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    Pele is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was born in poverty in Brazil in 1940 and given the nickname Pele as a child. Pele began playing professionally for Santos at age 15 and helped lead Brazil to three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970, setting numerous goalscoring records. Widely regarded as the greatest player in history, Pele won over 40 titles in his career and was named Athlete of the Century by the IOC in 1999.

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    Pele is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was born in poverty in Brazil in 1940 and given the nickname Pele as a child. Pele began playing professionally for Santos at age 15 and helped lead Brazil to three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970, setting numerous goalscoring records. Widely regarded as the greatest player in history, Pele won over 40 titles in his career and was named Athlete of the Century by the IOC in 1999.

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    Pele is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was born in poverty in Brazil in 1940 and given the nickname Pele as a child. Pele began playing professionally for Santos at age 15 and helped lead Brazil to three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970, setting numerous goalscoring records. Widely regarded as the greatest player in history, Pele won over 40 titles in his career and was named Athlete of the Century by the IOC in 1999.

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    Pele is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was born in poverty in Brazil in 1940 and given the nickname Pele as a child. Pele began playing professionally for Santos at age 15 and helped lead Brazil to three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962, and 1970, setting numerous goalscoring records. Widely regarded as the greatest player in history, Pele won over 40 titles in his career and was named Athlete of the Century by the IOC in 1999.

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    PELE

    Edson Arantes do Nascimento also known as Pelé, is one of the greatest


    footballers to have ever lived. Born on 23 October 1940 in a small town
    of Brazil known as Sao Paulo where he grew up in poverty. The first
    nickname he was ever given to Pele was Dico by his parents Dondihno
    and Celeste Arantes. He was given the name Pele by some children as a
    joke which meant nothing. This name stuck with him and soon became
    one of the most recognizable names in the history of football. His father,
    also a renowned footballer, was the one to teach Pele football when Pele
    was just 11. In 1956 when Pele was just 15, an agent named Waldemar
    de Brito saw Pele play with some of his friends and took him to Santos
    to try out for the professional club FC Santos. In 1956 Pele got his first
    contract for one of the most renowned clubs in Brazil, FC Santos where
    he was earning 10 dollars a month and he made a huge impact with his
    football skills. In 1957 when pele was just 16 years old, he got selected
    to play in the Brazilian football team. Pele’s football style was famously
    known as Ginga. It is a primitive style of playing football. The
    Portuguese arrived in Brazil with African slaves. But the Africans' will
    was strong and they managed to escape to the jungle. To save
    themselves, they started to learn Capoeira, the martial art of war. They
    turned this martial art of war Capoeira into a football style called the
    Ginga. Ginga was a very rough playing style criticized by the Europeans
    who played a more sophisticated style of football. The coach of the
    Brazil football team and many players were against playing Ginga style
    football because of the rough style of playing. Pele was the one who
    showed the world how good the Ginga style of football is, and he was
    one of the main reasons why the world recognized Ginga as a style of
    football. Although new generation players like Neymar Jr, Ronaldinho,
    Lucas Moura still play Ginga style, but no one could match the way Pele
    used to play Ginga style. Pele won his first world cup at the age of 17
    where he played a significant role for the national team, and he was the
    youngest world cup winner. After winning the world cup, Pele got many
    offers from many prestigious European football clubs, but he could not
    leave Brazil due to the law. After that Pele won 3 FIFA world cups in
    1962, 1970 and 1958 which is the most world cup won by any player.
    Pele has many records under his name like Brazil’s top goal scorer, most
    career goals scored ever which is 1283 goals in 2363 games, Pele has
    most hat tricks ever which are 92 hat tricks which accounts for 21.5
    percent of all goals he has scored in his career. He is the youngest player
    to score a hat trick at the age of 17. After that Pele became one of the
    most recognizable names in football and Brazil. He won numerous
    awards with his football club Santos like Copa Libertadores,
    Intercontinental Cup. Supercopa de Campeones Internacionales (1968),
    and many, many more. He was also one of the best players in the world
    cups he participated in, receiving the Silver Boot, Silver Ball, and
    Golden Ball. As well as the all time leading scorer with 77 goals in the
    national team. i. With a record high of 40 official titles and a few more
    runners up titles, Pele without a doubt was considered as the greatest
    footballer of all time. He was even declared a national treasure in 1961
    by President Janio Quadros of Brazil. At the end of his career, he was
    known as “The Black Pearl” or “The King Pele” due to his contributions
    to football and his stats. He was given the player of the century award in
    1999. In the same year, Pele was elected as the Athlete of the century by
    the International Olympic Committee and Reuters News Agency. Pele is
    also acknowledgeable for his vocal support of policies to improve
    conditions for the poor. He even dedicated his 1000th goal to the poor
    children of Brazil. Even after retirement, Pele was still around serving as
    a worldwide ambassador and has taken many roles for participating in
    FIFA events such as promotions for the world cup. Pele has also written
    an autobiography that beautifully describes his life struggles and how he
    overcomes them. A movie has also been made about him which was
    released in 2021. Pele retired from all football on 1 October 1977 at the
    age of 36.

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