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Pelé
Pelé in 2008
Born	Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 (age 84) Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Occupations	Footballer humanitarian
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouses	Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi ​ ​(m. 1966⁠–⁠1982)​ Assíria Lemos Seixas ​ ​(m. 1994⁠–⁠2008)​ Marcia Aoki ​(m. 2016)​
Partner	Xuxa Meneghel (1981–1986)
Children	2 sons, 4 daughters Sandra Machado Kelly Cristina Flávia Kurtz Edinho Joshua Celeste
Parent(s)	Dondinho, Celeste Arantes
Association football career Position(s) Forward Attacking midfielder Youth career 1953–1956 Bauru Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1956–1974 Santos 638 (619) 1975–1977 New York Cosmos 56 (31) Total 694 (650) International career 1957–1971 Brazil 92 (77) Medal record Representing  Brazil Men's Football FIFA World Cup 1958 Sweden National Team 1962 Chile National Team 1970 Mexico National Team Copa América 1959 Argentina National Team *Club domestic league appearances and goals
Website	www.pele10.com

Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Template:IPA-pt; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (Template:IPA-pt), is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest football player of all time. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). That same year, Pelé was elected Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee. According to the IFFHS, Pelé is the most successful league goal-scorer in the world, scoring 1281 goals in 1363 games, which included unofficial friendlies and tour games. During his playing days, Pelé was for a period the best-paid athlete in the world.

Pelé began playing for Santos at age 15 and the Brazil national football team at 16. During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, being the only player ever to do so. Pelé is the all-time leading goalscorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 games. At club level he is the record goalscorer for Santos, and led them to the 1962 and 1963 Copa Libertadores. Pelé's "electrifying play and penchant for spectacular goals" made him a star around the world, and his teams toured internationally in order to take full advantage of his popularity. Since retiring in 1977, Pelé has been a worldwide ambassador for football and has made many acting and commercial ventures. In 2010, he was named the Honorary President of the New York Cosmos.

Pelé has also been known for connecting the phrase "The Beautiful Game" with football. A prolific goalscorer, Pelé was known for his ability to strike powerful and accurate shots with both feet in addition to anticipating his opponents' movements on the field. Early in his career, he played in a variety of attacking formations and would use his dribbling skills to go past opponents. In his later career, he played in a playmaking role behind offensive strikers. In Brazil, he is hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments in football and for his outspoken support of policies that improve the social conditions of the poor. Throughout his career and in his retirement, Pelé received several individual and team awards for his performance in the field, his record-breaking achievements, and legacy in the sport.

Early years

Pelé was born on 23 October 1940, in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the son of Fluminense footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Celeste Arantes. He was the elder of two siblings. He was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison. His parents decided to remove the "i" and call him "Edson", but there was a mistake on the birth certificate, leading many documents to show his name as "Edison", not "Edson", as he is called. He was originally nicknamed "Dico" by his family. He received the nickname "Pelé" during his school days, when it is claimed he was given it because of his pronunciation of the name of his favorite player, local Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bilé, which he misspoke but the more he complained the more it stuck. In his autobiography, Pelé stated he had no idea what the name means, nor did his old friends. Apart from the assertion that the name is derived from that of Bilé, and that it is Hebrew for "miracle" (פֶּ֫לֶא), the word has no known meaning in Portuguese.

Pelé grew up in poverty in Bauru in the state of São Paulo. He earned extra money by working in tea shops as a servant. Taught to play by his father, he could not afford a proper football and usually played with either a sock stuffed with newspaper and tied with a string or a grapefruit. He played for several amateur teams in his youth, including Sete de Setembro, Canto do Rio, São Paulinho, and Amériquinha. Pelé led Bauru Athletic Club juniors (coached by Waldemar de Brito) to two São Paulo state youth championships. In his mid-teens, he played for an indoor football team called Radium. Indoor football had just become popular in Bauru when Pelé began playing it. He was part of the first Futebol de Salão (indoor football) competition in the region. Pelé and his team won the first championship and several others.

According to Pelé, indoor football presented difficult challenges; he said it was a lot quicker than football on the grass and that players were required to think faster because everyone is close to each other in the pitch. Pelé accredits indoor football for helping him think better on the spot. In addition, indoor football allowed him to play with adults when he was about 14 years old. In one of the tournaments he participated, he was initially considered too young to play, but eventually went on to end up top scorer with fourteen or fifteen goals. "That gave me a lot of confidence", Pelé said, "I knew then not to be afraid of whatever might come".

Club career

Santos

New York Cosmos

After the 1974 season (his 19th with Santos), Pelé retired from Brazilian club football although he continued to occasionally play for Santos in official competitive matches. Two years later, he came out of semi-retirement to sign with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 1975 season. Though well past his prime at this point, Pelé was credited with significantly increasing public awareness and interest of the sport in the United States. Hoping to fuel the same kind of awareness in the Dominican Republic, he and the Cosmos team played in an exhibition match against Haitian team, Violette AC, in the Santo Domingo Olympic Stadium on 3 June 1976, where over 25,000 fans watched him score a winning goal in the last seconds of the match, leading the Cosmos to a 2–1 victory. He led the Cosmos to the 1977 NASL championship, in his third and final season with the club.

On 1 October 1977, Pelé closed out his career in an exhibition match between the Cosmos and Santos. Santos arrived in New York after previously defeating the Seattle Sounders in New Jersey, 2–0. The match was played in front of a sold out crowd at Giants Stadium and was televised in the United States on ABC's Wide World of Sports as well as throughout the world. Pelé's father and wife both attended the match, as well as Muhammad Ali and Bobby Moore.

