Pele Foundation awards Ronaldo
On November 29, Pele announced the launch of an award called "Three Hearts". Every year, the Brazilian Football Legend's Foundation will award a footballer, a non-profit and "an inspiration" who has made a "significant contribution, commitment to philanthropy and impact". community to support, empower children through education, fight poverty or health efforts".
In the above message, Pele also announced the first winning individuals and groups. In the soccer player category, Cristiano Ronaldo won "for excellence on and off the pitch, in addition to his unwavering commitment to activities for children".
In the non-profit category, Grassroot Soccer won for its leadership in youth health over the past 20 years. The Global Empowerment Mission Idea won the final prize for "inspirational work in the process of helping Ukrainian refugees".
In March 2021, Ronaldo surpassed Pele's record of scoring in official matches. At that time, the 82-year-old legend retweeted a photo of him handing the FIFA Best Player award to Ronaldo before and wrote: "Congrats on breaking my record for scoring in official matches. Regret My only thing is not being able to hug you today. But I leave this photo in your honor, with deep affection, as a symbol of a friendship that has lasted for many years."
Pele is the only player to have won the World Cup three times. He was crowned with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
Ronaldo is attending the 2022 World Cup with the Portuguese team. He and his teammates won tickets to the 1/8 round one round early, after two 3-2 wins against Ghana and 2-0 against Uruguay. Ronaldo contributed a goal in these two matches.
The 37-year-old striker currently owns 819 goals in official matches. The four stars ranked right behind include Josef Bican with 805 goals, Messi 788 goals, Romario 772 goals and Pele 757 goals. At club level, Ronaldo has won five Champions Leagues, three Premier Leagues, two La Ligas and two Serie As. In the Portugal shirt, CR7 won Euro 2016 and the 2018-2019 Nations League. Ronaldo also has five Ballon d'Or and three FIFA/The Best Player awards.
