Pele in Fortnite: what is the role that the Brazilian legend will have in the video game

Pele is one of the most famous and recognized soccer players of all-times. The Brazilian transformed into a legend after gaining three World Cup titles, something that no one could repeat in history. He is at the level of the greatest idols as Diego Armando Maradona, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.

The historical no. 10 gained fortunes during his professional career as a player and is still taking advantage of that situation. Recently, he signed a millionaire contract with Epic Games, developers of famous video game Fortnite. The ex-player the started promoting the game, in which is it possible to have some items related to the player.

Pele will be giving a signed jersey to a competitor winning the Pele Cup on Fortnite and all the users are able to buy in the game the celebration from O Rei. These changes arrived to the game in a huge investment related to soccer. It is also able to play with the skins of some soccer teams, as Manchester City, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter, AS Roma, West Ham, Sevilla CF, Sporting CP and others.

The last year was not the best one for Pele as he is already 80 years old and had to take care from the COVID-19 pandemic. That is the reason why he couldn’t travel as much as he is used to and stayed more time than usual in his house in Brazil. That didn’t prevent him from doing some sponsorships as this one.

The celebration and the goals

Pele is not just one of the most famous players ever for the three World Cup titles won with Brazil national team, but also for the number of goals scored. He assures to have 1,282 goals, even though there are specialists who think that he didn’t score more than 800. However, his famous celebration, the punch in the air, is arriving to Fortnite.