The Brazilian spent most of his career with Santos. He won 25 major honours with the club, including six Campeonato Brasileiro Série A titles.
A forward with an eye for goal, Pele is credited with a ridiculous 775 goals in his career.
He also excelled for Brazil, scoring 77 for Selecao and leading them to three World Cup titles.
Pele was asked to name the 10 best players in the history of football by MadridistaReal last year.
The football legend responded: "Diego [Maradona], Alfredo [Di Stéfano], [Giovanni] Trapattoni, Garrincha, [Johan] Cruyff, [Franz] Beckenbauer, [Carlos] Alberto… [Zinedine] Zidane… Ronaldo [Nazario]… [Andres] Iniesta."
He had particular praise for Ronaldo, who he called 'the best 9 of all time'.
Pele then added two modern day legends to that list before speaking highly of one of the sport's greatest prospects.
"Today we are lucky. Cristiano [Ronaldo] is great. [Lionel] Messi is incredible. The future looks bright for Mbappé," he added.
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