Pele Calls Cristiano Ronaldo as Best Footballer in the World

Former Brazilian footballer Pele has described Cristiano Ronaldo as the best footballer in the world right now. However, the 79-year-old Pele said that Ronaldo and Leonel Messi are not as brilliant as him.
Brazilian football legend Pele poses with the FIFA World Cup trophy on March 9, 2014 in Paris. The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived with its ambassador Pele in Paris on March 9, 2014 and will be exhibited on the Paris Hotel de Ville plaza until March 10. This event kicks off the festivities of the FIFA World Cup 2014, that will be held in Brazil through June 12-July 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE / AFP PHOTO / Franck FIFE        (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
Brazilian football legend Pele poses with the FIFA World Cup trophy on March 9, 2014 in Paris. The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived with its ambassador Pele in Paris on March 9, 2014 and will be exhibited on the Paris Hotel de Ville plaza until March 10. This event kicks off the festivities of the FIFA World Cup 2014, that will be held in Brazil through June 12-July 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE / AFP PHOTO / Franck FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

Right Now, the biggest question in the football world is that who is the best player among Lionel Messi of Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal. All the veterans keep giving their opinion about this. Now the great Brazilian footballer Pele has given his opinion on who is the best among the two.

Former Brazilian footballer Pele has described Cristiano Ronaldo as the best footballer in the world right now. However, the 79-year-old Pele said that Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are not as brilliant as him. According to Pele, he was better than the two, playing for Santos, The New York Cosmos and Brazil.

Pele said that Ronaldo is the best right now, as he has been consistently doing well for the last 10 years. Messi should not be forgotten either. He also included Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario, and Johar Cruyff among his all-time best players. However, he did not include former Argentina footballer Diego Maradona in it.

Let us tell you that Maradona has been his biggest rival in football history. He said that there is only one king here. Pele is the only player to win three World Cups and the only player to score 1,000 goals in a 22-year professional career.

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