International career

Pelé's first international match was a 2–1 defeat against Argentina on 7 July 1957 at the Maracanã. In that match, he scored his first goal for Brazil aged 16 years and nine months to become the youngest player to score in international football.

1958 World Cup

Pelé arrived in Sweden sidelined by a knee injury but on his return from the treatment room, his colleagues stood together and insisted upon his selection. His first match was against the USSR in the third match of the first round of the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he gave the assist to Vavá's second goal. He was the youngest player of that tournament, and at the time the youngest ever to play in the World Cup. Against France in the semifinal, Brazil was leading 2–1 at halftime, and then Pelé scored a hat-trick, becoming the youngest in World Cup history to do so.

On 29 June 1958, Pelé became the youngest player to play in a World Cup final match at 17 years and 249 days. He scored two goals in that final as Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in Stockholm, the capital. His first goal where he flicked the ball over a defender before volleying into the corner of the net, was selected as one of the best goals in the history of the World Cup. Following Pelé's second goal, Swedish player Sigvard Parling would later comment; "When Pelé scored the fifth goal in that Final, I have to be honest and say I felt like applauding". When the match ended, Pelé passed out on the field, and was revived by Garrincha. He then recovered, and was compelled by the victory to weep as he was being congratulated by his teammates. He finished the tournament with six goals in four matches played, tied for second place, behind record-breaker Just Fontaine, and was named best young player of the tournament.

It was in the 1958 World Cup that Pelé began wearing a jersey with number 10. The event was the result of disorganization: the leaders of the Brazilian Federation did not send the shirt numbers of players and it was up to FIFA to choose the number 10 shirt to Pelé who was a substitute on the occasion. The press proclaimed Pelé the greatest revelation of the 1958 World Cup, and he was also retroactively given the Silver Ball as the second best player of the tournament, behind Didi.

South American Championship

Pelé also played in the South American Championship. In the 1959 competition he was named best player of the tournament and was top scorer with 8 goals, as Brazil came second despite being unbeaten in the tournament.

1962 World Cup

When the 1962 World Cup started, Pelé was the best rated player in the world at the time. In the first match of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, against Mexico, Pelé assisted the first goal and then scored the second one, after a run past four defenders, to go up 2–0. He injured himself in the next game while attempting a long-range shot against Czechoslovakia. This would keep him out of the rest of the tournament, and forced coach Aymoré Moreira to make his only lineup change of the tournament. The substitute was Amarildo, who performed well for the rest of the tournament. However, it was Garrincha who would take the leading role and carry Brazil to their second World Cup title, after beating Czechoslovakia at the final in Santiago.

1966 World Cup

Pelé was the most famous footballer in the world during the 1966 World Cup in England, and Brazil fielded some world champions like Garrincha, Gilmar and Djalma Santos with the addition of other stars like Jairzinho, Tostão and Gérson, leading to high expectations for them. Brazil was eliminated in the first round, playing only three matches. The World Cup was marked, among other things, for foulings on Pelé that left him injured by the Bulgarian and Portuguese defenders.

Pelé scored the first goal from a free kick against Bulgaria, becoming the first player to score in three successive FIFA World Cups, but due to his injury, a result of persistent fouling by the Bulgarians, he missed the second game against Hungary. Brazil lost that game and Pelé, although still recovering, was brought back for the last crucial match against Portugal at Goodison Park in Liverpool by the Brazilian coach Vicente Feola. Feola changed the entire defense, including the goalkeeper, while in midfield he returned to the formation of the first match. During the game, Portugal defender João Morais fouled Pelé, but was not sent off by referee George McCabe. Pelé had to stay on the field limping for the rest of the game, since substitutes were not allowed at that time. After this game he vowed he would never again play in the World Cup, a decision he would later change.

1970 World Cup

Pelé was called to the national team in early 1969, he refused at first, but then accepted and played in six World Cup qualifying matches, scoring six goals. The 1970 World Cup in Mexico was expected to be Pelé's last. Brazil's squad for the tournament featured major changes in relation to the 1966 squad. Players like Garrincha, Nilton Santos, Valdir Pereira, Djalma Santos and Gilmar had already retired. However, Brazil's 1970 World Cup squad, which included players like Pelé, Rivelino, Jairzinho, Gérson, Carlos Alberto Torres, Tostão and Clodoaldo, is often considered to be the greatest football team in history.

The front five of Jairzinho, Pelé, Gerson, Tostão and Rivelino together created an attacking momentum, with Pelé having a central role in Brazil's way to the final. All of Brazil's matches in the tournament (except the final) were played in Guadalajara, and in the first match against Czechoslovakia, Pelé gave Brazil a 2–1 lead, by controlling Gerson's long pass with his chest and then scoring. In this match Pelé attempted to lob goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the half-way line, only narrowly missing the Czechoslovak goal. Brazil went on to win the match, 4–1. In the first half of the match against England, Pelé nearly scored with a header that was saved by the England goalkeeper Gordon Banks. In the second half, he controlled a cross from Tostão before flicking the ball to Jairzinho who scored the only goal.

Against Romania, Pelé scored two goals, with Brazil winning by a final score of 3–2. In the quarterfinals against Peru, Brazil won 4–2, with Pelé assisting Tostão for Brazil's third goal. In their semi-final match, Brazil faced Uruguay for the first time since the 1950 World Cup final round match. Jairzinho put Brazil ahead 2–1, and Pelé assisted Rivelino for the 3–1. During that match, Pelé made one of his most famous plays. Tostão passed the ball for Pelé to collect which Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz took notice of and ran off his line to get the ball before Pelé. However, Pelé got there first and fooled Mazurkiewicz with a feint by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the goalkeepers left, while Pelé went to the goalkeepers right. Pelé ran around the goalkeeper to retrieve the ball and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post.

