Former football player and coach of Moscow Spartak, Valery Gladilin, in an interview with a socialbites.ca correspondent, spoke about the death of the legendary Brazilian football player Pele.
“Pele is an extraordinary personality. Every nation has its own people and Pele, as the representative of Brazilian football, has become the personification of a proven athlete in football, whose records will not be broken in a short time.
When the world championship is held every four years, being a three-time world champion means being in excellent form and winning for almost your entire football career. No wonder he was recognized as the best athlete of the twentieth century. Not only the best football player, but the best athlete! This is a unique achievement!
Pele was an outstanding striker who scored over a thousand goals. His death is a tragedy for everyone. We can say that he is a man from outer space. A large-scale personality born once every hundred years. This is a great loss for everyone,” Gladilin told socialbites.ca.
Yesterday, December 29, Pele’s death became clear. He was 82 years old. Pele was hospitalized at the end of November with edema and heart failure.
Pele became world champion in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He is the only player who has managed to do this three times. He was recognized as the best player in the 1970 tournament. In total, Pele played 92 matches for Brazil and scored 77 goals.
Alexander Medvedev, former director of Zenit He said that Pele appreciated the friendship between Brazilians and Russians and wished the club success..