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A legend is born
Edson Arantes do Nascimento Was born into poverty on October 23 1940 in Três Corações,Brazil. His mother was Celeste Arantes who was an actor and his father was Dondinho who was a footballer. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pele-Brazilian-athlete -
Start of his career
Pelé’s family continued to struggle financially but Pelé on the pitch being coached by his dad and his dad’s teammate was a true talent.His first professional club was Santos F.C, he joined after his coach at his training club sent him to a trial at Santos. https://www.footballhistory.org/player/pele.html -
National debut
Pelé played his first international match for Brazil and scored in a 1-2 defeat to Argentina in 1957 becoming the youngest player to score for Brazil at just 16 years old. Pelé would go on to become a legend for Brazil. https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/pele#pele-2 -
First World Cup
Pelé played his first World Cup in Sweden 1958, slotting in 6 goals winning the young player award and becoming the youngest player to score in a World Cup for Brazil and the youngest to win a World cup for Brazil.
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1000th Goal
Pele scored his 1000th career goal in 1969 at the Maracana in front of his home crowd. This achievement is still a symbol of how good Pele really was.
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Shattering Records
Pele Has many, many World Records like: Youngest player to score a hattrick in World Cup or Youngest player to win a World Cup but the one that stands out the most is that he Is the only player to win 3 World Cups his last one coming in 1970.
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Leaving the beautiful game
Pele retired in 1977 only two years after joining his second ever club the New York Cosmos. His last game was an Exhibition game versus his former club Santos.
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Death of a God
Pele died at 82 years in December of 2022. Pele had been battling Colon Cancer for the past 2 years. Pele died in the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Pele's last message to the world were: “My friends, I want to keep everyone calm and positive."