Brazil played Italy in the final at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. Pelé scored the opening goal with a header over Italian defender Tarcisio Burgnich. He then made assists on Brazil's third goal, scored by Jairzinho, and the fourth finished by Carlos Alberto. The last goal of the game is often considered the greatest team goal of all time because it involved all but two of the team's outfield players. The play culminated after Pelé made a blind pass that went into Carlos Alberto's running trajectory. He came running from behind and struck the ball to score. Brazil won the match 4–1, keeping the Jules Rimet Trophy indefinitely, and Pelé received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament. Burgnich, who marked Pelé during the final, was quoted saying "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong".

Pelé's last international match was on 18 July 1971 against Yugoslavia in Rio de Janeiro. With Pelé on the field, the Brazilian team's record was 67 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses. Brazil never lost a match while fielding both Pelé and Garrincha.

Style of play

Pelé has also been known for connecting the phrase "The Beautiful Game" with football. A prolific goalscorer, he was known for his ability to anticipate opponents in the area and finish off chances with an accurate and powerful shot with either foot. Pelé was also a hard-working team-player, with exceptional vision and intelligence, who was recognised for his precise passing, and ability to link-up with teammates and provide them with assists.

In his early career, he played in a variety of attacking positions. Although he usually operated inside the penalty area as a main striker or centre-forward, his wide range of skills also allowed him to play in a more withdrawn role, as an inside forward or second striker, or out wide. In his later career, he took on more of a deeper playmaking role behind the strikers, often functioning as an attacking midfielder. Pelé's unique playing style combined speed, creativity, and technical skill with physical power, stamina, and athleticism. His excellent technique, balance, flair, agility, and dribbling skills enabled him to beat opponents with the ball, and frequently saw him use sudden changes of direction and elaborate feints in order to get past players, such as his trademark move, the drible da vaca. Another one of his signature moves was the paradinha, or little stop.

In spite of his relatively small stature, 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m), he excelled in the air, due to his heading accuracy and elevation. Renowned for his bending shots, he was also an accurate free-kick taker, and penalty taker, although he often refrained from taking penalties, stating that he believed it to be a cowardly way to score.

Reception and legacy

"Pelé is the greatest player of all time. He reigned supreme for 20 years. All the others – Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini – rank beneath him. There's no one to compare with Pelé."

"Pelé was one of the few who contradicted my theory: instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries."

"My name is Ronald Reagan, I'm the President of the United States of America. But you don't need to introduce yourself, because everyone knows who Pelé is."

Pelé is one of the most lauded players in history and is frequently ranked the best player ever. Among his contemporaries, Dutch star Johan Cruyff stated; "Pelé was the only footballer who surpassed the boundaries of logic." Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning captain Carlos Alberto Torres opined; "His great secret was improvisation. Those things he did were in one moment. He had an extraordinary perception of the game." Tostão, his strike partner at the 1970 World Cup; "Pelé was the greatest – he was simply flawless. And off the pitch he is always smiling and upbeat. You never see him bad-tempered. He loves being Pelé." His Brazilian teammate Clodoaldo commented on the adulation he witnessed; "In some countries they wanted to touch him, in some they wanted to kiss him. In others they even kissed the ground he walked on. I thought it was beautiful, just beautiful." Former Real Madrid and Hungary star Ferenc Puskás stated; "The greatest player in history was Di Stefano. I refuse to classify Pelé as a player. He was above that."

Just Fontaine, French striker and leading scorer at the 1958 World Cup; "When I saw Pelé play, it made me feel I should hang up my boots." England's 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore commented: "Pelé was the most complete player I've ever seen, he had everything. Two good feet. Magic in the air. Quick. Powerful. Could beat people with skill. Could outrun people. Only five feet and eight inches tall, yet he seemed a giant of an athlete on the pitch. Perfect balance and impossible vision. He was the greatest because he could do anything and everything on a football pitch. I remember Saldanha the coach being asked by a Brazilian journalist who was the best goalkeeper in his squad. He said Pelé. The man could play in any position". Former Manchester United striker and member of England's 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning team Sir Bobby Charlton stated; "I sometimes feel as though football was invented for this magical player." During the 1970 World Cup, when Paddy Crerand who was part of the ITV panel was asked; "How do you spell Pelé?", he replied with the response; "Easy: G-O-D."

Accolades

Since retiring, Pelé has continued to be lauded by players, coaches, journalists and others. Brazilian attacking midfielder Zico, who represented Brazil at the 1978, 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, stated; "This debate about the player of the century is absurd. There's only one possible answer: Pelé. He's the greatest player of all time, and by some distance I might add". French three time Balon D'or winner Michel Platini said; "There's Pelé the man, and then Pelé the player. And to play like Pelé is to play like God." Joint FIFA Player of the Century, Argentina's 1986 FIFA World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona stated; "It's too bad we never got along, but he was an awesome player". Prolific Brazilian striker Romário, winner of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and player of the tournament; "It's only inevitable I look up to Pelé. He's like a God to us". Five-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo said: "Pelé is the greatest player in football history, and there will only be one Pelé", while José Mourinho, two-time UEFA Champions League winning manager, commented; "I think he is football. You have the real special one – Mr. Pelé." Real Madrid honorary president and former player, Alfredo Di Stéfano, opined; "The best player ever? Pelé. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both great players with specific qualities, but Pelé was better".

