The only football player ever to win 3 FIFA World Cups, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento and poplularly known as Pele, has died in his home country of Brazil. Pele died at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a protracted battle with cancer at the age of 82. Pele, Brazil’s joint all-time top scorer with 77 goals in 92 appearances, became an icon of the game after winning the World Cup in 1958 as a 17-year-old, netting twice in the final to defeat the hosts; Sweden. Three days of mourning for Pele have been declared by the Brazilian government. He is set to be buried on Tuesday and Wednesday, 2nd and 3rd  January 2023. Pele scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 games for club and country during his entire career, ended his playing days at New York Cosmos and retired from football in 1977.