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Pelé: Brazil's football icon dies aged 82

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Pelé - regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time - has died at the age of 82.

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When he travelled as a teenager with the Brazilian team to the World Cup in 1958 - Brazil had never won the trophy and were not yet footballing giants.

Within 12 years they had won three World Cups - and to this day, no player has won the tournament as many times as Pele.

And so today as the tributes pour in from across the world of football - back home in Brazil - they are mourning a sporting icon who put their country on the map.

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