The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, announced today (3) via social media that Avenida Radial Oeste, which surrounds the Maracanã stadium, will be renamed Avenida Pelé. The decree with the change will be published tomorrow (4) in the Official Gazette, informed Paes. However, there is a possibility that the name is Avenida Rei Pelé. To define the name definitively, he created a popular vote on social networks. King Pelé has a strong connection with Maracanã. In addition to the thousandth goal, scored in 1969 against Vasco da Gama, it was in the stadium that Santos, Pelé’s team, played in the two finals of the Interclub World Cup, in 1962 and 1963. Officially, the street is called Avenida Presidente Castelo Branco, but it is popularly called West Radial. Yesterday (2), at the wake in Santos, FIFA president Giani Infantino suggested that all affiliated football federations in the world have at least one stadium named after Pelé. * Intern under the supervision of Mario Toledo
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