Presenting Pelé a lifetime achievement award, former South African president Nelson Mandela said; "To watch him play was to watch the delight of a child combined with the extraordinary grace of a man in full." US politician and political scientist Henry Kissinger stated, "Performance at a high level in any sport is to exceed the ordinary human scale. But Pelé's performance transcended that of the ordinary star by as much as the star exceeds ordinary performance." After a reporter asked if his fame compared to that of Jesus, Pelé in response quipped, "There are parts of the world where Jesus Christ is not so well known."

In 1999, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) voted Pelé the World Player of the Century. That same year, the International Olympic Committee elected him the Athlete of the Century. According to the IFFHS, Pelé is the most successful league goal-scorer in the world, scoring 1281 goals in 1363 games, which included unofficial friendlies and tour games. In 1999, Time magazine named Pelé one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. During his playing days, Pelé was for a period the highest-paid athlete in the world. Pelé's "electrifying play and penchant for spectacular goals" made him a star around the world. To take full advantage of his popularity, his teams toured internationally. During his career, he became known as "The Black Pearl" (A Pérola Negra), "The King of Football" (O Rei do Futebol), "The King Pelé" (O Rei Pelé) or simply "The King" (O Rei).

Personal life

Relationships and children

Pelé has married three times, and has had several affairs, producing several children. On 21 February 1966, Pelé married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi. They had two daughters and one son: Kelly Cristina (born 13 January 1967), who married Dr. Arthur DeLuca, Jennifer (b. 1978), and their son Edson ("Edinho", b. 27 August 1970). The couple divorced in 1982. From 1981 to 1986, Pelé was romantically linked with the TV presenter Xuxa, which was influential in launching her career. She was 17 when they started dating. In April 1994, Pelé married psychologist and gospel singer Assíria Lemos Seixas, who gave birth on 28 September 1996 to twins Joshua and Celeste through fertility treatments. The couple divorced in 2008.

Pelé had at least two more children from former affairs. Sandra Machado, who was born from an affair Pelé had in 1964 with a housemaid, Anizia Machado, fought for years to be acknowledged by Pelé, who refused to submit to DNA tests. Although she was recognized by courts as his biological daughter based on DNA evidence in 1993, Pelé never acknowledged his eldest daughter even after her death in 2006, nor her two children, Octavio and Gabriel. Pelé also had another daughter, Flávia Kurtz, in an extramarital affair in 1968 with journalist Lenita Kurtz. Flávia was recognized by him as his daughter.

At the age of 73, Pelé announced his intention to marry 41-year-old Marcia Aoki, a Japanese-Brazilian importer of medical equipment from Penápolis, São Paulo, whom he had been dating from 2010. They first met in the mid-1980s in New York, before meeting again in 2008. They finally married in July 2016. In May 2014, his son Edinho was jailed for 33 years for laundering money from drug trafficking.

Politics

In 1970, Pelé was investigated by the Brazilian military dictatorship for suspected leftist sympathies. Declassified documents showed Pelé was investigated after being handed a manifesto calling for the release of political prisoners. Pelé himself did not get further involved within political struggles in the country.

In June 2013, he was criticized in public opinion for his conservative views. During the Brazilian protests, Pelé asked for people to "forget the demonstrations" and support the Brazil national team.

Health

In 1977, Brazilian media reported that Pelé had his right kidney removed. In November 2012, Pelé underwent a successful hip operation. In December 2017 Pelé appeared in a wheelchair at the 2018 World Cup draw in Moscow where he was pictured with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Diego Maradona. A month later he collapsed from exhaustion and was taken to hospital.

After football

In 1994, Pelé was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. In 1995, Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso appointed Pelé to the position of Extraordinary Minister for Sport. During this time he proposed legislation to reduce corruption in Brazilian football, which became known as the "Pelé law." Pelé left his position in 2001 after he was accused of involvement in a corruption scandal that stole $700,000 from UNICEF. It was claimed that money given to Pelé's company for a benefit match was not returned after it was cancelled, although nothing was proven, and it was denied by UNICEF. In 1997, he received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace. Pelé also helped inaugurate the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, alongside supermodel Claudia Schiffer.

In 1993, Pelé publicly accused the Brazilian football administrator Ricardo Teixeira of corruption after Pelé's television company was rejected in a contest for the Brazilian domestic rights to the 1994 World Cup. Pelé accusations led to an eight-year feud between the pair. As a consequence of the affair, the President of FIFA, João Havelange banned Pelé from the draw for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in Las Vegas. Criticisms over the ban were perceived to have negatively affected Havelange's chances of re-election as FIFA's president in 1994.

Pelé has published several autobiographies, starred in documentary films, and composed musical pieces, including the soundtrack for the film Pelé in 1977. He appeared in the 1981 film Escape to Victory, about a World War II-era football match between Allied prisoners of war and a German team. Pelé starred alongside other footballers of the 1960s and 1970s, with actors Michael Caine, and Sylvester Stallone. in 1969, Pelé starred in a telenovela called Os Estranhos, about first contact with aliens. It was created to drum up interest in the Apollo missions. In 2001, had a cameo role in the satire film, Mike Bassett: England Manager.

