Pelé

- Born on October 23, 1940, in Três Corações, Brazil better known as Pelé, he is considered by many as the best player in football history.-He started to play in the professional football when he was 15 years old in the Santos professional soccer club in which he spent most of his career, in a little time he turned into the maximum annotator of his team.

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Time later in July, 1957 with 16 years old he was called for the national team. He became a superstar with his performance in the 1958 SwedenAfter being champions of the cup, the government declared him as a non-exportable national treasure

National Performance

With 60 career titles and an index of 60 to 70 goals a season, the team spends a lot of time on world tour charging up to 30,000 usd for exhibition games in which 15% or 20% corresponded to Pele.On 1962 Chile world cup, Brazil won again the cup, but he get injured.

Chile World Cup 1962

For 1964 he was the highest paid player, but has a very stupid for business, he confided to a counter called Pepe el Gordo which after some bad investments led Pele to bankrupt, el Santos had the obligation to repair the situation so he had to sign two seasons with lower profits and a third one for free.

Business Problems

-He boast about a third victory, but teams marked him a lot and committed fouls whenever they could, they lost in their 4th game, and Brazil was eliminated, he promised never to play in a world cup game.

England World Cup 1966

In November 1969 the president Emilio Médici gave him a golden ball for his 1000th goal

1000 Goals

The Mexico 70 World Cup was approaching and the government put a lot of pressure to reverse his oath and play but he struggled with the technical director Joao Saldaña which fired him judging of being out of shape and old. The president fire Saldaña and puts another DT who ensures his place.

Mexico World cup 1970

After winning the cup he announced his retirement in 1971, but after returning to go bankrupt, he was forced to play two years more in the New York Cosmos for $ 6 million.Finally in 1977 retire.

Time to leave

StadisticsHe scored 1282 goals in 1363 matchesis the only player who has win 3 world cups.92 national games – 97 goals30 Championships