The President of the United States, Donald Trump has chosen football legend, Pelé as his Greatest Footballer of All Time.
Trump, in an interview with DAZN, during the FIFA Club World Cup final, was asked who his favourite footballer of all is.
“Many years ago when I was young they brought a player called Pelé play, and he played for a team called the Cosmos. And Steve Ross, a friend of mine at Warner Communications, he was the inspiration behind. And this place was packed. It was an earlier version of this stadium, but right here in the Meadowlands. And it was Pelé I don’t want to date myselft but it was a long time ago. And I was a young guy and I came to watch Pelé and he was fantastic. And so I’d say probably I’ll go old fashioned. That’s like saying Babe Ruth. But I would say Pelé was so great,” the POTUS said.
After the 1974 season, Pelé came out of semi-retirement to sign for the New York City-based club, the New York Cosmos and in 1977, which was his third and final season, he won the Super Bowl with Cosmos.
On 1st October, 1977, Pelé retired officially from professional football in an exhibition match between Santos, his former club and Cosmos.
