The historical idol of the Brazilian national team Edson Arandes do Nascimento, skin, was honored by the Budweiser brewery last Friday with the “History Player” recognition. The tribute ceremony, held at Vila Belmiro Stadium, featured forward Neymar on behalf of ‘O Rei’, who is an inpatient at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo and is battling recent complications from his colon cancer treatment.
“Today is a very special day for me. I wanted to share that I’ve been invited to honor Pelé with the Player of the Story trophy. It’s a great honor for me to be part of this moment,” said the PSG player in a video shared from his Instagram account.
“Ney” was chosen to lift the title at the Santos pitch, a club for which he and the three-time world champion played, for whom he reiterated his deepest admiration: “As you know, Pelé is part of my history. Rey, our love and respect for you will be eternal.”
Neymar has publicly shown his admiration for Pele on several occasions. Photo: Composition/AFP
“The honor is beautiful and very important, not only because Pelé is the only player to have won three World Cups, but also because in different eras of football there have been different ‘players of the match’ but only one ‘player of ‘history'”, he added. Neymar.
Hija de Pele thanks Neymar
Kelly Nascimento, Pelé’s daughter, thanked the soccer player for attending the recognition ceremony for her father, whom she recently posted a photo of to dispel rumors of his alleged death. “With all his talent, light and heart (Neymar) is now taking the baton of the beautiful game to take it around the world,” the woman wrote of the 30-year-old player.
With information from EFE