Brazil's iconic No. 10 shirt endures as one of soccer's defining emblems, admired the world over.

Pele (1940–2022), the only player to win the FIFA World Cup three times, carried that symbolism to every corner of the globe.

During his club's tour of civil war-torn Nigeria in 1969, a 48-hour cease-fire was reportedly brokered so that both sides could watch the legendary forward play. The episode has since passed into lore as the moment soccer stopped a war.

In January 2023, rioters clad in Brazil's yellow national team jerseys stormed the presidential palace and Congress in Brasilia. They were supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing politician, who was frequently........

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