Pelé
Date of Birth : 23 October 1940
Place of Birth: Três Corações, Brazil
Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Pele, on October 23, 1940, Brazil’s a very poor family in the city of Três Corações, Dondinho and Celeste Nascimento couple of kids came into the world. As a former football player, but quit football due to a leg fracture in the case of the father, who began playing soccer when he was little Pele’s first team, was Atletic Bauru.
When not playing football in order to help his family, was dying shoes. 11 years old, coming from the front of the country, one of the players were invented by Waldemar de Brito Santos and Sao Paulo’ya coach to lead introduced by Pele, has announced the name at the age of 16. Pele, 1956 was transferred to Santos Kulübü’nun A team went out and the first match against Corinthians in the team recorded a goal, the performance has filled her eyes.
Yet 17 years old, the 1958 World Cup held in Sweden between outgoing Pele backs in the game for as long as the show drew attention to the successful football team’s first eleven and began to take place. Brazil won the first trophy in the fifth – the Pele of 2 save of the match two goals, his six goals during the tournament at the audience was captivated. The first World Championship team in 1958 and the following experience for the World Cup, Pele went to Chile in 1962 with the national team, playing in his first match by the team has been out injured.
1966 World Cup held in England, Bulgaria and Portugal defender is a victim of the tough defender Pele understanding, perseverance despite losing the Cup was completed by injuries.
Finals in Mexico in 1970, 29-year-old Pele, Italy 4 – by beating a score of 1, bringing the World Cup to Brazil third in the legendary team, the Brazilian national team’s World Cup 100 Write to the date his name has saved the goal.
Big European teams by record fees taransfer to be worked and leave the country to avoid Brazilian government itself, picture a treasure offered Pele, in 1974 itself retired Although next year the North American Soccer League, the New York Cosmos Club went to.
Cosmos sweat shirt for three years, of $ 7 million contract, the American League as the highest paid player in football with Pele in the country, millions of American interest in the sport began.
Throughout his career, three World Cup winning Brazilian team in the Pele, from 1956 to 1974 years between the Santos team playing in the 1265 match 1124 goals while recording, from 1975 to 1977 between the years wore Cosmos shirt under, 111 games 65 goals, scored.
1956 and 1971 between the Brazilian national team wearing the uniform and play in national matches the average of a goal to record Pele, his 1992 hat-trick and international matches in signing the 97 goals, set a world record still holds.
During his career in 1360 in a match out, Pele’s 1280 goals of this record, the 1329 goal, the Brazilian as he followed Arthur Friedenreich.
Came the greatest footballer in the world is shown as Pele, the football career ended in 1977.
Playing position: Attacking midfielder/Forward
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