Brazil football legend Pele will be honored in his home country by a commemorative day baptised “King Pele Day”, reported Tuesday’s edition of the government gazette. Considered by many the greatest footballer of all time, Edson Arantes do Nascimento — better known as Pele — won three World Cups with Brazil and scored more than 1,000 goals over his storied career. “King Pele Day” will be held on November 19 — the date on which the striker scored his 1,000th goal in a match for boyhood club Santos at Rio…
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