Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, has stated that his organization will ask all countries to name one of their stadiums after Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, a legend of Brazilian football.
At Pele’s funeral on Monday in Brazil, Infantino announced as much, claiming that renaming a stadium after “the king of football” is a respect to him.
Pele died on December 29, 2022 and his country had three days of national mourning for him.
Brazil also started a 24-hour public wake at Santos Urbano Caldeira Stadium on yesterday.
Pele, loved by many as undisputable greatest of all time (GOAT) in the world of football, was three-time World Cup winner scoring more than 1,000 goals in his lifetime.
Speaking about honouring Pele, FIFA President said, “We’re going to ask every country in the world to name one of their football stadiums with the name of Pele.”
Pele battled colon cancer before he died at the age of 82.