Belated Recognition For Brazil Champion Pele
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December 24, 2010, Friday
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A LARGE hole in the roll of honor of Pele, arguably soccer's greatest player, was filled 33 years after he quit when he was officially recognized as a six time Brazilian champion at the age of 70 on Wednesday.
The championship officially started in 1971 but the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced that the Brazil Cup and Roberto Gomes Pedrosa tournaments between 1959 and 1970 were now to be recognized as valid national titles too.
Santos, spearheaded by Pele between 1956 and 1974, won them six times but did not win the official Brazilian Championship while he played for them despite his three World Cup wins. The club, crowned world club champion as winner of the Intercontinental Cup in 1962 and 1963, now holds a record eight national titles after the CBF's decision.
"I think this recognition was deserved. I'm happy to be here in the name of all those (players) who passed through (Santos) in that era," Pele said.
The championship officially started in 1971 but the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced that the Brazil Cup and Roberto Gomes Pedrosa tournaments between 1959 and 1970 were now to be recognized as valid national titles too.
Santos, spearheaded by Pele between 1956 and 1974, won them six times but did not win the official Brazilian Championship while he played for them despite his three World Cup wins. The club, crowned world club champion as winner of the Intercontinental Cup in 1962 and 1963, now holds a record eight national titles after the CBF's decision.
"I think this recognition was deserved. I'm happy to be here in the name of all those (players) who passed through (Santos) in that era," Pele said.
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