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Tom Brady’s Ex-Teammate Chad Johnson Gets His Hands on “GOAT” Pele’s Iconic Jersey From US Soccer Career Days

Published 01/22/2023, 9:30 AM EST

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Chad Johnson, the former teammate of Tom Brady in the New England Patriots is no doubt an NFL legend. He is widely considered one of the best wide receivers of his time. And made a name for himself playing for the Cincinnati Bengals for the majority of his career.

Along with being a football legend, Johnson also is a big fan of soccer. He loves to play soccer and has shown his soccer skills on several occasions. Along with that Chad also follows soccer closely watching matches and likes to collect jerseys of soccer legends.

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Chad Johnson shows the iconic Pele jersey

Recently Chad Johnson took to Twitter to share pictures of his new jersey in the collection. His latest acquisition is the jersey of the Brazilian legend Pele. The jersey is from Pele’s time with the New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League (NASL). Chad shared the picture while calling Pele the ”GOAT” with an emoji.

This is not the only jersey he has had in his collection. Chad Johnson is known to collect these soccer jerseys and has jerseys of iconic stars like Ronaldinho, Kaka, and Zinedine Zidane. It is great to see Chad Johnson add another legend’s jersey to his collection and call one of the greats of soccer “GOAT”

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Tom Brady and Chad Johnson together in a team

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The New England Patriots fans were expecting great things when Chad Johnson was signed by the team in 2011. After all, he was coming off a 10-year run with the Cincinnati Bengals where he had established himself as one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. And he was joining forces with Tom Brady, who was already a household name thanks to his success with the Patriots.

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Sadly, the 2011 season was a disappointment for Johnson. He put up a series of underwhelming performances and was released from the team after just one season. Tom Brady, on the other hand, went on to continue his success with the Patriots, winning six Super Bowl titles.

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Saransh Chauhan is a Soccer Writer at EssentiallySports. He has an open-minded set of interests, from soccer and video games to anime and music. As an avid gamer, he enjoys playing all genres of video games.
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