Pele is a Brazilian retired football player who born on 23 October 1940 at Tres Coracoes, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He played as a forward player for his team. Pele has played four world cup tournaments and one North American championship. He is a legendary football player who ruled the game during his active years.
Full Name: Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Nickname: Pele, The King
Religion: Christianity
Residence: Guaruja, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
Education: Metropolitan University of Santos
Jersey no.: 10
Hobbies: Cooking, Playing the Guitar, Writing Songs, Fishing
Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Marital Status: Married
Salary: $2.8 Million
Family:
He married with three lady, Rosemeri Dos Reis Cholbi(1966 - 2008), Assiria Lemos Seixas(1994 - 2008) and Mercia Aoki(2016 - Present). From his three wives, he having received two son Edinho, Joshua Nascimento and five daughters Jennifer Nascimento, Celeste Nascimento, Flavia Christina Kurtz Nascimento, Kelly Cristina Nascimento, Sandra Regina Arantes do Nascimento.
Affairs/ Girlfriend:
Apart from his marriage, he had affair with five ladies
- Rosemeri Dos Reis Cholbi(1958-1966)
- Anizia Machado(1963-1964)
- Flavia Cavalcanti Rebelo
- Lenita Kurtz(1968)
- Xuxa(1981-1986)
Records:
- Pele is most successful domestic league goal scorer in football history by scoring 650 goals in 694 league matches.
- He was the youngest goal scorer in FIFA world cup(17 years and 249 days).
- He hold a world record of scoring most hat-tricks(92) in football history.
- He has Guinness world record by scoring 1281 goals in 1363 appearances in his entire life.
- Pele has a record of top goal scorer in calander year in 1959.
- He is all time leading goal scorer from Brazil national football team(77 goals).
- Pele is a youngest player to score hat-tricks in a FIFA world cup.
Achievements:
- Pele was nominated as World Player of the century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics in 1999.
- He was also selected as Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee.
- He got FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award in 1958 and FIFA Centennial Award in 2004.
- He also got FIFA player of the century award in 2000.
- Pele was the youngest winner of FIFA world Cup.
- He was nominated as South American footballer of the year in 1973.
- In 1995, He was awarded Brazil's gold medal for his outstanding service to the sport.
- Along with Diego Maradona, Pele was named as FIFA Co-player of the Century in 1999.
- He also awarded an honoured degree from the university of Edinburg for the contribution to environmental causes and humanitarian.
Club Carrier:
Pele played for two clubs Santos and Newyork Cosmos. He played 619 goals in 638 appearances for Santos and 31 goals in 56 appearances for Newyork Cosmos. During the era of Pele, Santos dominated the world. Pele won his first title with Santos in 1958.
After two years of his retirement, he joined Newyork Cosmos of North American Football League for 1975 season.
Net Worth:
The net worth of Pele is estimated around $100 million dollar.
Filmography:
He has worked in 8 movies, 1 TV Series and one cameo appearance, They are
- Os Estrahos in 1969 - TV Series
- O Barao Otelo no Brato dos Bilhoes - Movie
- A Marcha - Movie
- Escape to Victory - Movie
- A Minor Miracle - Movie
- Pedro Mico - Movie
- Hotshot - Movie
- "Os Trapalhoes e o Rei do Futebol" - Movie
- Solidao, Uma Linda Historia de Amor - Movie
- Pele: Birth of a Legand - Cameo appearance
Biography:
Pele earn state-of-the-art money by playing football. In 1970, Pele's Fans honoured him by wearing a crown of millions of rupees. The Brazilian team became the three-time world chmpion in the presence of Pele.
