PELE

Sergey Grozny

6A

School 17

Moscow

Pele or King of football, is a very famous footballer. He was named «The best sportsman of the century» in 1989, 1999. Pele has many titles for his outstanding football playing:Best player of South America- 1973.World champion: 1958, 1963, 1970.Pele took part in 1363 matches and scored 1279 goals.

The real name of Pele- Edson Arantes do Nasimento.He was born on 23 October 1940 in a very poor family and in a small city of Brazil: Tres Korasoes. His father was a football player too, but crocked the lag and could not play very well. He became a first trainer of Edison.

When Pele was 15 years old he took part in a play of Santos club for the first time. Then he won championships with club «Santos» 2 times.In 1958 Pele started to play for the national team of Brazil and took part in 92 plays, scored 77 goals. This record is not broken.In 1975 Pele signed the contract with American club «Cosmos»1.10. 1977 Pele played his last match and finished his football career.

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