Nickname:	The Black Pearl
Known for:	Martins-Passion, Die, Isto É Pelé, Pelé, Garrincha, Dieux du Brésil
Birth name:	Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Birthday:	23 October 1940,Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height:	5' 8" (1.73 m)

Pele is by most people recognized as the world's greatest footballer ever and was named "Footballer of the Century" in 2000. He combined skill with great flair and understanding of the game, and he was invaluable to Brazil's national team. Known as "Perola Negra" (The black pearl). Played in 92 matches for Brazil and scored a remarkable 77 goals. He is the only player to have won three FIFA World Cup titles (1958, 1962, 1970). Played for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League from 1975-77. In his entire career, he officially scored 1,284 goals in 1,363 matched. He played one game as a goalkeeper. Had a video game named after him back in the 1980s called "Pele's Soccer". MMA legend Jose Landi-Jons was nicknamed "Pelé" after him. Landi-Jons never missed a Pelé soccer game and remembers every field action of his hero. Was named after Thomas A. Edison and originally named "Dico" by his family. During his professional career, he won two Intercontinental Cups and two Liberatadores Cups (both in 1962 and 1963) with Santos FC, his club from 1956 to 1974. His jersey number, 10, has since been worn by many of soccer's top stars such as Diego Armando Maradona, 'Zinedine Zidane' or Ronaldinho Gaucho.

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