![TIL France Football have retroactively acknowledged that had Pele been eligible, he would have won 7 Ballon d'Ors over the course of his career : r/soccer TIL France Football have retroactively acknowledged that had Pele been eligible, he would have won 7 Ballon d'Ors over the course of his career : r/soccer](https://external-preview.redd.it/OnvjYbFDSJ5KuKVqCpXh6iGqPqAT727yeDnzy_0wZVw.jpg?auto=webp&s=3a0609b308b109423d7a13b580e82d2f2c9e3348)
TIL France Football have retroactively acknowledged that had Pele been eligible, he would have won 7 Ballon d'Ors over the course of his career : r/soccer
Hougan Malè - D'apres le journal France Football si la course au Ballon d'Or avait été ouverte à tous les joueurs de la planète depuis 1956, Edson Arantes do Nascimento dit Pelé
![Pelé, Diego Maradona et Lionel Messi dans la « Ballon d'Or Dream Team » de France Football - L'Équipe Pelé, Diego Maradona et Lionel Messi dans la « Ballon d'Or Dream Team » de France Football - L'Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/_medias/img-photo-jpg/france-football-publie-un-numero-special-mardi/1500000001426999/87:169,718:590-828-552-75/7ae60.jpg)
Pelé, Diego Maradona et Lionel Messi dans la « Ballon d'Or Dream Team » de France Football - L'Équipe
![stefan on X: "@RandomFtblFacts Pelé also would've won it in 3 different decades if non-Europeans were eligible for the Ballon D'or back then. https://t.co/3IeI4sQg4m" / X stefan on X: "@RandomFtblFacts Pelé also would've won it in 3 different decades if non-Europeans were eligible for the Ballon D'or back then. https://t.co/3IeI4sQg4m" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZVWtjqWIAE1EU3.jpg)
stefan on X: "@RandomFtblFacts Pelé also would've won it in 3 different decades if non-Europeans were eligible for the Ballon D'or back then. https://t.co/3IeI4sQg4m" / X
Cristiano Ronaldo wins 2013 Ballon d'Or, Brisbane Roar's Nadine Angerer wins women's player award - ABC News
![According to France Football. If the Ballon D'or was eligible for South Americans since the beginning, it would look like this. : r/soccer According to France Football. If the Ballon D'or was eligible for South Americans since the beginning, it would look like this. : r/soccer](https://i.redd.it/qm9cz05tfs6y.jpg)
According to France Football. If the Ballon D'or was eligible for South Americans since the beginning, it would look like this. : r/soccer
![Ballon d'Or Africain / Pelé félicite Sadio Mané : « Tu as conquis des fans du monde entier, moi y compris, continues ta route mon ami... » Ballon d'Or Africain / Pelé félicite Sadio Mané : « Tu as conquis des fans du monde entier, moi y compris, continues ta route mon ami... »](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossless+w_1055+to_webp+ret_img/wiwsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/295265579_1312549349485182_4793892404019698337_n.jpg)