Widely regarded as the greatest footballer in history, Pele died Thursday at age 82, triggering an outpouring of emotion in Brazil -- and a national reexamination of his legacy. Pele drew fresh criticism when asked about the dictatorship years in a Netflix documentary on his life, released in 2021. The 37-year-old penned a contract which will take him to June 2025https://t.co/LUgk71QQbt — Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) December 31, 2022"For me, at least, it changed absolutely nothing," he said. In the same documentary, famed Brazilian sports journalist Paulo Cesar Vasconcellos underlines Pele's silence on political issues in those troubled times. "Seeing a Brazilian black man like me become the uncontested greatest at what he did made me think we could believe in something."

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 31, 2022 11:53 UTC