Pele

Soccer Legend

By: Matt Roskiewicz

October, 2008

Pele is considered

the best soccer player

that ever lived.

What happened in the beginning?

He was raised in a very poor family in Tres Coracos, Brazil

• His name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento

• He was born on October 23, 1940. Pele was the first born of three children.

How did it happen

• He was not noticed until he was 11 years old.

• He first learned the game of soccer from his father, who was a center forward until his career was ended by a fractured leg.

Accomplishments

• He scored 1281 goals in his career.• He played in 1360 games.• He almost scored 1 goal per game. That is

crazy for a soccer player.• He was the youngest player to win a world

cup when he was 17 years old. In that same game he scored two goals.

• He played on 4 world cup teams for Brazil and won 3 world cup championships.

Pele Comes to the U.S.

• Pelé came out of retirement in 1975 when he joined the New York Cosmos. He retired from soccer for good in 1979.

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Pele

Soccer Legend