Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, more commonly known as just Pelé, (23 October 1940Anibal Massaini Neto (Director/Producer), (2004). Pelé Eterno [Documentary film]. Brazil: Anima Producoes Audiovisuais Ltda. International: Universal Studios Home Video. – 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 

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

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

 International career statistics 

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

 Honours 
 Club 
  Santos (Official Tournaments)
 Campeonato Paulista: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1973The 1973 Paulista was held jointly with Portuguesa.
 Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1959, 1963 and 1964The 1964 Torneio Rio-São Paulo was held jointly with Botafogo.
 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

 References 

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