Pelé ("The king of football")

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Full name        : Edison Arantes do Nascimento
Date of birth : 21 or 23 October 1940
Place of birth    : Três Corações, Brazil
Height               : 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position: Forward, Attacking Midfielder

Edison Arantes do Nascimento is known as a Pelé. He was one of the great football players ever. At the age of 15 he selected for de Brito’s former club Santos FC. Pelé played his first Football World cup in 1958 from brazil team, and he become youngest player of the world who score a gole at the word Cup agins Wales in the quarterfinals at 17 years and 239 days. In semifinal he scored a hat-trick against France in a match that brazil win with 5-2. In final match of World cup Pelé scored another gole in the 5-2 victory. At that World cup Brazil become World Champion and Pelé was the greatest surprise of the tournament.

In the first match of 1962 World cup Pelé score first goal agains Mexico and then scored second one also, he injured himself while he was going to attempt log range shot against Czechoslavika. So this injury kept him out of the rest matches of tournament.

Pelé played his last international match on 18 july 1971 against Yugoslavia in Rio de janeiro. During the Pelé was on field with brazil, Brazilians was wins 67 match, 14 draws and 11 losses.