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Hello
Wednesday still Wednesday morning here for another16 minutes, I did
not want to get up this morning but of course staying in bed was out
of the question. So it is have you heard of day and today I am asking
if you have heard of Edson Arantes Di Nascimento....yes/no.....I
have heard of him when I was watching “The Chase” but know
nothing about him.
Anyway
he was a football player aka soccer player, he was better known as
Pelé,
he was a Brazilian and considered the greatest World Cup player of
all time, his Brazilian team won three World Cups, although he missed
one of the finals through injury.
He
scored twelve goals in finals tournaments, his first against Wales in
1958, He started club football with Santos at just 15yrs of age and
played for Brazil at 16yrs of age, when he scored after just ten
minutes against Argentina.
He
scored his first thousand goals in only 909 games, at the end of his
career he played for New York Cosmos in the U S A. In his last game
against his old club Santos he played for both sides during the match
and he scored, of course.
In
1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International
Federation of Football History & Statistics
(IFFHS),
and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA
Player of the Century
award.
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.
Hi Jo-Anne ... I didn't know he was called that ... but interesting to me ... as we play soccer in Britain and Europe ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI didn't know his real name but even I ha e heard of Pele and I don't follow any sports--LOL!
ReplyDeleteNever heard of him at all.
ReplyDeleteDear Jo-Anne, yes, I can so remember Pele. He was a great athlete and inspired so many young men . . . and now young women. Thanks for reminding me! Peace.
ReplyDeleteThis might sound like a fib, but I knew I ran across that name recently. You see, I read Brittanica at dinner (by myself) and I'm in the Ps...
ReplyDeleteI was going to say that I'd never heard of him until I read a little further in your post and saw that he was known as Pele. I definitely had heard of Pele, he was well known.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw the photo I knew it was Pele, but I didn't remember his real name.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I've heard of Pele, but never knew his real name. I also never knew any of those stats about him.
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