“A Century of Champions” auction without explanation Friday.That the Jules Rimet memento was even up for bid was as shocking to Team Pelé as the US men winning a World Cup. “That trophy is very important to Pelé.
It’s a huge milestone for him, it was a huge milestone for Brazil. Those memories and that trophy are irreplaceable,” Pelé’s manager, Joe Fraga, 49, told The Post.The superstar dubbed “Soccer’s National Treasure” captured the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
He is beloved in the NYC area, where he played with Cosmos in the late 1970s.In 2016, more than six decades after first signing as a professional footballer, Pelé put everything up for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to charity, CNN reported.
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