In November 2007, Pelé was in Sheffield, England to mark the 150th anniversary of the world's oldest football club, Sheffield F.C. Pelé was the guest of honour at Sheffield's anniversary match against Inter Milan at Bramall Lane. As part of his visit, Pelé opened an exhibition which included the first public showing in 40 years of the original hand-written rules of football. Pelé scouted for Premier League club Fulham in 2002. He made the draw for the qualification groups for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. On 1 August 2010, Pelé was introduced as the Honorary President of a revived New York Cosmos, aiming to field a team in Major League Soccer. In August 2011, ESPN reported that Santos were considering bringing him out of retirement for a cameo role in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, although this turned out to be false.

The most notable area of Pelé's life since football is his ambassadorial work. In 1992, he was appointed a UN ambassador for ecology and the environment. He was also awarded Brazil's Gold Medal for outstanding services to the sport in 1995. In 2012, Pelé was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh for "significant contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes, as well as his sporting achievements".

On 12 August 2012, Pelé was an attendee at the 2012 Olympic hunger summit hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, London, part of a series of international efforts which have sought to respond to the return of hunger as a high-profile global issue. Later on the same day, Pelé appeared at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, following the handover section to the next host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro. In March 2016, Pelé filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois seeking US$30 million in damages claiming violations under the Lanham Act for false endorsement and a state law claim for violation of his right of publicity. The suit alleged, that at one point Samsung and Pelé came close to entering into a licensing agreement for Pelé to appear in a Samsung advertising campaign. Samsung abruptly pulled out of the negotiations. The October 2015 Samsung ad in question, included a partial face shot of a man who allegedly "very closely resembles" Pelé and also a superimposed high-definition television screen next to the image of the man featuring a "modified bicycle or scissors-kick", often used by Pelé.

Honours

International

Brazil

• FIFA World Cup (3): 1958, 1962, 1970
• Roca Cup (2): 1957, 1963
• Cruz Cup (3): 1958, 1962, 1968
• Bernardo O'Higgins Cup: 1959
• Atlantic Cup: 1960

Club

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista (10): 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo (4): 1959, 1963, 1964
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (6): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968
• Copa Libertadores (2): 1962, 1963
• Intercontinental Cup (2): 1962, 1963

New York Cosmos

• North American Soccer League, Soccer Bowl: 1977
• North American Soccer League, Atlantic Conference Championship: 1977

Individual

In December 2000, Pelé and Maradona shared the prize of FIFA Player of the Century by FIFA. The award was originally intended to be based upon votes in a web poll, but after it became apparent that it favoured Diego Maradona, many observers complained that the Internet nature of the poll would have meant a skewed demographic of younger fans who would have seen Maradona play, but not Pelé. FIFA then appointed a "Family of Football" committee of FIFA members to decide the winner of the award together with the votes of the readers of the FIFA Magazine. The committee chose Pelé. Since Maradona was winning the Internet poll, however, it was decided he and Pelé should share the award.

• Santos
  • Copa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1965
  • Campeonato Paulista Top Scorer (11): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973
  • Torneio Rio-São Paulo Top Scorer: 1963
  • Bola de Prata: 1970
• Brazil
  • FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1958
  • FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (Best Player): 1970
  • Copa America Best Player: 1959
  • Copa América Top Scorer: 1959
• Other awards
  • FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur: 2013
  • Ballon d'Or (7): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1970 - Le nouveau palmarès (the new winners)
  • FIFA Player of the Century: 2000
  • FIFA Order of Merit: 1984
  • FIFA Centennial Award: 2004
  • FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers: 2004
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: 1970
  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award: 2005
  • Greatest football player to have ever played the game, by Golden Foot: 2012
  • Athlete of the Century, by Reuters News Agency: 1999
  • Athlete of the Century, elected by International Olympic Committee: 1999
  • South American Footballer of the Year: 1973
  • Football Player of the Century, elected by France Football's Ballon d'Or Winners: 1999
  • Inducted into the American National Soccer Hall of Fame: 1992
  • World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
  • TIME: One of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century: 1999
  • World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013

Orders

• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire: 1997

Personal records

• Brazil national football team All-Time Leading Scorer, 77 goals (95 goals including unofficial friendlies).
• Intercontinental Cup: All-Time Leading Scorer: 7 goals
• World record number of hat-trick: 92
• Guinness World Records: Most career goals (football): 1283 goals in 1363 games
• Guinness World Records: Most FIFA World Cup Winners' Medals: three
• Guinness World Records: Youngest winner of a FIFA World Cup: 17 years and 249 days in 1958 FIFA World Cup
• Youngest scorer in the FIFA World Cup: 17 years and 239 days (Brazil v Wales 1958)
• Youngest hat-trick in the FIFA World Cup: 17 years and 244 days (Brazil v France 1958)
• Youngest player to play in a FIFA World Cup final match: 17 years and 249 days (Brazil v Sweden 1958)
• Youngest scorer in the FIFA World Cup final match: 17 years and 249 days (Brazil v Sweden 1958)

Career statistics

Club

Pelé's goalscoring record is often reported by FIFA as being 1281 goals in 1363 games. This figure includes goals scored by Pelé in friendly club matches, like international tours Pelé completed with Santos and the New York Cosmos, and a few games Pelé played in for the Brazilian armed forces teams during his national service in Brazil. He was listed in the Guinness World Records for most career goals scored in football his goalscoring record.

The tables below record every goal Pelé scored in major club competitions for Santos and the New York Cosmos.

• * Indicates that the number was deducted from the list of rsssf.com and this list of Pelé games.

International

Pelé is the top scorer of the Brazil national football team with 77 goals in 92 official appearances. In addition, he scored 18 times in 22 unofficial games. This makes an unofficial total of 114 games and 95 goals. He also scored 12 goals and is credited with 10 assists in 14 World Cup appearances, including 4 goals and 7 assists in 1970. Pelé shares with Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose the achievement of being the only three footballers to have scored in four separate World Cup tournaments.

