words.”
The Brazil great, who won the World Cup three times and scored over 1,000 goals in his career, died on December 29 aged 82 after a battle with cancer.
Pele’s coffin was placed inside the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos on Monday, the home ground of the club where he spent virtually his entire career.
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