Pele :: Biography

Time magazine of London stated early in his career, How do you spell Pel? G-O-D (3). The greatest soccer doer in the history of the sport is unquestionably Pel. His statistic rsum is unmatched by anyone who has ever played this great sport. He began his career on a high note, and never let off until his retirement. Even after his career ended he helped to work for a world for children. Peles action did not begin idealistically, only by chance was he disc everyplaceed, but he grew to be the greatest soccer player ever and he utilize that fame and fortune to do even greater deeds for the less fortunate.Pel, born in Tres Coracos, brazil-nut tree on October 23, 1940 and was named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but went by Dico (1 & 2). His parents, Dondinho and Celeste Nascimento, were precise poor, and when their son was not playing soccer he shined shoes for pennies when he was a child (2). At age 11, Dico was discovered by one of brazil nuts premiere soccer players of the time, Wal demar de Brito, while he was playing soccer with some friends in the street (2). Brito worked with him for 4 years before he started to concur him for professional clubs to evaluate him (2). When he brought Dico to a team in Santos from Chile, Brito declared to the disbelieving directors this boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world (2). The bragging worked and in his first professional game young Edson, who came to be known as Pel, scored 4 goals, leading Santos to a 7-1 supremacy (2). By the age of 16 he had secured a starting position on the team. He also had earned a position on the Brazilian national team in only his second year pro (2).At the age of 17, Pel played in the 1958 World Cup of soccer (1). He surprised the world by scoring six goals throughout the tournament, including two in the championship game of Brazils 5-2 victory over Sweden to give Brazil its first World Cup trophy (1). In the 1970 tournament he scored a dazzling goal in the win against Italy, a nd it was Brazils 100th World Cup goal and the one he remembers the most (3). Brazil, unfortunately, did not win that tournament, but Pel assisted them in lovable two others, totaling up to winning three world cups within 12 years (1).