#	Date	Venue	Home	Result	Visitor	Competition	Goals	Goals so far
1.	7 July 1957	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–2	Argentina	Roca Cup	1	1
2.	10 July 1957	São Paulo	Brazil	2–0	Argentina	Roca Cup	1	2
3.	4 May 1958	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–1	Paraguay	Oswaldo Cruz Cup	1	3
4.	14 May 1958	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	4–0	Bulgaria	Friendly	0	3
5.	18 May 1958	São Paulo	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	Friendly	2	5
6.	15 June 1958	Gothenburg	Brazil	2–0	Soviet Union	World Cup	0	5
7.	19 June 1958	Gothenburg	Brazil	1–0	Wales	World Cup	1	6
8.	24 June 1958	Stockholm	Brazil	5–2	France	World Cup	3	9
9.	29 June 1958	Stockholm	Brazil	5–2	Sweden	World Cup	2	11
10.	10 March 1959	Buenos Aires	Brazil	2–2	Peru	Copa América	1	12
11.	15 March 1959	Buenos Aires	Brazil	3–0	Chile	Copa América	2	14
12.	21 March 1959	Buenos Aires	Brazil	4–2	Bolivia	Copa América	1	15
13.	26 March 1959	Buenos Aires	Brazil	3–1	Uruguay	Copa América	0	15
14.	29 March 1959	Buenos Aires	Brazil	4–1	Paraguay	Copa América	3	18
15.	4 April 1959	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1–1	Brazil	Copa América	1	19
16.	13 May 1959	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–0	England	Friendly	0	19
17.	17 September 1959	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	7–0	Chile	O'Higgins Cup	3	22
18.	20 September 1959	São Paulo	Brazil	1–0	Chile	O'Higgins Cup	0	22
19.	29 April 1960	Cairo	United Arab Republic	0–5	Brazil	Friendly	0	22
20.	1 May 1960	Alexandria	United Arab Republic	1–3	Brazil	Friendly	3	25
21.	6 May 1960	Cairo	United Arab Republic	0–3	Brazil	Friendly	0	25
22.	10 May 1960	Copenhagen	Denmark	3–4	Brazil	Friendly	0	25
23.	9 July 1960	Montevideo	Uruguay	0–1	Brazil	Atlantic Cup	0	25
24.	12 July 1960	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–1	Argentina	Atlantic Cup	1	26
25.	21 April 1962	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6–0	Paraguay	Oswaldo Cruz Cup	1	27
26.	24 April 1962	São Paulo	Brazil	4–0	Paraguay	Oswaldo Cruz Cup	2	29
27.	6 May 1962	São Paulo	Brazil	2–1	Portugal	Friendly	0	29
28.	9 May 1962	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–0	Portugal	Friendly	1	30
29.	12 May 1962	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	3–1	Wales	Friendly	1	31
30.	16 May 1962	São Paulo	Brazil	3–1	Wales	Friendly	2	33
31.	30 May 1962	Viña del Mar	Brazil	2–0	Mexico	World Cup	1	34
32.	2 June 1962	Viña del Mar	Brazil	0–0	Czechoslovakia	World Cup	0	34
33.	13 April 1963	São Paulo	Brazil	2–3	Argentina	Roca Cup	0	34
34.	16 April 1963	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–2	Argentina	Roca Cup	3	37
35.	21 April 1963	Lisbon	Portugal	1–0	Brazil	Friendly	0	37
36.	28 April 1963	Paris	France	2–3	Brazil	Friendly	3	40
37.	2 May 1963	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1–0	Brazil	Friendly	0	40
38.	5 May 1963	Hamburg	West Germany	1–2	Brazil	Friendly	1	41
39.	12 May 1963	Milan	Italy	3–0	Brazil	Friendly	0	41
40.	30 May 1964	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–1	England	Taça das Nações	1	42
41.	3 June 1964	São Paulo	Brazil	0–3	Argentina	Taça das Nações	0	42
42.	7 June 1964	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	4–1	Portugal	Taça das Nações	1	43
43.	2 June 1965	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5–0	Belgium	Friendly	3	46
44.	6 June 1965	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–0	West Germany	Friendly	1	47
45.	9 June 1965	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	0–0	Argentina	Friendly	0	47
46.	17 June 1965	Orano	Algeria	0–3	Brazil	Friendly	1	48
47.	24 June 1965	Porto	Portugal	0–0	Brazil	Friendly	0	48
48.	30 June 1965	Stockholm	Sweden	1–2	Brazil	Friendly	1	49
49.	4 July 1965	Moscow	Soviet Union	0–3	Brazil	Friendly	2	51
50.	21 November 1965	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–2	Soviet Union	Friendly	1	52
51.	19 May 1966	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–0	Chile	Friendly	0	52
52.	4 June 1966	São Paulo	Brazil	4–0	Peru	Friendly	1	53
53.	8 June 1966	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–1	Poland	Friendly	0	53
54.	12 June 1966	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–1	Czechoslovakia	Friendly	2	55
55.	15 June 1966	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–2	Czechoslovakia	Friendly	1	56
56.	25 June 1966	Glasgow	Scotland	1–1	Brazil	Friendly	0	56
57.	30 June 1966	Göteborg	Sweden	2–3	Brazil	Friendly	0	56
58.	12 July 1966	Liverpool	Brazil	2–0	Bulgaria	World Cup	1	57
59.	19 July 1966	Liverpool	Portugal	3–1	Brazil	World Cup	0	57
60.	25 July 1968	Asunción	Paraguay	0–4	Brazil	Oswaldo Cruz Cup	2	59
61.	28 July 1968	Asunción	Paraguay	1–0	Brazil	Oswaldo Cruz Cup	0	59
62.	31 October 1968	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–2	Mexico	Friendly	0	59
63.	3 November 1968	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	2–1	Mexico	Friendly	1	60
64.	6 November 1968	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2-1	FIFA XI	Friendly	0	60
65.	14 December 1968	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–2	West Germany	Friendly	0	60
66.	17 December 1968	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	3–3	Yugoslavia	Friendly	1	61
67.	7 April 1969	Porto Alegre	Brazil	2–1	Peru	Friendly	0	61
68.	9 April 1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	3–2	Peru	Friendly	1	62
69.	12 June 1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–1	England	Friendly	0	62
70.	6 August 1969	Bogotá	Colombia	0–2	Brazil	World Cup Qualifiers	0	62
71.	10 August 1969	Caracas	Venezuela	0–5	Brazil	World Cup Qualifiers	2	64
72.	17 August 1969	Asunción	Paraguay	0–3	Brazil	World Cup Qualifiers	0	64
73.	21 August 1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6–2	Colombia	World Cup Qualifiers	1	65
74.	24 August 1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6–0	Venezuela	World Cup Qualifiers	2	67
75.	31 August 1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–0	Paraguay	World Cup Qualifiers	1	68
76.	4 March 1970	Porto Alegre	Brazil	0–2	Argentina	Friendly	0	68
77.	8 March 1970	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–1	Argentina	Friendly	1	69
78.	22 March 1970	São Paulo	Brazil	5–0	Chile	Friendly	2	71
79.	26 March 1970	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–1	Chile	Friendly	0	71
80.	12 April 1970	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	0–0	Paraguay	Friendly	0	71
81.	26 April 1970	São Paulo	Brazil	0–0	Bulgaria	Friendly	0	71
82.	29 April 1970	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–0	Austria	Friendly	0	71
83.	3 June 1970	Guadalajara	Brazil	4–1	Czechoslovakia	World Cup	1	72
84.	7 June 1970	Guadalajara	Brazil	1–0	England	World Cup	0	72
85.	10 June 1970	Guadalajara	Brazil	3–2	Romania	World Cup	2	74
86.	14 June 1970	Guadalajara	Brazil	4–2	Peru	World Cup	0	74
87.	17 June 1970	Guadalajara	Brazil	3–1	Uruguay	World Cup	0	74
88.	21 June 1970	Mexico City	Brazil	4–1	Italy	World Cup	1	75
89.	30 September 1970	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–1	Mexico	Friendly	0	75
90.	4 October 1970	Santiago de Chile	Chile	1–5	Brazil	Friendly	1	76
91.	11 July 1971	São Paulo	Brazil	1–1	Austria	Friendly	1	77
92.	18 July 1971	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–2	Yugoslavia	Friendly	0	77

