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Pelé Pelé with Brazil in 1970 Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 Três Corações, Brazil Died 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) (aged 82) São Paulo, Brazil Resting place Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, Santos, São Paulo Occupations Footballer humanitarian Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Spouses Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi (m. 1966; div. 1982) Assíria Lemos Seixas (m. 1994 ...
Pelé was a Brazilian professional footballer who represented the Brazil national football team as a forward from 1957 to 1971. Throughout his career, Pelé scored 77 goals in 92 [a] international appearances. [b][1] He remained Brazil's top goalscorer for over 60 years, before being surpassed by Neymar in 2023. [2][5] Pelé made his debut for ...
Argentina. Brazil. The Argentina–Brazil football rivalry is an association football sports rivalry between the Brazilian and Argentinian national teams. The rivalry is considered one of the biggest and fiercest in international football and FIFA has described it as the "essence of football rivalry". [22] As both local and regional federation ...
Lionel Messi is an Argentine footballer who has represented the Argentina national team from his debut in 2005. Since then, Messi has scored 109 goals in 187 international appearances, [1][2] making him the country's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Gabriel Batistuta 's record of 54 goals with a free kick against the United States in the semi ...
Lionel Andrés " Leo " Messi[note 1] (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi] ⓘ; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi set numerous ...
Ara Hakobyan scored 9 hat-tricks in Armenian Premier League. Cristiano Ronaldo scored 9 hat-tricks in La Liga. Lionel Messi scored 6 hat-tricks in La Liga, 1 in UEFA Champions League and 2 with the national team. Ali Ashfaq scored 5 hat-tricks in Dhivehi League, 2 in AFC Cup and 2 with the national team.
Lionel Messi holds the record for most Ballon d'Or wins with eight, [4] [23] while five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo earned the most nominations with eighteen. [24] Messi is the only player to win the award with three different teams and also the only one to win it while playing outside Europe, [ 25 ] [ 26 ] as well as being the player with ...
The Super Ballon d'Or (French: Super Ballon d'Or) is the name of a prize that was awarded only once on 24 December 1989, by the French magazine France Football for the best football player of the previous three decades. [1][2] It is even more exclusive than the prestigious Ballon d'Or. As of November 1989, this award has only been given once ...