Pelé

**Edson Arantes do Nascimento**, more commonly known as just **Pelé**, (23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022) was a Brazilian football player. He was good scorer in the world, with 678 league goals. In total, Pelé scored 789 (1279)goals in 831(1363 )games, excluding unofficial friendlies and tour games. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport he was listed in the Guinness World Records for most career goals scored in the history of football.

He was given the title "Football Player of the Century" by FIFA. Many believe that he was the best player in the history of football.

## Teams

From 1956 to 1974, Pelé played for Santos, had 605 appearances, and scored 1281 goals. From 1975 to 1977, he played for New York Cosmos, when he had 64 appearances, and scored 37 goals. From 1978 to 1980 he played for XI Classic till he retired.

## Club career statistics

|-
|1971||rowspan="4"|Santos||rowspan="4"|Série A||21||1
|-
|1972||16||5
|-
|1973||30||19
|-
|1974||17||9

|-
|1975||rowspan="3"|New York Cosmos||rowspan="3"|NASL||9||5
|-
|1976||22||13
|-
|1977||25||13
84||34
56||31
140||65
|}

## International career statistics

|-
|1957||2||2
|-
|1958||7||9
|-
|1959||9||11
|-
|1960||6||4
|-
|1961||0||0
|-
|1962||8||8
|-
|1963||7||7
|-
|1964||3||2
|-
|1965||8||9
|-
|1966||9||5
|-
|1967||0||0
|-
|1968||7||4
|-
|1969||9||7
|-
|1970||15||8
|-
|1971||2||1
|-
!Total||92||77
|}

## Health and death

In September 2021, Pelé had surgery to remove a tumour on the right side of his colon. He began chemotherapy treatment a few weeks later.

Pelé died on 29 December 2022, at 3:27 pm, at the age of 82, due to multiple organ failure, a complication of colon cancer at a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.

### Club

- **Santos** (Official Tournaments)
    - Campeonato Paulista: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1973
    - Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1959, 1963 and 1964
    - Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (Taça de Prata): 1968
    - Taça Brasil: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965
    - Copa Libertadores: 1962 and 1963
    - Intercontinental Cup: 1962 and 1963
    - South-American Recopa: 1968
    - Recopa Intercontinental: 1968
- **New York Cosmos**
    - NASL Champions: 1977

### International

- **Brazil**
    - Roca Cup:
        - **Winner (2):** 1957, 1963
    - FIFA World Cup:
        - **Winner (3):** 1958, 1962, 1970
        - Appearances (4): 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

## Infobox (football biography)

- **embed**: yes
- **header-color**: lavender
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1953–1956
- **youthclubs1**: Bauru Atlético Clube, Bauru
- **years1**: 1956–1974
- **years2**: 1975–1977
- **clubs1**: Santos FC, Santos
- **clubs2**: New York Cosmos (1970–1985), New York Cosmos
- **caps1**: 636
- **goals1**: 618
- **caps2**: 64
- **goals2**: 37
- **totalcaps**: 700
- **totalgoals**: 655
- **nationalyears1**: 1957–1971
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps1**: 92
- **nationalgoals1**: List of international goals scored by Pelé, 77


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Ministry of Sports (Brazil), Minister of Sports
- **term start**: 1 January 1995
- **term end**: 30 April 1998
- **president**: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- **predecessor**: _Office established_
- **successor**: Rafael Greca


## Infobox (person)

- **image**: File:Pele con brasil (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Pelé in 1970
- **birth name**: Edson Arantes do Nascimento
- **birth place**: Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- **death place**: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- **death cause**: Multiple organ failure caused by colon cancer
- **resting place**: Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, Santos, São Paulo
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **children**: 7, including Edinho (footballer, born 1970), Edinho
- **signature**:
- **father**: Dondinho