Edson Arantes do Nascimento, born in Três Corações, Brazil on October 23, 1940. He is generally known as the Brazilian Football Forward, Pelé. Broadly respected to be the best player ever. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). That same year, France Football asked their previous Ballon d'Or victors to pick the Football Player of the Century...Pelé was chosen. In 1999, Pelé was then chosen Athlete of the Century by the IOC, and Time named him in their rundown of 100 most influential individuals of the twentieth century. In 2013 he got the FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur in acknowledgment of his profession and accomplishments as a worldwide symbol of football. The first born of João Ramos and Dona Celeste.
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Named after Thomas Edison and nicknamed "Dico," Pelé moved with his family to the city of Bauru as a young man. João Ramos, otherwise called "Dondinho," attempted to gain a living as a soccer player, and Pelé experienced childhood in poverty. Still, he built up a simple ability for soccer by kicking a rolled up sock loaded with rags around the alleys and streets of Bauru. The beginning of the "Pelé" nickname is still unknown as to why he was called that. It does mean "skin" in portuguese if that has anything to do with the origin, however growing up, he was called that by his friends and despised the name.
Immature, Pelé joined a young squad trained by Waldemar de Brito, a previous individual from the Brazilian national soccer squad. De Brito in the long run persuaded Pelé's family to let the sprouting phenom leave home and strive for the Santos proficient soccer club when he was 15. Pelé eventually signed with Santos months later and promptly began training with the first team players. He scored his first professional season goal before he turned 16 and led the entire Brazilian league in goals for his first full season. He was being recognized, then scouted by the Brazilian National Team. Beginning the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, Pelé was introduced to the world. Showing insane speed, physicality and field vision, at age 17 he was able to score three goals in a 5-2 elimination round win over France, then scored two more in the World Cup Finals to beat the national hosts, Sweden, 5-2. Getting asked to play on European clubs, Pelé was a world superstar. But the Brazilian President Jânio Quadros had Pelé proclaimed a national treasure, making it legally tough and near impossible for him to play in another nation. Although, Santos club owners guaranteed their star attraction was taken care of financially and commercially. They scheduled intense exhibition matches around the world for people to come see their star perform. As Pelé was becoming a mature adult and leaving his teenage years, life became more intense in his existence of Football. World Cup of 1962 in Chile, Pele suffered from a groin pull two games in the tournament, causing him to sit out the final game while Brazil went ahead to claim its second in a row World Cup title. Four years later as the 1966 World Cup began, in qualifying matches, Pelé was forced to sit out for the starting matches. Brazil was then knocked out first round in the World Cup, making the fans of the
Named after Thomas Edison and nicknamed "Dico," Pelé moved with his family to the city of Bauru as a young man. João Ramos, otherwise called "Dondinho," attempted to gain a living as a soccer player, and Pelé experienced childhood in poverty. Still, he built up a simple ability for soccer by kicking a rolled up sock loaded with rags around the alleys and streets of Bauru. The beginning of the "Pelé" nickname is still unknown as to why he was called that. It does mean "skin" in portuguese if that has anything to do with the origin, however growing up, he was called that by his friends and despised the name.
Immature, Pelé joined a young squad trained by Waldemar de Brito, a previous individual from the Brazilian national soccer squad. De Brito in the long run persuaded Pelé's family to let the sprouting phenom leave home and strive for the Santos proficient soccer club when he was 15. Pelé eventually signed with Santos months later and promptly began training with the first team players. He scored his first professional season goal before he turned 16 and led the entire Brazilian league in goals for his first full season. He was being recognized, then scouted by the Brazilian National Team. Beginning the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, Pelé was introduced to the world. Showing insane speed, physicality and field vision, at age 17 he was able to score three goals in a 5-2 elimination round win over France, then scored two more in the World Cup Finals to beat the national hosts, Sweden, 5-2. Getting asked to play on European clubs, Pelé was a world superstar. But the Brazilian President Jânio Quadros had Pelé proclaimed a national treasure, making it legally tough and near impossible for him to play in another nation. Although, Santos club owners guaranteed their star attraction was taken care of financially and commercially. They scheduled intense exhibition matches around the world for people to come see their star perform. As Pelé was becoming a mature adult and leaving his teenage years, life became more intense in his existence of Football. World Cup of 1962 in Chile, Pele suffered from a groin pull two games in the tournament, causing him to sit out the final game while Brazil went ahead to claim its second in a row World Cup title. Four years later as the 1966 World Cup began, in qualifying matches, Pelé was forced to sit out for the starting matches. Brazil was then knocked out first round in the World Cup, making the fans of the