| Soccer or football is a popular sport all around the | | | | join their club when he was just fifteen. He played for |
| world. One of the most famous players is from Brazil. | | | | Santos first team. Only in two months, he became so |
| He is known to millions of fans as Pele: the king of | | | | well known that he was chosen to be on Brazil's all |
| soccer or the soccer magician. Pele was born on | | | | star team. |
| October 23rd, 1940 in the city of Tres Coracoes. | | | | Pele is the only player in the history of the game to |
| Pele in his childhood practiced football tricks with a | | | | have been a member of three world cup winning |
| home made ball. He didn't even have shoes to play. He | | | | teams. He played for Brazil's All Star Team and won |
| played with bare feet later. When he was eleven, he | | | | the World Cup for them three times in 1958, 1962 and |
| played for the team- Little America in Bauru. His team | | | | 1970. No any player in the world has achieved this |
| won the match because of a spectacular goal scored | | | | landmark. FIFA declared him as the greatest player in |
| by Pele. | | | | the history of the game alongside Diego Mara Dona in |
| Pele was from a poor family. Therefore, he worked | | | | 2000. Pele has scored an amazing 1,283 goals which is |
| as a shoemaker at the railway station to help his | | | | the highest number of goals by an individual player till |
| family. Later, Santos team of Sao Paulo invited Pele to | | | | date. |