2. - Born on October 23, 1940, in Três Corações,
Brazil better known as Pelé, he is considered by
many as the best player in football history.
-He started to play in the professional football
when he was 15 years old in the Santos
professional soccer club in which he spent most
of his career, in a little time he turned into the
maximum annotator of his team.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
3. Time later in July, 1957 with 16 years old he was called for the national team.
He became a superstar with his performance in the 1958 Sweden
After being champions of the cup, the government declared him as a non-
exportable national treasure
National Performance
4. With 60 career titles and an index of 60 to 70 goals a season, the team
spends a lot of time on world tour charging up to 30,000 usd for exhibition
games in which 15% or 20% corresponded to Pele.
On 1962 Chile world cup, Brazil won again the cup, but he get injured.
ChileWorld Cup 1962
5. For 1964 he was the highest paid player, but has a very stupid for business,
he confided to a counter called Pepe el Gordo which after some bad
investments led Pele to bankrupt, el Santos had the obligation to repair the
situation so he had to sign two seasons with lower profits and a third one for
free.
Business Problems
6. -He boast about a third victory, but teams marked him a lot and committed
fouls whenever they could, they lost in their 4th game, and Brazil was
eliminated, he promised never to play in a world cup game.
EnglandWorld Cup 1966
7. In November 1969 the president Emilio Médici gave him a golden ball for his
1000th goal
1000 Goals
8. The Mexico 70 World Cup was approaching and the government put a lot of
pressure to reverse his oath and play but he struggled with the technical
director Joao Saldaña which fired him judging of being out of shape and old.
The president fire Saldaña and puts another DT who ensures his place.
MexicoWorld cup 1970
9. After winning the cup he announced his retirement in 1971, but after
returning to go bankrupt, he was forced to play two years more in the New
York Cosmos for $ 6 million.
Finally in 1977 retire.
Time to leave
10. Stadistics
He scored 1282 goals in 1363 matches
is the only player who has win 3 world cups.
92 national games – 97 goals
30 Championships