{"id":1271925,"date":"2022-12-31T03:17:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/moment-abedi-pele-met-brazil-legend-pops-up-after-his-demise\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T03:17:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:17:33","slug":"moment-abedi-pele-met-brazil-legend-pops-up-after-his-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/moment-abedi-pele-met-brazil-legend-pops-up-after-his-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment Abedi Pele met Brazil legend pops up after his demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image_2022-12-30_095818766-696x464.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Abedi Pele and Brazil Pele\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A photo of Ghana football legend, Abedi Pele and Brazil football legend, Pele arguably the greatest player ever,\u00a0has popped up online. <\/p>\n<p>This comes hours after Pele\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The photo was taken during Pele\u2019s visit to Ghana on May 8, 1971.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The football legends were both spotted in black suits and were in a hearty conversation amidst broad smiles.<\/p>\n<p>Pele died on Thursday, December 29, 2022, aged 82.<\/p>\n<p>Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, he is credited with scoring a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during a 21-year career, including 77 goals in 92 matches for his country.<\/p>\n<p>The only player to win the World Cup three times, lifting the trophy in 1958, 1962 and 1970, Pele was named Fifa\u2019s Player of the Century in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>He had been suffering from kidney and prostate problems\u00a0in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Pele had surgery to\u00a0remove a tumour from his colon in September 2021\u00a0at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, after the tumour was detected in routine tests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brazil football legend Pele dies aged 82<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pele\u2019s cancer has advanced, says hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was readmitted to the hospital in late November 2022, until his demise.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XCiOAC0BcAs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2022: Ghanaians talk about happenings in Sports, urges stakeholders to do more next year (30-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XCiOAC0BcAs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images A photo of Ghana football legend, Abedi Pele and Brazil football legend, Pele arguably the greatest player ever,\u00a0has popped up online. 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