Pelé

Umdlali webhola waseBrazil uPelé ngaphambi komdlalo phakathi kweSantos FC kunye neBoca Juniors eMar del Plata, eArgentina, ngo-1965.

UPelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento, 23 Okthobha 1940 – 29 Disemba 2022) wayengumdlali webhola ekhatywayo waseBrasil nowathathwa njengenye yezona nkqubela zikhulu kwimbali yalo mdlalo. Wazalelwa eTrês Corações, eMinas Gerais, eBrasil, waza waqala ukudlala ibhola esemncinci, ekhuthazwa nguyise owayekwangumdlali webhola.

UPelé waqala ukudlala kwiqela leSantos FC eneminyaka eli-15 kuphela, waza wadlala kuzwelonke lweBrasil eneminyaka eli-16. Ngo-1958, waba ngumdlali omncinane ukudlala kwiiNdebe zeHlabathi (FIFA World Cup), nalapho afumana khona igama kwihlabathi liphela ngenxa yokusebenza kwakhe kakuhle, efaka amagowuli abalulekileyo. Waphinda waphumelela iiNdebe zeHlabathi ngo-1962 nango-1970, elityeli lesithathu elidlala kwiNdebe yeHlabathi.

Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe, uPelé wafaka amagowuli angaphezulu kwe-1,200 kwimidlalo engaphezulu kwe-1,300, nto leyo emenze wabekwa kwiGuinness World Records. Wayedume ngobuchule bakhe, isantya, nombono wokudlala, kwaye waba luphawu lwenkcubeko kunye nomfuziselo wempumelelo kumazwe amaninzi.

Emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi, uPelé waba sisithethi semidlalo yehlabathi, ebandakanyeka kwimisebenzi ye-UNESCO kunye neUN, kwaye waba ngumshicileli weencwadi kunye nomlinganiswa kwifilimu. Waphinda wabizwa njengoMdladli wekhulu leminyaka yiFIFA.

UPelé wasweleka ngomhla wama-29 kuDisemba 2022 eneminyaka engama-82, emva kokulwa nesifo somhlaza. Ushiyeke ekhunjulwa njengenye yeenkwenkwezi ezinkulu kwibhola ekhatywayo, kunye nomnye wabadlali abaphawulekayo kwimbali yezemidlalo yehlabathi.