Nationality : BrazilDate of Birth : October 23, 1940
Birthplace : Três Corações
Nickname : O Rei, Perola Negra
Foot : Left
Number : 9
Position : Forward
He began his career at Santos FC in 1956 at the age of 15 years, and played his first international match at 16. A year later in Sweden, Pelé became the youngest player to lift the World Cup football after eliminating France's Just Fontaine alone with three goals in the semifinals (5-2). Then he won the World Cups of 1962 (Pele was wounded in the early stages of qualifying, will play ultimately not decisive qualifying rounds for his team) and 1970, scoring four goals and one respectively. World Cup 1966 remained as a major failure with his new injury, and elimination in the first round of Brazil, Pele then do not enter a single goal.
After his international retirement, he joined the club New York Cosmos, with whom he played his last game at Giants Stadium in 1977.
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Pele is currently in fourth place of the best scorers in the final phase of World Cup with 12 goals, behind Just Fontaine (13 goals in 1958), Gerd Müller 14 goals (10 in 1970 and four in 1974) and Ronaldo (15 goals: 4 in 1998, eight in 2002 and three in 2006). In addition, it is the only footballer to have won three World Cups as a player.