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Edison "Edson" Arantes do Nascimento, born 21 October 1940, best known by his nickname Pele.
Birth Place was Tres Coracoes, Brazil. -
In 1956, Pele's agent de Brito took him to a Brazilian club team called Santos.
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Pele's first international match on Brazil was a loss to Argentina 2-1. He scored his first goal for Brazil at only 16 years of age, making him the youngest to ever score for an International team to this day,
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When the 1957 season started, Pelé was given a starting place in the first team and, at the age of just 16, became the top scorer in the league with 58 goals.
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His first match in the World Cup was against the USSR in the first round of the 1958 FIFA World Cup, In the final against Sweden he scored 2 goals to help Brazil to a 5-2 win, At the age of 17 he is the youngest player to score and win a World Cup.
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On Febuary 21, 1966 Pelé married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi. He has two daughters Kelly Cristina, and Jennifer, he also has one boy named Edson
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Brazil reaching to the final with the top goal scoring in every game to play against the defensive Italian team only letting in 2 goals in the whole tournament, Pelé scoring the opener, with a header over Italian defender, Pele later gave 3 assists to give his Brazil squad a 4-1 win over the Italians.
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Pelé was named Athlete of the Century by the world's combined National Olympic Committees in 1999.
