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    October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (Brazilian Portuguese: [peˈlɛ]), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a...
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  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend is a 2016 American biographical film about the early life of Brazilian footballer Pelé and his journey with Brazil to win the 1958...
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    goalscorer. Pelé scored seven international hat-tricks, which is still the most of any Brazilian player. Pelé scored 12 goals in 14 FIFA World Cup appearances...
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    8 April 2007. Abedi Ayew Pelé was born and bred in a small village called Oko near Dome on 5 November 1964 "Abedi Ayew Pelé | Ghanaian athlete". Encyclopedia...
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    the World Cup as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach, as well the second youngest coach to win a World Cup, after Alberto Suppici in 1930. Pelé ended his...
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  • "Pelé: Most Wins of the FIFA World Cup by a player". Guinness World Records. 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022. "Pelé leads Brazil to first World Cup title"...
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    Ball 1970: Pelé Golden Ball 1994: Romário Golden Ball 1998: Ronaldo (youngest Golden Ball winner of all time at 21 years) Silver Ball 1958: Pelé (youngest...
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    for both the youngest and oldest goalscorer in a World Cup final were set in this match by Pelé (17 years and 249 days) and Nils Liedholm (35 years, 263...
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  • text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Pelé – 3 ( Brazil, 1958, 1962 and 1970) Cafu – 3 ( Brazil; 1994, 1998, 2002)...
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    against Czechoslovakia, Pelé gave Brazil a 2–1 lead, by controlling Gerson's long pass with his chest and then scoring. In this match Pelé audaciously attempted...
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  • that fuelled the rivalry was the "Pelé Pact", where both agreed not to sign a deal with Pelé for the 1970 World Cup, feeling that a bidding war for the...
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    1961–62 European Cup. Santos won the Intercontinental Cup for the first time. The tie is remembered as pitching Brazilian player Pelé against Portuguese...
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  • after and endorsed by former Brazilian footballer Pelé, who also provided input on the game's design. Pelé! received mixed reviews from critics, who commended...
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    receiving 111,035 votes. Brazil's Pelé, who played for three World Cup-winning teams, won 107,539 votes, 1974 World Cup Champion with West Germany Franz...
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  • 1991), known as Pelé, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in Agualva-Cacém to Bissau-Guinean parents, Pelé started his...
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  • of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. With 61% of the overall vote, the winner was Pelé, who finished...
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    14 September 1987), known as Pelé, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Pelé started playing at the youth...
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    rather than Pelé himself. BBC columnist Tim Vickery expressed similar assertions. Brazilian midfielder Gérson, who played alongside Pelé at the 1966 and...
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    Although Gordon Banks in the English goal denied Pelé from close range with a reflex save that Pelé himself cited as the greatest of his career, a second...
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    role in Brazil's 1958 and 1962 World Cup victories. In 1962, when Pelé got injured, Garrincha led Brazil to a World Cup victory with a dominating performance...
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    Cup qualifying – as it happened | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2023. Diego y Pelé, los mejores de siempre on Página/12, 2000 ¿Pelé o...
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  • The World Cup of Masters, also known as the Pelé World Cup and Mundial de Seniors, was an event that ran every two years from 1987 until 1995. The tournament...
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    retroactively awarded winners' medals. This made Brazil's Pelé the only player to have won three World Cup winners' medals (1958, 1962, and 1970, although he...
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  • footballer Pelé during the 1970 FIFA World Cup match against Uruguay. In the second half, Brazilian centre-forward Tostão played a through pass to Pelé as a...
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  • The I World Cup of Masters (also known as III Copa Pelé) was the fourth edition of the World Cup of Masters ran from 18 to 27 January 1991 and for the...
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    Santos FC (category Intercontinental Cup winning clubs)
    Aníbal Massaini Neto, Pelé Eterno, 2004. Carlos Hugo Christensen, O Rei Pelé, 1963. Eduardo Escorel and Luiz Carlos Barreto, Isto é Pelé, 1974. Hank Levine...
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    World Cup title in the history of the competition (after Italy in 1938) in spite of the absence of one of Brazil's star players of 1958, Pelé, who was...
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  • time in competition history (the average has never been above 3 since). Pelé was injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia. The Soviet...
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  • players have scored in two consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Vavá and Mbappé. Only two scorers, Pelé and Mbappé, have scored in a final goal as teenagers...
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    a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with thirteen in six matches in the 1958 tournament. In March 2004, Pelé named him one of his 125 Greatest Living...
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