Football Player ‘Pele’ Biography:

Pelé’s full name is “Edson Arantes do Nascimento”. Pelé was born on October 23, 1940 in Tres Coracoes, Brazil. His father’s name is Dondeneho and Mother Donna Celeste Arantes. Pelé also has a younger brother. His father Dondinho was also a football player. Pelé’s real name is “Dico”. But his name was “Pelé” after his favorite soccer player “Vasco da Gama” Bile ”.

Full Name:  Edson Arantes do Nascimento

Birth Date:  23 October, 1940

Father:         Dondeneho

Mother:        Donna Celeste Arantes

Real Name:  Dico

Favorite Soccer Player: Vasco da Gama” Bile

Pele Biography.

Pelé was a great football player of the 20th century Brazil, during his active years he was called “the god of football”. Pelé has scored 1281 goals in 1363 games. He has also created many records. His habit of deep sense of playing and scoring great goals made Pelé a star throughout the world. Pelé’s position was in the game, forward and attacking midfielder.

Pele Childhood-

Pelé was from a very poor family. Pele used to work at the tea shop in childhood. From the age of 10, he started playing football. Pele initially received education from his father, in football. At that time he did not even have the money to buy football and shoes. So he used to practice in the socks using the paper and tied with a rope. Pelé got place at the Bauer Athletic Club Junior at the age of 11. Where he was trained by Waldemar de Brito. He led the team for three consecutive wins from 1954 to 1956. Apart from this, they also won many local indoor football events and championships.

Pele’career:

Pelé’s career started when football star de Brito was convinced that he had unprecedented talent. He took Pelé for Santos, where he was inducted into professional club, Santos FC. Pelé signed the contract in June 1956 and in September he played his first professional game. In the game, he made his first professional goal against Corinthins Santo Andre. He played his first international game against Argentina in July 1957. This game was lost to Brazil 2 – 1. But here he made his first international goal. In this way he became the youngest player to score in international football.

Pelé started playing for Santos at age 15 and the Brazil national group at 16. During his universal vocation, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, being the main player to do as such. Pelé is the unequaled driving goalscorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 recreations. At club level he is the record goalscorer for Santos, and drove them to the 1962 and 1963 Copa Libertadores. Known for associating the expression “The Beautiful Game” with football, Pelé’s “energizing play and affinity for breathtaking goals” made him a star the world over, and his groups visited globally so as to exploit his prominence.

In the 1962 World Cup, he suffered a lot, due to which he used to live mostly out of this tournament. They were wounded due to the constant repression by the Bulgarian, since the World Cup of 1966 brought more pain to Pelé. The result was that after the first phase, he was dropped from the Brazil team in the World Cup. In 1969, he scored his 1000th goal against Vasco D’Gamma with a penalty kick at the Mercana Stadium.

The 1970 World Cup was the last World Cup. He played all the matches and scored 14 to 19 goals from Brazil in this tournament. Brazil won the World Cup. Pelé was named “Player of the Tournament” for his impressive performance and extensive contribution. At Pelé’s international level, the last match was against Yugoslavia on July 18, 1971 in Rio de Janeiro. In his club, the 1974 season was his last season, in which he played for Santos before retiring.

Pele’ last Match-

He officially played his last match on 1 October 1977. He played for the first half match Cosmos and the other half match for Santos. His last official goal was a direct free kick against Santos in the first half. This match was won by Cosmos 2 – 1.

He was appointed as UN Ambassador for Ecology and Environment in 1992. Subsequently, in 1995, he was appointed as the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.

Pele’s Family –

Pelé was very open-minded in his personal life. They had three weddings His first marriage took place in 1966 with the Rosemary dos Rais Cholbi. It also gave them 2 daughters. But they were divorced in 1982. After this, in 1994 he married psychologist and gospel singer Asciarias Lemos Seixas. From them he had 2 twins. After this they got divorced. In 2016, Pelé married Marcia Okey.

Pele Biography.

Pele’s achievement and Awards –

Pelé got the Brazilian gold medal, the command of the British Empire, the Night Commander and the BBC Life Time Achievement Award.

He was also elected as the “Athlete of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee and Reuters News Agency.

In 2010, he was appointed as the Honorary Chairman of the Cosmos of New York.

In 2012, he was awarded “Honorary Degree” by the University of Edinburgh.

Pele Facts-

1.) Pelé scored 1283 first-class goals, including 77 goals for Brazil..

2.) He won 3 World Cups, 2 World Cup championships and 9 São Paulo State championships.

3.) Pelé was only 15 years old when he signed up Santos, He played his first match against FC
Corinthians on 7 September 1956, in which he scored 4 goals.

4.) At the age of 17, Pelé became the youngest winner of the World Cup.

5.) Pelé was appointed in 1995 as the Sports Minister of Brazil,

6.) In 1997 he was given a “British Knighthood Annularity“

7.) In 1999, he was elected to the “Athlete of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee.

8.) On 19 November 1969, he scored 1000th goal of his career. For this, Santos celebrated “Pelé Day” on that day.

9.) Pelé once said that “penalty is a coward way to score”.

10.) On August 1, 2010, Pelé became the Honorary chairman of COSMOS, New York.

11.) In the 1970 World Cup finals, Pelé scored his 100th World Cup goal against Italy.

12.) In Brazil, they are often called “perola negr“, which means Black Pearl.

13.) In 1993, Pelé was inducted into Fame’s National Football Hall.