Mane Garrincha’s last Christmas – A Brazil legend’s sad farewell to the game — goal.com

The man who has a World Cup stadium named after him enjoyed an eventful career before passing away at the age of 49, only one month after playing in his last game Although three-time World Cup-winner Pele is widely regarded as Brazil’s best player ever – and perhaps even the best the world has ever seen – many in the South American country will argue that his contemporary Garrincha was at least as good as the former Santos hero.

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