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October 13, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
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July 30, 2017	Good article nominee	Listed
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Sloop, John M. (2026-02-20). "How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into Messi-era MLS". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
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"Remembering the Two Pelés: The Pathbreaking Black Athlete and the Global Celebrity". The Wire. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
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The content of Death and funeral of Pelé was merged into Pelé on 21 January 2023. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Latest comment: 11 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This is regarding an additional few sentences about the true goal scoring record of Pele. His website specifically specifies he scored 1,283 goals. Additionally, it is said he played in 1,363 (guess) games. We know a lot of these games were friendlies and not considered official. However, it should be stated in this article that his goal scoring was more prolific than is suggested, as in a note or sentence should be added... Thoughts, please. Cltjames (talk) 02:43, 8 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

More information needed 1969–1974

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This was in a hidden comment on the page, but I thought it would be more useful here. The page needs additional information for the period 1969–1974. OrdinaryOtter (talk) 03:40, 25 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Health

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

There was a confusing situation with the two sections "Health" and "Death and Funeral". Though both sections talked about Pelé's declining health, there were contradictions between the two. For now, I have removed the paragraph about his decline in the Health section, since the most important information is in the Death section anyways. I have put all the sources from the removed paragraph in the "reference ideas" section on this talk page. OrdinaryOtter (talk) 04:34, 13 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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