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Pele football player birth name (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
10/23/1940
Pelé is finally treated for an intestinal tumor
Brazilian soccer legend Pelé is dead. This was confirmed by his agent Joe Fraga. Edson Arantes do Nascimento was 82 years old.
Pelé [peˈlɛ] (born October 23 in Três Corações; real Edson Arantes do Nascimento [ˈɛtsõ (w)ɐˈɾɐ̃tʃiz du nɐsiˈmẽtu], noted on his birth certificate as Edison Arantes do Nascimento; † December 29, 2022) was a Brazilian footballer, Der also served as sports minister. Pelé is considered one of the greatest soccer players in history.
Pelé won a total of 26 national and international titles with FC Santos in 17 years, including ten times the state championship Campeonato Paulista (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973), four times the Torneio Rio-São Paulo (1959, 1963, 1964, 1966), five times the Taça Brasil (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965), twice the Copa Libertadores (1962, 1963) and the Intercontinental Cup (1962, 1963) as well as once each the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1968), the Supercopa de Campeones Intercontinentales (1968) and the Recopa Intercontinental (1968). He was top scorer several times in various tournaments. After moving to New York Cosmos in 1975, he was able to win the US soccer championship (1977) with his new club. cebu v bend
With the Brazilian national team, for which he made his debut at the age of 16, he won the soccer World Cup three times (1958, 1962, 1970), making him the most successful player of the tournament. With 77 goals in 92 international matches, the former striker is joint record goalscorer with Neymar for the Brazilian national team and also top scorer in the Copa America (1959).
In addition to winning the World Cup three times, his total of 1301 goals in 1390 games (775 goals in 841 competitive games with other goals in friendly games with FC Santos, New York Cosmos and Brazil; odds: 0.94) are often given as arguments, Pelé the best football player or at least to be counted among the best soccer players in history. Pelé won the vote for South Americas Footballer of the Year (1973) and South Americas Footballer of the 20th Century (1998). On January 4, 2000, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). In 1999, in recognition of his special position (shared with Diego Armando Maradona, he received the World Footballer of the 20th Century award from FIFA. In the same year, Pelé was also voted Sportsman of the Century (football) by the International Olympic Committee (without participating in the Olympic Games). After his career, he received the FIFA Ballon dOr Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award (2013).
rest in peace
