Who is Pele?
Pele was a great football player who lived in Brazil. Whom people consider as “King of Football or God of Football”. Pele was the best football player of the 20th century. Pele was known for his style of play and for his era’s superior dribbling, powerful shots, passing and speed, as well as his exponential head-getting ability and goalscoring ferocity.
Background of Pele
Pele’s childhood name was Thomas Edison. Who was later named Edson Arantes do Nascimento by his parents. Pele was born on 24 August 1964 in the city of Tres Coracoes in the state of Minas Gerais. Which is in Brazil. His mother’s name is Celeste Arantes and his father’s name is Dondinho. Who was a football player. And Edson Arantes do Nascimento’s nickname was Pele, which Pele got during his school days. Pele has also worked in a tea shop in his childhood, he would never have thought that he would speak poet such a great footballer. Pele died on 29 December 2022 at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in São Paulo city. Which are located in Brazil. When he died, he was 82 years old.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento The King of Football (Pele)
Pele, the greatest footballer of the 20th century, is also known as the “King of Football or the Black Pearl”. In the world of football, Pele enjoys the same respect as Sachin Tendulkar and Sirdon Bradman in the world of cricket. He is the best player in the world because of his amazing playing talent. And its fans are also spread all over the world, Pele has made many records in the world of football. He is the youngest player to win the Football World Cup. Not only this, Pele is the only player in the world who has won the Football World Cup 3 times in his football career. Pele was born to a football player in the city of Tres Coracoes in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. His mother’s name is Celeste Arantes and his father’s name is Dondinho. As a child, he was named after Thomas Edison, an American inventor. But later his parents decided to keep Thomas Edson by removing the “I” from the English letter of his name. Because of this mistake in his birth certificate. In many papers, his name remained Edison. Pele was his nickname, which he got during his school days. And now his full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
Although dego mardona is known as the number 1 player in football history, but where does the God of football go only and only to Pele. Football is one of the most played and loved sports in the world. His reason is Pele. Along with himself, football has also played a big role in making people popular. During his time, Pele was also famous as the emperor of football, Pele. The whole of Brazil was crazy about football and Pele. He was also a key player in the team that won the FIFA World Cup several times in the presence of Pele. He has been the highest scorer of his Brazilian team all time.
Pele retiring from the game in 1977. Even today he is one of the most famous players in the world. Pele was the only player in the world to win the FIFA World Cup 3 times. Pele, who played 1363 matches in his career, scored a record 1281 goals. Under which he has also become the player who scored the most goals of all time in the whole world. Millions of stories related to his sports and records are famous all over the world.
Handpicked by football star Voldem Debrito, Pele started playing for Santos at the age of 15 and for the national team at the age of 16. And won his first World Cup at the age of 17. Because of Pele’s technique and natural talent, he was bound to have fans around the world. Pele became well-known in his era for his superior dribbling, powerful shots, passing and speed, as well as his exponential head-getting ability and goalscoring ferocity.
Playing football is an art, so there can hardly be a greater artist than Pele in the world. Pele achieved all of that in his career. Which probably any footballer would like to give this dream. The great footballer Pele was a victim of cancer. And he was fighting a battle with cancer for a long time. He was admitted to the Albert Einstein Israelite Salt Hospital in Brazil in November last month, and was undergoing treatment. Pele said goodbye to life after a long illness. Pele breathed his last on Thursday, 29 December 2022, in a hospital in Brazil. He was 82 years old when he died. His daughter told all this information through her Instagram post. After the death of Pele, mourning spread throughout the football world today.
Facts about the king of football Pele
Some such things or things related to Pele, the most famous and greatest player in history. what people should know
Referee had to go out because of Pele
It’s about BOGOTA, 18 June 1968. A friendly match was going on between Pele’s club Santos and the Colombian Olympic squad. During this, referee Guillermo Valsquez asked Pele to leave the field. Keep in mind that the use of red card started in 1970. And the thing is, in 1968, he was charged with fouling. According to Valasquez, Pele had misbehaved with him. But there was a big controversy over this mistake of the referee. And the protest against it started. Santos players surrounded the referee. The audience present there also opposed him. In a 2010 interview, he said that “he had to go to the field, give his whistle to a linesman. And Pele was called back into the game“.
Did Pele Really Stop a War?
