Pele

Name : Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Nationality: Brazilian
Date and Place of Birth: October 23, 1940 in Três

Corações, Brazil
Potition as : Straiker

Club level :

1956-1974 Santos FC - 605 appearances, 589 goals

1975-1977 New York Cosmos - 64 appearances, 37 goals

International level :

1956-1971 Brazil - 92 appearances, 77 goals

Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known as Pelé is widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time. Pele is the only football player in the history of the game to win three World Cup trophies and his number 10 shirt has become famous in itself. Pele is widely appraised for his international career which began against Argentina on 7th July 1957 when he scored his first goal for Brazil. It was three months before his seventeenth birthday.

In the 1958 World Cup he was the youngest player in the tournament and at that time the youngest player ever to take part in a World Cup. In the 1962 World Cup Pele started the tournament well scoring a goal in the opening game against Mexico. However while attempting a long range shot against Czechoslovakia he injured himself and was out for the remainder of the World Cup.The 1970 Brazilian World Cup squad is widely regarded as one of the greatest football teams ever.