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“Pele Stadium”… the first Latin American country to respond to FIFA’s request

Infantino Earlier this week, FIFA will ask all member states to name one of their stadiums after the Brazilian icon.

In the late evening of Wednesday, the governor of the Province of Meta Sud V ColombiaJuan Guillermo Zuluaga, Hon "Chirping" That playground in his country "It will be called Belo Horizonte – Rey Pelé (King Pelé)".

Zuluaga said: "Future generations should know who the icon of world football was".

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on the stadium

• It is located in the city of Villavicencio in central Colombia and can accommodate 15,000 spectators.

• It was opened in 1958 and was formerly called the name "Belo Horizonte"What does it mean "beautiful horizon" In Spanish.

• The stadium supports Colombian club Llaneros, from the second division of the Colombian league.

And he died pellets On December 29, at the age of 82, after a battle with colon cancer, he was buried on Tuesday in Santos, the city where he played most of his football career and made his glory.

Cape Verde preceded its counterpart, Colombia, to name a stadium after Pele, following the announcement by its Prime Minister, Jose Ulises Correa e Silva, last Wednesday, to rename the National Stadium in the capital, Praia.

In the city of Maceió, located in northeastern Brazil, there has been a stadium since 1979 called "re pellets"Also known as "trapishaw".

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And he said Infantino Earlier this week, FIFA will ask all member states to name one of their stadiums after the Brazilian icon.

In the late evening of Wednesday, the governor of the Province of Meta Sud V ColombiaJuan Guillermo Zuluaga tweeted that a stadium in his country “will be called Belo Horizonte – Rey Pele (King Pele).”

“Future generations should know who the icon of world football was,” said Zuluaga.

on the stadium

• It is located in the city of Villavicencio in central Colombia and can accommodate 15,000 spectators.

• It was inaugurated in 1958 and was formerly called “Belo Horizonte”, which means “beautiful horizon” in Spanish.

• The stadium supports Colombian club Llaneros, from the second division of the Colombian league.

And he died pellets On December 29, at the age of 82, after a battle with colon cancer, he was buried on Tuesday in Santos, the city where he played most of his football career and made his glory.

Cape Verde preceded its counterpart, Colombia, to name a stadium after Pele, following the announcement by its Prime Minister, Jose Ulises Correa e Silva, last Wednesday, to rename the National Stadium in the capital, Praia.

And there is in the city of Maceió, located in northeastern Brazil, since 1979, a stadium called “Rey Pele”, also known as “Trapichao”.

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