Brazilian soccer great (4)

I believe the answer is:

pele

'brazilian soccer great' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for pele that I've seen before include "Brazilian footballer, Edison Arantes do Nascimento" , "Noted Brazilian footballer" , "great forward" , "Brazilian footballing legend" , "Footballing legend, aka Edison Arantes do Nascimento" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the Universal and the Newsday.

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