PELE The Great

"It seems that God brought me to Earth with a mission to play soccer," _Pele

PELE

Full name Edison Arantes do Nascimento
Date of birth 23 October 1940 (1940-10-23)
International career
Brazil: 1957 - 1971
91 caps, 77 goals (Brazil's record scorer)
66 wins; 14 draws; 11 losses
Individual
1970 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
1958 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball
Copa America top scorer: 1959
Honours
1958 FIFA World Cup™ winner
1962 FIFA World Cup winner
1970 FIFA World Cup winner
FIFA World Cup appearances
14 caps, 12 goals
12 wins; 1 draw; 1 loss
Sweden 1958
Brazil 2-0 USSR
Brazil 1-0 Wales (1 goal)
Brazil 5-2 France (3)
Brazil 5-2 Sweden (2)
Chile 1962
Brazil 2-0 Mexico (1)
Brazil 0-0 Czechoslovakia
England 1966
Brazil 2-0 Bulgaria (1)
Portugal 3-1 Brazil
Mexico 1970
Brazil 4-1 Czechoslovakia (1)
Brazil 1-0 England
Brazil 3-2 Romania (2)
Brazil 4-2 Peru
Brazil 3-1 Uruguay
Brazil 4-1 Italy (1)
Club career
1956 - 1974 Santos
1975 - 1977 New York Cosmos (USA)
Honours
World and continental
Copa Libertadores winner: 1962, 1963
Intercontinental Cup winner: 1962, 1963
National
Taca Brasil winner: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Robertao Tournament winner: 1968
North American Soccer League winner: 1977
Regional
Paulista State Championship winner: 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament winner: 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966
Individual
FIFA Player of the Century
FIFA Order of Merit: awarded in 2004
MasterCard Team of the Century inductee
International Olympic Committee's Athlete of the Century
FIFA 100 inductee
South American Footballer of the Year: 1973
North American Soccer League MVP: 1976
Copa Libertadores top scorer: 1965
Taca Brasil top scorer: 1961, 1963, 1964
Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament top scorer: 1963
Paulista State Championship top scorer: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1973
Scored 1,281 goals in his career, a world record
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