Death of Pelé: Estadio Bello Horizonte (COL), the first stadium renamed in tribute to the Brazilian

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The Estadio Bello Horizonte (15,000 capacity), located in Villavicencio, Colombia, will be renamed "Bello Horizonte Rey Pelé" in honour of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, who died on 29/12/2022. "The future generations should know who this icon of world football was. We have accepted FIFA’s suggestion," announced Juan Guillermo...

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