Pele's father was a local professional soccer player who held the distinction of scoring ... tournament in Sweden with a knee injury. He made up for lost time by scoring the game-winning goal ...

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Pele and his Santos team-mates have often claimed they were behind a ceasefire struck during Nigeria's brutal civil war in 1969 but is the story more fiction than fact?

In addition to receiving the coveted individual honour, Yamal also broke a long-standing record held by the legendary Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele.