Brazilian soccer legend Pelé died on Dec. 29 at 82. He helped Brazil win the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

During his 22-year professional career, Pelé appeared in more than 1,300 matches and scored almost as many goals, yet he was hardly a one-man show. He saw the field the way a chess champion sees the board — two, three, four moves ahead — with the tactical savvy to pass to teammates better positioned to strike.

His death was announced in a statement shared by his official social media accounts. Additional details were not immediately available, but Pelé had been hospitalized in São Paulo, Brazil, for the past month, undergoing treatments for colon cancer. Read more: https://washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/12/29/pele-brazil-soccer-dies/. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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