Guinea-Bissau pays Pelé tribute with renaming of Bafatá stadium
January 6 – The government of Guinea-Bissau has become the second country to heed the call of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and rename a stadium after Pelé.
The decision to rename the Bafatá field, the second capital of the country, to Estádio Pelé was taken at the Guinean Council of Ministers, meeting in Bissau, under the chairmanship of the head of state, Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
“As a result and as an expression of public recognition of the status of King of World Football that is granted to him,
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