
Are u familiar with the name above?? U should.. Because for me.. He is the greatest player of all time.. And also to some other stars like Cristiano ronaldo etc.. And these are the special facts about PELE..
- Pele scored a total of 1,283 first-class goals, including 77 for Brazil.
- He won three World Cups, two World Club Championships and nine Sao Paulo State Championships.
- Pele was signed by Santos when he was 15. He scored four goals on his league debut in a match against FC Corinthians on 7 September, 1956.
- At 17, Pele became the youngest ever winner of a World Cup. He also scored twice in the final against home side Sweden.
- On the 19th November 1969, Pele scored his 1000th career goal. Hundreds raced onto the pitch to mob the Brazilian star and it took over thirty minutes for the game to resume.
- At Santos, 19th November is known as 'Pele Day', to celebrate the anniversary of his 1,000th goal.
- Pele has helped raise millions for charitable causes including Great Ormond Street and Harlem Street Soccer.
- "How do you spell Pelé?" the Times of London once declared. "G-O-D".
- England World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore on Pele: “The most complete player I've ever seen.”
- Pele's father once scored five headed goals in one game, a feat that Pele was never able to replicate. The most headers Pele ever scored in a game was four.
- Pele's header against Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final was their 100th World Cup goal.
- His first World Cup finals goal came against Wales in the 1958 quarter-final. Brazil won 1-0.
- In 2000, Pelé was named second in the BBC's "Sportsman of the Century" award. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali came first.
- Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian defender who marked Pelé in the 1970 World Cup Finals said afterwards: "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong."
- The Brazilian government declared Pelé an official national treasure in 1961 to prevent him from being transferred out of the country.
- Cristiano Ronaldo said: "Pele is the greatest player in football history, and there will only be one Pele".
- On November 21 1964, Pele scored eight goals against as Santos ran rout against Botafogo to register a monumental 11-0 victory.
- Pele scored 92 hat-tricks, and scored four goals on 31 occasions, five on six occasions, and once scored eight
- Brazil never lost a game when Pele and the legendary Garrincha played together.
- Pele's 1000th goal was a penalty. Romario, chasing his own 1000th strike in 2007, eventually reached the milestone in the same manner — although his tally is disputed in some quarters.