PELÉ

Edson Arantes do Nascimento (A.K.A. Pelé), was born in Três Corações, Brazil, on October 23, 1940. He is an ex Brazilian soccer player and is known to be the best soccer player in all time. He won his first World Cup when he was only 17.He played in Santos (Brazilian team) for a while (1956 – 1975). He then decided to prove his luck with the North American Soccer League in the United States. Then in 1977, he played with Cosmos, a soccer team in New York. He retired in that team from his soccer career.He has two Guinness Book of Records marks. One of the records was for scoring the most goals during a soccer career. He scored 1279 goals from 1956 to 1977. And the other record mark for being the youngest player to ever score a goal in a Soccer World Cup final. This was in June 19, 1958, when he was seventeen years old playing against Sweden in Guttenberg, Sweden.Some Statistics:-1366 soccer games played-1282 goals scored-Most goals scored during a game: eight goals on November 21, 1964 against Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto, winning eleven to zero.-goals scored for the Brazilian National Team: 103-Most goals scored during a soccer season: 127 goals in 1959His 1000^th goal:Pelé scored his 1000^th goal on November 19, 1969 while playing against Vasco (Vasco 1 x Santos 2). There was a fault done by a Defense of Vasco. Pelé shot the penalty that was aiming toward the left pole of the goalie, Andrada. He dedicated this goal to the poor children of Brazil. A company that studies about the history of Brazilian soccer, that what was thought to be Pelé’s 1000^th goal, was actually his 1002^nd goal. But the goal he scored against Andrada is still thought of as Pelé’s 1000^th goal.