In the 1960s, Pelé’s Santos FC was one of the most famous football clubs in the world. Taking advantage of this, this team used to play many friendly matches around the world, one such match was played in the war-torn area of Nigeria on February 4, 1969, in this match Santos Club beat a local City Club of Venice City by 2-1. Was defeated. At that time, a bloody war was going on in Nigeria. According to many historians, Brazilian players and officials were concerned about security. That’s why both sides decided to stop the war. There are different versions of the truth of this story. Pele’s autobiography, published in 1977, did not mention anything about it. But after 30 years it was definitely mentioned in the second autobiography. He wrote that the players were told that the Civil War could be over for an exhibition game. Pele replied, “I don’t know if this is completely accurate or not, but Nigeria did make sure that there was no intrusion while we were there.“
When Pele let the beatles down
In 1975, Pele played for the New York Cosmos. America moved to New York. He started learning English there. Once bumped into former Beatles singer and guitarist John Lennon. And Pele wrote about them in 2007. Lennon was learning Japanese language at that time. According to Pele, Lennon had told. That he and some other Beatles mates once tried to meet the Brazilian team at a hotel in England. Pele wrote that “the director of the Brazilian Football Association prevented them from meeting“.
Why not play for Europe?
Pele’s critics say that he did not play for any club in Europe. proved beneficial for them. The problem was that, like many other big and small Brazilian players, he was at the peak of his career. Then he was prevented from going abroad. Santos Club had turned down clubs like Real Madrid and AC Milan. At that time, it was not in his hands to decide where the players would play. The pressure to keep them in Brazil was also from the side of the government. In 1961, the then President Janio Quadros declared that Pele was a national asset. And they cannot be exported. However, in 1975 Pele became part of a foreign club. He also played for a team named New York Cosmos.
Captain of Brazil at the age of 50
Pele captained Brazil only once. Earlier every time he had turned down the offers of the captaincy of both the club and the country. In 1990, 19 years after retiring from the national team, he captained Brazil in a friendly against the Rest of the World team. The match was played on Pele’s 50th birthday. Pele was on the field for 45 minutes before the match.
When Pele was kidnapped
On 5 September 1972, Santos club players were unhappy about a match to be played in Trinidad and Tobago. Team defender Uberi Don told a Brazilian newspaper in 2010. “We were prepared to play the game quickly so we could get back on our plane. But after Pelé’s goal on 43 minutes, the Port of Spain spectators went berserk. They entered inside. And after a while they were carrying Pele on their shoulders and walking through the streets. It was not easy to get Pele from there in the midst of the jubilant atmosphere. It took a long time.”
Sylvester Stallone Faded
Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone till 1980. Had become a famous name. The shooting of his film Escape to Victory started in 1980. The film was a fictional story of a team of Nazis and prisoners during World War II. At that time, along with many football players, Pele was also a part of it. Pele also hit an acrobatic bicycle shot in one of the scenes. Pele told in an interview that “According to the script, this shot was supposed to kill Sylvester Stallone, and I was the goalkeeper. Pele laughed out loud and said that the ball could not die.“
If Pele had become the goalkeeper. Even then maybe you don’t disappoint?
While playing with the Santos club, he also played the role of goalkeeper in 4 matches. It also hosted the semi-finals of the 1964 Brazilian Cup. Brazil won all the matches, Pele did not allow even 1 goal in any match as a goalkeeper.
There is not only one Pele in the world
The song “there is only one Pele” was sung by Pele. But these are not true. There are many people around the world named Pele, both on and off the football field. The famous player of Africa whose name is Abebi Ayew. He is famous by the name of Pele. Gogan and plays for many clubs in Europe. Cape Verde defender Pedro Monteiro of England. Who joined South Hemdan in 2006. Who is known by the name Pele. This name was given to him in his childhood. Pele’s fame can be gauged from the fact that his childhood name EDSON was also very famous. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, in Brazil in the 1950s, 43,511 people named themselves Edson. After 2 decades when Pele’s number of goals had crossed 1000. Similarly, the number of this name had increased to 1 lakh 11 thousand. In 1990, Pele announced that he was considering running in the 1994 Brazilian presidential election. Pele could not become President Tapa. But do win the state. From 1995 to 1998, he was Brazil’s Minister of Sports. He played a key role in creating the law that gives Brazilian football players more freedom in choosing the club. But the way they used to play, it was not possible then.
Why is Pele a great player?
If we talk about Cristiano Ronaldo and the great player Pele, then Pele scored 757 goals in 812 matches in his international career. The same Cristiano Ronaldo scored 812 goals in 1122 matches. Has scored more goals than any other football player in the world. But if we talk about foot to match ratio, Pele’s goal scoring average is 0.93. The same Cristiano Ronaldo’s leg match scoring average is 0.72. Means Cristiano Ronaldo may have scored too many goals. But Pele’s overall scoring is high. Talk more and star player Lionel Messi has scored 769 goals in 974 matches as compared to Pele’s 757 goals. And if we talk about his per match scoring average then it is 0.79. Which is the work of a great player Pele. So you can imagine how Pele would have shown such status in the 60s. Maybe that’s why Pele became Brazil’s superstar at that time. And at the same time made football so popular. Records keep changing with time. But the style of play of any player, his skill and his different situation, his game gives a different identity. Rest every player bows down his life in his game. And every player dreams of becoming the best. And in those who have this fire inside. one day history is written.