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LEGENDARY AFRICAN FOOTBALLER #7. A flamboyant player who gave football its artistic dimension, the Ghanaian is to be included in the line of the greatest attackers.
By Alexandre Borde Under the colors of Olympique de Marseille as under those of the Black Stars of Ghana, Abedi Pelé shone with a thousand lights. © DR Published on 04/11/2014 at 06:57 – Modified on 08/21/2023 at 11:00
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Pelé, a nickname a little heavy to carry when you are a professional footballer. The kind of blaze which almost automatically condemns a player to undergo an anonymous career. And yet, a certain Abedi Ayew has afforded the luxury of creating a new Pelé distinct from the Brazilian legend, with his own existence and with sporting exploits that belong only to him. This is one of the main facts of glory of Abedi Ayew, says Pelé, one of the best African players of all time.
Except that the Ghanaian, who wrote with his left paw the most beautiful hours in the history of Olympique de Marseille (OM), has long rubbed shoulders with anonymity in the club to the point of getting dangerously close to the big family of talented footballers who didn’t have the career they deserved…
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