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🇧🇷 The Story of Pelé

Dondinho & Celeste named their 1st son Edson after Thomas Edison,one of the greatest inventors in history.

His family nicknamed him ‘Dico’,but he received the moniker ‘Pele’ in school due to his mispronunciation of Brazilian goalie, Bile.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s FIFA World Cup Records;

🎖️ Youngest scorer
🎖️ Youngest hat-trick scorer
🎖️ Youngest final player
🎖️ Youngest final scorer

🐐 No player in the 92 year history of the World Cup is yet to break this records

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s FIFA World Cup Records

Gunnar Gren,who competed against Brazil in the 1958 decider, made his Sweden debut before Pele was born.

Never has such an age gap – 20 years – existed between opponents in a World Cup final.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s FIFA World Cup Records

Awestruck Swedish king Gustaf VI Adol celebrated Pele’s goals in the decider – despite them being against Sweden!

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s FIFA World Cup Records;

Pele played 6 World Cup games & several Copa America games for Brazil.

Pelé’s Brazil multiple games but never lost any vs. the following teams;

Argentina,England,Soviet Union,Spain and West Germany.

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The Azteca coronation

Pele came out of international retirement to help Brazil conquer Mexico 1970.

Pele electrified, producing one of the greatest individual World Cups in football history as Brazil wowed and ruled.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s FIFA World Cup Records

Pele was the 2nd man to score in 4 World Cups by netting against Czechoslovakia.

West Germany’s Uwe Seeler was the 1st less than 3 minutes earlier.

Miroslav Klose & Cristiano Ronaldo have since emulated the feat.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s FIFA World Cup Records

Pele registered six assists at Mexico 1970 – a record for one World Cup.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s FIFA World Cup Records

Pele also recorded an unprecedented three assist in deciders: one against Sweden in 1958 and two against Italy in ’70.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s Career Stats

Pele extraordinarily scored 127 goals for Santos in one calendar year: 1959.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s Career Stats

Pele scored 25 goals in merely 20 caps for Brazil.

No other player in history has reached the quarter-century of international goals while still a teenager.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s Career Stats

Pele was 15 when he made his Santos debut. He scored in a 7-1 win over Corinthians.

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🇧🇷 Pelé’s Career Stats

Pele propelled Santos to 5 Taça Brasil titles in a row from 1961 to ’65.

Sao Paulo,who won the Brasileirão in 2006, ’07 and ’08, remain the only other club to win more than 2 Brazilian titles in a row.

Pele scored 13 goals in 10 games.

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