FIFA President Gianni Infantino has announced that the federation will ask every country in the world to name one of its stadiums in honor of Brazilian football legend Pelé and Infantino, who arrived in Brazil for the funeral of Pelé, who died last Thursday at the age of 82. , told reporters: “Every country in the world has the right to name one of its football stadiums after Pele.” Last Friday, the flags of the countries of the world were raised in front of the headquarters in (Zurich) in honor of Pele.
Pelé, the only player in history to win the World Cup three times and recognized by FIFA as the greatest player of the 20th century, died in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo after a long battle with cancer, and Pelé’s body roamed the streets of Santos on Tuesday before the start of the family burial ceremony.