Pele
Edson
ArantesdoNascimento better known as Pelé was born certificate,
on 21 October 1940 – however, Pelé claims himself that he was born on 23
October), He is regarded by many expert and football critics, as the best
player of all time. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by
the International
Federation of Football History. . Pelé was also elected
"Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee. He
is the most successful league goal scorer in the world, with 541 league
goals. In total Pelé scored 1281 goals in 1363 games, for which he was
honored by the Guinness World Records. During his
career, he became known as "The Black Pearl" "The King of Football"
He was
trained since birth to become great by his father. (who was the top scorer in
every season he played for, for every team) at 15 and he played his
national team at 16, and won his first World
Cup. In 1961 President Jânio
Quadros had Pelé declared a national treasure thus enabling Santos to
keep Pelé for almost two decades until 1974. With Pele Santos reached the
Zenith and soon In 1962 Santos became the first football club. Pelé played
most of his career as a deep-lying forward. Pelé's technique and natural
athleticism have been universally praised and he was renowned for his
excellent dribbling and passing, his pace, powerful shot, and
prolific goals coring.
He is
the all-time leading scorer of the Brazil national football team and
is the only footballer to be a part of three World Cup-winning squads. In
November 2007, FIFA announced
that he would be awarded to be the only player in the world to have three World
Cup winning medals.
Pelé won his first major title with Santos in 1958
Wearing his iconic number 10 shirt, Pelé produced one of his
best ever performances and scored a hat-trick in
Lisbon, as Santos beat the European champions 5–2.
On
19 November 1969, Pelé scored his 1000th goal in all competitions. This was a
highly anticipated moment in Brazil. The goal, called popularly O
Milésimo (The Thousandth), occurred in a match against Vasco da Gama, when Pelé scored from
a penalty
kick, at the Maracanã Stadium.
Today
he is the face of many multinational brands, in fact he has always been an
advocate of intercourse for players saying, ‘’ Sex is a gift from
God, a good thing, you know, always should do with your partner’’
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