Edson Arantis Do Nascimento

Pele, whose real name is Edson Arantisdo Nascimento, is a legendary Brazilian footballer who played for both Santos and New York Cosmos. Became a symbol of the generation of players of the 50-60s after becoming the world champion three times. Until now, this record has not been broken. According to the Football Federation and the International Olympic Committee, Pele is recognized as the best athlete of the 20th century. For his own football career, Pele scored 1,289 goals in 1,363 games.

The future star of world football was born in 1940 in the tiny Brazilian town of Tres Coraçoins, located in the state of Minas Gerais. The football player's family lived very poorly, and the ball was perhaps the only available entertainment for children. The boy's father, whose name was Dondinho, was himself a magician of the game of millions in the past, and it was the father who was the first person to show Edson the basic elements of football.

When the child was seven years old, Edson was accepted as the basis for the local children's team. It was then that the boy received the famous nickname Pele, although today the footballer no longer remembers why and what this nickname meant. The coach, seeing the speed of the little player, immediately put Pele in the line of attack. A couple of years later, the section was headed by former Brazilian national team player Valdemar de Brito, who spoke about the talented teenager to the mentors of the famous club Santos from Sao Paulo. Soon Pele signed his first professional contract and made his debut for the main team at the age of 15.

Pele played his first game as a professional footballer in September 1956, that is, at less than 16 years of age. Pele went up against the grandee of Brazilian football, the Corinthians club, and immediately distinguished himself with a goal. The phenomenal player played for Santos for 19 years and scored almost 650 goals. Such performance helped Pele to become the champion 11 times, to win the Cup 6 times and to win more than once on the international arena.

After Santos, Pele moved to the American Cosmos Club from New York. With this transfer, Pele made a splash in the world, since European football was not popular in the United States at that time. But the King, as Pele was already called by that time, attracted fans to the stadiums by his own game. According to statistics, during the performance of the Brazilian striker in America, match attendance has increased tenfold.

Experts have tried more than once to analyze the Pele phenomenon. As a result, the researchers agree that the footballer had a combination of unusual physical characteristics and an incredible desire to achieve results. Scientists have no doubt that the player had an innate talent, but Pele, moreover, spent several hours practicing the technique of dribbling and shooting on goal after his teammates had gone home.

Pele's technique for that time was sensational. The footballer alone knew how to wrap more than half of the players from the opponent's camp and aim at the goal corner. In this vein, Pele scored more than once, and just such a dribbling in the match against Fluminense led to a goal called the best in the century. There is even a memorial sign at the Maracanã stadium in honor of this event. The number of goals scored during Pele's career against the opponents of Santos, Cosmos and the Brazilian national team has exceeded a thousand.

The athlete's popularity was so fabulous that when the athlete wrote and published his autobiography "I am Pele", those compatriots of the footballer who could not read began to learn to read and write to read his memoirs.

The Brazilian government decided to take advantage of the widespread popularity of the football player, and in the 90s, Pele was appointed to the post of Minister of Youth, Tourism and Sports. Pele was able to push forward the law, now named after the footballer, that reduced corruption in Brazilian football. Pele also became a Goodwill Ambassador and spent a lot of effort and money on popularizing and promoting sports and a healthy lifestyle.

Realized as a man and as a businessman. For example, the football player's signature coffee brand "Cafe Pele" is known all over the world. Pele also acted more than once as a TV commentator, TV presenter and even a singer of author's songs. But Pele is best known after the end of his career as an actor.

In more than 50 films, Pele played himself. For example, such were the fantasy comedy "Tycoon Othello and Billions Deals", the humorous film "Tramps and the King of Football" and the sports drama "The Price of Victory". But there are about a dozen films where Pele played as a professional actor. The melodrama "Set in motion", the crime drama "Pickpockets", the family picture "Little Miracle", the war film "Victory" stand out among them.

The biographical project "Pele: The Birth of a Legend", which tells about the childhood and youth of the famous player, also enjoys great success. This film was released in the spring of 2016.

Pele's admission that the first sexual experience of a football player at the age of 14 was homosexual made a great resonance in society. But the footballer insists that at that time among adolescents this was considered almost commonplace. In the future, the man adhered to exclusively heterosexual relationships.

Pele first married in 1966 to Rosemeridos Reis Sholbi and lived with his wife for 16 years. During this time, three children were born in the family, but only one, Edson Sholby Nascimento or Edinho, became a professional footballer, the goalkeeper of Santos.

In 2014, Edinho was sentenced to 33 years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering, which was obtained through the drug trade. Edson did not admit his own guilt. In addition, the man began to challenge the verdict. Edinho only admitted that he really did use drugs, but the football player said that he had never sold, and also had no involvement in the sale of substances or in money laundering.

After the divorce, Pele began a long affair with the Brazilian singer and model Maria da Grazia Menegel, better known under the pseudonym Shusha. They met when the girl was only 17 years old, and many believe that it was Pele who became the reason for her promotion in show business.

The footballer married for the second time in 1994. The new darling of the football player turned out to be a psychologist and gospel singer Assyria Lemos Seixas. They had twins, Joshua and Celeste, however, this marriage has cracked after 14 years of existence. In addition, the athlete has two more illegitimate daughters from different women.

At 73, Pele again married Marcia Aoki. The woman is of mixed Brazilian and Japanese descent and has been supplying medical equipment to South America. Marcia is 30 years younger than her husband.

In 2016, Pele presented his own song "Hope", which is dedicated to the Olympic Games. These Games were held in Rio de Janeiro and became the first Olympics to be held in South America.

"Hope" is not the only song of the famous athlete. Pele has been interested in music for a long time, records songs and even worked on the creation of a record for singer Alice Regina.

2017 brought sad news to the football player. Edson Scholbi Nascimento, son of Pele, surrendered to the police to serve his sentence for money laundering, for which Edinho was convicted back in 2014. The Court of Appeal changed the sentence on 23 February 2017. Instead of the original 33 years, Edinho received 12 years and 10 months. The day after the verdict was announced, Edinho himself arrived at the Santos police station to surrender to the police.

1957, 1963 - winner of the Rock Cup (with the Brazilian national team) 1958, 1962, 1970 - world champion (with the Brazil national team) 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973 - Paulista League champion (with Santos) 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966 - winner of the Rio Sao Paulo Tournament (with Santos) 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 - champion of the Brazilian Cup (with Santos) 1962 , 1963 - Winner of the Copa Libertadores (with Santos) 1962, 1963 - Winner of the Intercontinental Cup (with Santos) 1968 - Winner of the Roberts Cup (with Santos) 1968 - Winner of the Super Cup of Intercontinental Champions (with Santos ») 1977 - Champion of the North American Football League (with New York Cosmos) 1995 - Appointed Minister of Sports of Brazil.1998 - Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2000 - Best Footballer of the 20th Century according to FIFA 1999 - Athlete of the century according to the IOC 2002 - Footballer of the World Cup of All Time 2014 - Winner of the FIFA Golden Ball honorary award.

1971 - Tycoon Othello and the Billion Dollar Deals 1972 - Set in Motion 1979 - Pickpockets 1981 - Victory 1983 - The Little Miracle 1985 - Pedro Mico 1986 - The Precision Hit 1986 - The Tramps and the King football "1989 -" Loneliness, a beautiful love story "2016 -" Pele: The Birth of a Legend "

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