Unofficial international appearances (22) and goals (18)
Date	Venue	Home	Result	Visitor	Goals
1958-05-21	São Paulo	Brazil	5–0	Corinthians
1960-05-08	Malmö	Malmö FF	1–7	Brazil	2
1960-05-12	Milano	Inter Milan	2–2	Brazil	2
1960-05-16	Lisbon	Sporting Lisbon	0–4	Brazil
1963-05-03	Eindhoven	PSV Eindhoven	0–1	Brazil
1966-05-01	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–0	Rio Grande do Sul
1966-06-21	Madrid	Atlético Madrid	3–5	Brazil	3
1966-07-04	Stockholm	AIK	2–4	Brazil	2
1966-07-06	Malmö	Malmö FF	1–3	Brazil	2
1968-11-06	Rio de Janeiro	FIFA XI (Friendly match)	2–1	Brazil
1968-11-13	Curitiba	Coritiba	1–2	Brazil
1969-07-06	Salvador	Bahia	0–4	Brazil	1
1969-07-09	Aracaju	Rio Grande do Sul	2–8	Brazil
1969-07-13	Recife	Pernambuco	1–6	Brazil	1
1969-08-01	Bogotá	Millonarios	0–2	Brazil
1969-09-03	Belo Horizonte	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	Brazil	1
1970-03-14	Rio de Janeiro	Bangu	1–1	Brazil
1970-04-05	Manaus	Amazonas A	1–4	Brazil	1
1970-04-19	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	1–3	Brazil
1970-05-06	Guadalajara	Guadalajara XI	0–3	Brazil	1
1970-05-17	León	León XI	2–5	Brazil	2
1970-05-24	Irapuato	Irapuato	0–3	Brazil

FIFA World Cup goals
Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	World Cup	Round
1958-06-19	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Wales	1–0	1–0	1958	Quarterfinal
1958-06-24	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	France	1–3	2–5	1958	Semifinal
1958-06-24	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	France	1–4	2–5	1958	Semifinal
1958-06-24	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	France	1–5	2–5	1958	Semifinal
1958-06-29	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Sweden	1–3	2–5	1958	Final
1958-06-29	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Sweden	2–5	2–5	1958	Final
1962-05-30	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	Mexico	2– 0	2–0	1962	Group stage
1966-07-12	Goodison Park, Liverpool, England	Bulgaria	1–0	2–0	1966	Group stage
1970-06-03	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Czechoslovakia	2–1	4–1	1970	Group stage
1970-06-10	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Romania	1–0	3–2	1970	Group stage
1970-06-10	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Romania	3–1	3–2	1970	Group stage
1970-06-21	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Italy	1–0	4–1	1970	Final

Source:

Summary

Pelé numbers differ between sources mostly due to friendly games. The RSSSF states that Pelé scored 767 goals in 831 official games, 1281 goals in 1365 overall while he was active, and 1284 in 1375 taking into account benefit games after retirement. The following table is a compendium of sources that include data from Santos and FIFA official websites among others.

