Profile
Pelé
Football Player
Male
Born
Oct 23, 1940
Hometown
Minas Gerais
Died
Nov 11, 2011
Team
Santos + New York...
Position
Forward, Attackin...
Nationality
ian
Other Names
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known by his nickname Pelé, is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as the best football player of all time. In 1999, he was voted Football Player of the Century by the IFFHS International Federation of Football… Read More
Romance
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AssiriaMarried 1994
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Assira LemosMarried
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Rosemeri CholbyMarried
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Anizia MachadoDated
Family
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Pelé
d.2011
parents
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DondinhoFather
children
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Sandra Regina Arantes do NascimentoDaughter
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1940
Birth
Born on October 23, 1940.
TEENAGE
1954
13 Years Old
Pele had a storied football career in Bauru. He led Bauru Athletic Club juniors (coached by Waldemar de Brito) to three consecutive São Paulo state youth championships between 1954 and 1956.
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In 1956, de Brito took Pelé to Santos, an industrial and port city in the state of São Paulo, to try out for professional club Santos Futebol Clube telling the directors at Santos that the 15-year-old would be "the greatest football player in the world."
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When the 1957 season started, Pelé was given a starting place in the first team and, at the age of 16, became the top scorer in the league.
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Pelé arrived in Sweden sidelined by a knee injury but on his return from the treatment room, his colleagues closed ranks and insisted upon his selection. His first match was against the USSR in the third match of the first round of the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he gave the assist to Vavá's second goal.
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TWENTIES
The 1966 World Cup was marked, among other things, for the brutal fouling on Pelé, by the Bulgarian and Portuguese defenders.
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1969
28 Years Old
Pelé was called to the national team in early 1969, he refused at first, but then accepted and played in six World Cup qualifying matches, scoring six goals.
THIRTIES
Pelé's last international match was on 18 July 1971 against Yugoslavia in Rio de Janeiro.
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1977
36 Years Old
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He led the Cosmos to the 1977 NASL championship, in his third and final season with the club.
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FORTIES
1981
40 Years Old
From 1981 to 1986, Pelé had been romantically linked with Xuxa and was seen influential in launching the career of the model who was 17 when they started to date.
FIFTIES
1995
54 Years Old
He was awarded Brazil's Gold Medal for outstanding services to the sport in 1995; Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso appointed him to the position of Extraordinary Minister for Sport, and he was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
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1997
56 Years Old
In 1997, Pelé received an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II, at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace.
1999
58 Years Old
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Pelé was elected "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee and Reuters News Agency in 1999, and by French newspaper L'Équipe in 1981.
LATE ADULTHOOD
2001
60 Years Old
Pelé left his position in 2001 after he was accused of involvement in a corruption scandal, although nothing was proven, and it was denied by UNICEF.
2005
64 Years Old
In 2005, Pelé received a lifetime achievement award from the BBC and, in June 2006, helped inaugurate the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, alongside supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
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2007
66 Years Old
Pelé was guest of honour at the world's oldest football club, Sheffield's 150th anniversary match v Inter Milan in November 2007.
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2009
68 Years Old
In 2009, he cooperated with Ubisoft on arcade football game Academy of Champions: Soccer for the Wii and appeared in the game as a coach to its players.
2010
69 Years Old
On 1 August 2010, Pelé was introduced as the Honorary President of a revived New York Cosmos, aiming to field a team in Major League Soccer.
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In February 2012, Legends 10 began handling the Pelé brand and brought all marketing and management efforts under one roof, including all intellectual property rights, global licensing, branding, endorsements, and public appearances.
OTHER
6938
5001 Years Old
Died in 6938.
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