FIFA to ask every country to name a stadium in honour of Pelé – Gianni Infantino

SANTOS: Pelé’s coffin is carried onto the pitch at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in Santos on Monday. Pic: Matias Delacroix/AP

FIFA will ask every country in the world to name a stadium in honour of Pelé, its president Gianni Infantino said on Monday.

The Brazil great, who won the World Cup three times and scored over 1,000 goals in his career, died on December 29 aged 82 after a battle with cancer.