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On 19 November 1969, Pelé scored his 1,000th goal in all competitions, in what was a highly anticipated moment in Brazil. Maradona or Messi? He discovered in the 2000s that the word meant "miracle" in Hebrew. [155] In 1995, Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso appointed Pelé to the position of Extraordinary Minister for Sport. ", "Pele or Puskas? After two matches, a playoff was needed to break the tie. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both great players with specific qualities, but Pelé was better". Francisco Reyes and Elías Figueroa, holders of 1970 and 1972 ones respectively, have not been announced as these years' winners yet. [194], Pelé's goalscoring record is often reported by FIFA as being 1,281 goals in 1,363 games. [77] Brazil lost that game and Pelé, although still recovering, was brought back for the last crucial match against Portugal at Goodison Park in Liverpool by the Brazilian coach Vicente Feola. [39], In 1969, the two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos. While predominantly a striker, he could also drop deep and take on a playmaking role, providing assists with his vision and passing ability, and he would also use his dribbling skills to go past opponents. I want to state first that I do really like Pélé, he is one of the best athletes in history, not only in his athletic performance but also in his conduct outside the pitch.His compelling personality is well displayed and I cannot speak with certainty about his background, but I suspect that while it was challenging it was perhaps not quite as bad as it is displayed at times.My main problem with the movie is the display of the national teams aside from the brazilians. He was above that. [138][139] Pelé also had another daughter, Flávia Kurtz, in an extramarital affair in 1968 with journalist Lenita Kurtz. [131] They had two daughters and one son: Kelly Cristina (born 13 January 1967), who married Dr. Arthur DeLuca, Jennifer (b. "[27] Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning captain Carlos Alberto Torres opined; "His great secret was improvisation. You never see him bad-tempered. [179] The suit alleged that at one point, Samsung and Pelé came close to entering into a licensing agreement for Pelé to appear in a Samsung advertising campaign. [162] As a consequence of the affair, the President of FIFA, João Havelange banned Pelé from the draw for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in Las Vegas. [66][91] Burgnich, who marked Pelé during the final, was quoted saying "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else – but I was wrong". [81], In 1993, Pelé publicly accused the Brazilian football administrator Ricardo Teixeira of corruption after Pelé's television company was rejected in a contest for the Brazilian domestic rights to the 1994 World Cup. [12][22], Pelé won his first major title with Santos in 1958 as the team won the Campeonato Paulista; Pelé would finish the tournament as top scorer with 58 goals,[23] a record that stands today. Though there is some truth in their strategy in the final game, the swedes did hope to try and score an early goal hoping the brazilians would be unable to recover. [164] During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, the only player to do so. Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on 23 October 1940, in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the son of Fluminense footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Celeste Arantes. [193] The award was originally intended to be based upon votes in a web poll, but after it became apparent that it favoured Diego Maradona, many observers complained that the Internet nature of the poll would have meant a skewed demographic of younger fans who would have seen Maradona play, but not Pelé. RSSSF has made the same validation. John O'Reilly, the club's media spokesman, stated, "We had superstars in the United States but nothing at the level of Pelé. [244] He was listed in the Guinness World Records for most career goals scored in football.[3]. [13] Pelé led Bauru Athletic Club juniors (coached by Waldemar de Brito) to two São Paulo state youth championships. [18] Pelé shares with Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose and Cristiano Ronaldo the achievement of being the only players to have scored in four separate World Cup tournaments. Pelé ran around the goalkeeper to retrieve the ball and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post. The extremely talented Santiago Muñez is spotted by a Newcastle United scout and given a chance at professional football. [74] This would keep him out of the rest of the tournament, and forced coach Aymoré Moreira to make his only lineup change of the tournament. The club did, however, win the Campeonato Paulista in 1967, 1968 and 1969. In 1957, the Paulista Championship was divided in two phases: Blue Series and White Series. Pelé and his crew eventually left the hotel to stay at the residence of Brazil's ambassador as they could not leave the country for a couple of days. [149] In December 2017, Pelé appeared in a wheelchair at the 2018 World Cup draw in Moscow where he was pictured with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Diego Maradona. [41] Pelé's 643 goals for Santos was the most goals scored for a single club until it was surpassed by Lionel Messi of Barcelona in December 2020. Pelé himself did not get further involved within political struggles in the country. There's no one to compare with him. Pelé would also help Santos retain the Intercontinental Cup and the Taça Brasil against Milan and Bahia respectively. During his playing days, Pelé was for a period the best-paid athlete in the world. Pelé is the top scorer of the Brazil national football team with 77 goals in 92 official appearances. … He's the greatest player of all time, and by some distance I might add". [89] He then made assists for Brazil's third goal, scored by Jairzinho, and the fourth finished by Carlos Alberto. 27 August 1970). [168] Pelé scouted for Premier League club Fulham in 2002. in 1969, Pelé starred in a telenovela called Os Estranhos, about first contact with aliens. During the game, Portugal defender João Morais fouled Pelé, but was not sent off by referee George McCabe; a decision retrospectively viewed as being among the worst refereeing errors in World Cup history. March 21, 1980 (age 41) Place of Birth Porto Alegre, Brazil ... a teenaged Ronaldinho won a call-up to Brazil's Under-17 national team. "[27] His Brazilian teammate Clodoaldo commented on the adulation he witnessed; "In some countries they wanted to touch him, in some they wanted to kiss him. Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛtsõ (w)ɐˈɾɐ̃tʃiz du nɐsiˈmẽtu]; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé ([peˈlɛ]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Later the airport was opened and Pelé left the country disguised as a pilot. [179], In December 2000, Pelé and Maradona shared the prize of FIFA Player of the Century by FIFA. [169] He made the draw for the qualification groups for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. Pelé. [142], In 1976, Pelé was on a Pepsi-sponsored trip in Lagos, Nigeria, when that year's attempted military coup took place. He scored two goals in that final as Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in Stockholm, the capital. [78] After this game he vowed he would never again play in the World Cup, a decision he would later change. In 1992, he was appointed a UN ambassador for ecology and the environment. Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. Santos lost the Campeonato Paulista after finishing in third place but went on to win the Rio-São Paulo tournament after a 0–3 win over Flamengo in the final, with Pelé scoring one goal. The goal, dubbed O Milésimo (The Thousandth), occurred in a match against Vasco da Gama, when Pelé scored from a penalty kick, at the Maracanã Stadium. [125], In January 2014, Pelé was awarded the first ever FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur as an acknowledgment from the world governing body of the sport for his contribution to world football. Santos would also win the 1962 Intercontinental Cup against Benfica. However, Pelé got there first and fooled Mazurkiewicz with a feint by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the goalkeepers left, while Pelé went to the goalkeepers right. 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