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He was born in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Pelé started his football career in Santos in 1956, at the age of 15, and played in his first international match only ten months later. Ever loyal to his local club, he stayed with Santos for his entire career. In 1958, Pelé became the youngest ever World Cup winner in Sweden at 17. He played in two more Brazilian World Cup-winning teams, in 1962 and 1970The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico. It was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1 in the final. It was Pele's third and final World Cup victory. The format of the competition stayed the same as 1966: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of. The 1970 team, featuring famous players like RivelinoRoberto Rivellino (b. January 1st, 1946 Sao Paulo) is a Brazilian football player, famous for his extremely potent left foot shot, thunderous long-range free kicks and his large moustache. Rivellino, as he is most commonly known in Brazil, started as a fu, Jairzinho , and TostãoEduardo Goncalvez de Andrade (born 25 January 1947 in Belo Horizonte), better known as Tostao is a former Brazilian footballer. Like the majority of Brazilian footballers he was given a nickname early in his football career. His was Tostao, the little coi, is considered one of the greatest selections ever to compete in a World Cup. He missed most of the 1962 and 19661966 was the year that the Football World Cup went back to the country that first conceived football: England. And it was England who won the tournament in a controversial final over West Germany, 4-2. Eusebio of Portugal lead the tournament in scoring wi World Cups due to injuries sustained in the early stages of the tournament.
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After his retirement from Brazilian football on October 3, 1974, he joined the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. He played his last game as a professional on October 1, 1977 in front of a capacity crowd at Giants Stadium against his old club, Santos; he played the first half with the Cosmos and the second half with Santos. The exhibition game was sold out six weeks beforehand. He also played a friendly match with the Lebanese club Nejmeh in 1974 (see Football in Lebanon).
Pelé is in third place in the list of all-time top scorers in World Cup play, with 12 goals, and he is the only player who won three World Cups with his team. He ended his career with a total of 1281 goals out of 1363 games, becoming one of the most prolific goal scorers ever. In his 92 appearances for the Brazilian team, he scored 77 goals.
He was awarded Brazil's Gold Medal for outstanding services to the game, before becoming Sports Minister in 1994. In 1997, he was given an honourary British knighthood.
He was voted athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1999. He is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Nowadays, Pelé is almost certainly the most famous man in football, with his nickname being recognized even by those unfamiliar with the sport.
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