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Pele – The Greatest Ever Football PlayerPele is undoubtedly the all time greatest player of football. Everyone who knows the term football is in all probability aware of his name and his mastery of the game. You can imagine his greatness with the very fact that he scored over twelve hundred goals in his entire career. He also won the World Cup several times for his country - Brazil. The fabulous career of Pele stores so many achievements that are hard to achieve by any other player of the modern times. Goals He Scored Pele is the only player in the history of football who scored over twelve hundred goals. As per the exact statistics, he played 1360 matches and scored 1281 goals in his career. As an average, you can see, he scored almost one goal per match. It is an achievement that no other player of football has achieved. Pele - A Brief Biography Very few people know that Pele is just a nickname. His real name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Pele has the record of being the youngest player that ever won a football World Cup winners’ medal. He was awarded this medal in the year 1958 when Brazil won the World Cup. Pele was just seventeen years old then. You will be amazed to know that at the age of seventeen, Pele was not only playing in a World Cup match but he also scored two precious goals in the final that eventually won his country the first World Cup. No other player in the entire history of football has ever matched this achievement so far. And, keeping in mind the fact that no international team gets entry for a seventeen years old player for a World Cup match, such records are unlikely to be ever broken. Pele also played in the World Cup championships in the year 1962 and 1963, but certain injuries affected his consistent appearances. Pele was from a very poor family, but he has the privilege of having a father who himself was a passionate and popular football player of his time. His father had once scored five headed goals in a single match. Pele got coaching from his father and his game skills were nurtured in his passionate guidance. The Special Moment In Pele’s Football Career The World Cup in 1970 held in Mexico was a special occasion for Pele and no Pele fan will ever forget those memories when Pele leaded Brazil to a world famous victory. In particular, no Pele fans can ever forget the moment when Pele had scored a goal with a brilliant header in the final match of the 1970 World Cup football against Italy. This was also Brazil’s 100th goal.
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