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Kasarani Pele Stadium? Fifa wants countries to name stadiums after Brazil legend
A fan pays homage to Pele in front of a replica of the house where he was born and which was built according to the memories of his mother, Celeste Arantes, in Tres Coracoes, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on December 30, 2022.
Photo credit: Douglas Magno | AFP
What you need to know:
- Infantino was in the city of Santos, Brazil, to pay his final respects to the player widely considered the greatest of all time, who died Thursday at the age of 82
- Infantino was among the first to pay homage before Pele's open casket, which was displayed in the middle of the field at Vila Belmiro stadium
- Fifa had already flown the flags of the world at half-mast last Friday outside its headquarters in Zurich in honour of Pele, whom the organisation has named as the greatest player of the 20th century
Santos, Brazil
Fifa will ask all the world's countries to name a stadium for Brazilian football legend Pele, the head of the sport's governing body, Gianni Infantino, said Monday at the late icon's wake.
