Messi, Maradona or Pele? Ranking the top 10 World Cup legends
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1. Pele, Brazil, World Cup winner 1958, 1962 & 1970. Who else but the great Pele? The only man to win three World Cups, all in different decades and, for generations, the most iconic name in the …
1. Pele, Brazil, World Cup winner 1958, 1962 & 1970. Who else but the great Pele? The only man to win three World Cups, all in different decades and, for generations, the most iconic name in the sport. Having famously told his father he would win him the World Cup after Brazil's shock defeat by Uruguay at the Maracana in 1950, Pele was only 17 when he burst into the footballing world's consciousness in 1958 with a semi-final hat-trick against France and two more in the final success over …
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