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Pele was born in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazi.
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He did not get the nickname Pele until he started schooling. During his school days, he used to pronounce the name Bile as Pile from the cureent goalkeeper in his area. Hence, a classmate of his gave him the nickname Pele. http://www.goal.com/en/news/60/south-america/2010/10/21/2176031/70-facts-about-brazil-legend-football-icon-pele-on-his-70th
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Pele try out for the Santos professional soccer club when he was 15.
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He became a regular in the team and no sooner, the top scorer of the league. It was his remarkable performance that earned him a place in the national team of Brazil. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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He played his first international game against Argentina. Though Brazil lost the match by 2-1, he scored his first international goal, thus becoming the youngest player ever to score in international football. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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Pele made significant contributions in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of the 1958 World Cup and scored a total of six goals in four matches. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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Not only did he help Santos register a win at the Campeonato Paulista—a top-flight professional football league in Brazil—with 58 goals, a feat unmatched till date, he was also part of the Brazilian team which won the World Cup. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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Before the world cup they had a pre match Pele's career was getting worse anf worse becasue of the injury that took the better off him as he remained out for most of the tournament. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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World Cup brought much pain for Pele as he was injured due to the persistent fouling by the Bulgarians. The result was Brazil’s exit from the World Cup after the first round. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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He scored his 1000th goal against Vasco da Gama from a penalty kick at the Maracana Stadium in 1969. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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an exhibition match between Cosmos and Santos. He played Pele's last match of his soccer career. The first half for the Cosmos and the second half for Santos. His last official goal was a direct free kick against Santos in the first half-time. Cosmos won the match, 2-1. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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He was appointed as the Honorary President of New York Cosmos. In 2012, he was awarded honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh for ‘significant contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes, as well as his sporting achievements’. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edison-arantes-do-nascimento-2544.php#B1O40qFgXkzDfHBD.99
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"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perserverance, learning. studying. sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do"
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"Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to shown them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man."
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"The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning."
