Pelé akabva pachigaro chake muna 2001 mushure mekunge apomerwa mhosva yekupinda muhurongwa hwekubiridzira hwakaba madhora mazana manomwe ezviuru kubva kuUNICEF. Zvainzi mari yakapihwa kambani yaPelé yemutambo webetsero haina kudzoserwa mushure mekunge yamiswa, kunyangwe pasina chakasimbiswa, uye yakarambwa neUNICEF. Muna 1997, akagamuchira knighthood yekuremekedza kubva kuna Mambokadzi Elizabeth II pamhemberero kuBuckingham Palace.
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