See also

Notes

1. Pelé presumed that it was an insult since the word had no meaning in Portuguese. He discovered in the 2000s that the word meant "miracle" in Hebrew.
2. The mark was surpassed by Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He scored his first World Cup goal against Wales in quarter-finals, the only goal of the match, to help Brazil advance to semifinals, while becoming the youngest ever World Cup goalscorer at 17 years and 239 days.
3. Pelé would stop in the middle of a penalty kick before shooting to the ball. Goalkeepers complained that this gave strikers an unfair advantage. In the 1970s, FIFA banned this rule from competition.
4. The 1973 Paulista was held jointly with Portuguesa.
5. The 1964 Torneio Rio-São Paulo was held jointly with Botafogo.
6. Soccer Europe compiled this list from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
7. Statistics from 1957 to 1974 for the Taça de Prata, Taça Brasil and Copa Libertadores were taken from Soccer Europe website. Soccer Europe lists The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, but do not give a season-by-season breakdown.
8. In 1957, the Paulista Championship was divided in two phases: Blue Series and White Series. In the first, Pelé scored 19 goals in 14 games, and in the Blue Series, scored 17 goals in 15 games. See
9. This number was inferred from a Santos fixture list from rsssf.com and this list of games Pelé played.
10. Statistics from 1957 to 1974 for the Taça de Prata, Taça Brasil and Copa Libertadores were taken from Soccer Europe website. Soccer Europe lists The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, but do not give a season-by-season breakdown.

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External links

• Official website
• Pelé – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Pelé at National Soccer Hall of Fame
• Pelé: A Legend Looks Back – slideshow by Life magazine
• List of Goals for Brazil
• Pelé at IMDb
• Details of Pelé's international tours for Santos and Cosmos
• American Soccer History Archives – click on a year and then scroll down to the bottom of the page to see friendly tournaments
• Play Soccer with Pele
• Pelé at Santos official website
• Pelé at International Football Hall of Fame
• Pelé at Planet World Cup

Brazil squads

v t e Brazil squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup winners (1st title) 1 Castilho 2 Bellini (c) 3 Gilmar 4 Djalma Santos 5 Dino Sani 6 Didi 7 Zagallo 8 Oreco 9 Zózimo 10 Pelé 11 Garrincha 12 Nílton Santos 13 Moacir 14 De Sordi 15 Orlando 16 Mauro 17 Joel 18 Mazzola 19 Zito 20 Vavá 21 Dida 22 Pepe Coach: Feola v t e Brazil squad – 1959 South American Championship (Argentina) runners-up 1 Castilho 2 Gilmar 3 Bellini 4 Coronel 5 Djalma Santos 6 Nílton Santos 7 Orlando 8 Paulinho 9 Chinesinho 10 Didi 11 Dino Sani 12 Dorval 13 Esteves 14 Formiga 15 Zito 16 Almir Pernambuquinho 17 Garrincha 18 Henrique 19 Mauro 20 Paulo Valentim 21 Pelé 22 Zagallo Coach: Feola v t e Brazil squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup winners (2nd title) 1 Gilmar 2 Djalma Santos 3 Mauro (c) 4 Zito 5 Zózimo 6 Nílton Santos 7 Garrincha 8 Didi 9 Coutinho 10 Pelé 11 Pepe 12 Jair Marinho 13 Bellini 14 Jurandir 15 Altair 16 Zequinha 17 Mengálvio 18 Jair 19 Vavá 20 Amarildo 21 Zagallo 22 Castilho Coach: Moreira Template:Brazil squad 1964 Taça das Nações v t e Brazil squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup 1 Gilmar 2 Djalma Santos 3 Fidélis 4 Bellini (c) 5 Brito 6 Altair 7 Orlando 8 Paulo Henrique 9 Rildo 10 Pelé 11 Gérson 12 Manga 13 Denílson 14 Lima 15 Zito 16 Garrincha 17 Jairzinho 18 Alcindo 19 Silva 20 Tostão 21 Paraná 22 Edu Coach: Feola v t e Brazil squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup winners (3rd title) 1 Félix 2 Brito 3 Piazza 4 Carlos Alberto (c) 5 Clodoaldo 6 Marco Antônio 7 Jairzinho 8 Gérson 9 Tostão 10 Pelé 11 Rivellino 12 Ado 13 Roberto 14 Baldocchi 15 Fontana 16 Everaldo 17 Joel 18 Caju 19 Edu 20 Dario 21 Zé Maria 22 Leão Coach: Zagallo

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• Living people
• 1958 FIFA World Cup players
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• 1966 FIFA World Cup players
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• Association football forwards
• Brazil international footballers
• Brazilian expatriate footballers
• Brazilian expatriates in the United States
• Brazilian footballers
• Brazilian non-fiction writers
• Afro-Brazilian people
• Brazilian Roman Catholics
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
• Expatriate soccer players in the United States
• FIFA 100
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• Football players and officials awarded knighthoods
• Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Laureus World Sports Awards winners
• National Soccer Hall of Fame members
• New York Cosmos players
• North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
• Sportspeople from Minas Gerais
• Santos Futebol Clube players
• South American Footballer of the Year winners