Pele is the best player of soccer of all the history of the world.

Pele played 1366 and 1282 under goals, his scoring average was 0.93.

He was elected the best player of the century in a vote made by the winners of the Golden Ball.

In his career he scored 760 official goals, 541 in league championships, making him the top scorer of all time.

He became a sports legend and a top Brazilian football references and mundial. After his retirement was televisión actor and launched as singer.

He was named Knight of Honor of the British Empire , Citizen of the World by the UN, Ambassador for Education, Science , Culture and good wishes of Unesco , Ambassador for Ecology and the Environment by the UN (1992 ) , Extraordinary Minister of Sports by Brazil's government (1994-1998) and Ambassador of Sport at the World Economic Forum in Davos (2006 ) .

Pelé was born in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the son of Fluminense

footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Celeste Arantes. He

was the elder of two siblings. He was named after the American inventor Thomas

Edison.His parents decided to remove the "i" and call him "Edson", but there was a

mistake on the birth certificate, leading many documents to show his name as

"Edison", not "Edson", as he is called.He was originally nicknamed Dico by his

family

On 1 October 1977, Pelé closed out his career in an exhibition match between the

Cosmos and Santos. Santos arrived in New York and New Jersey after previously

defeating the Seattle Sounders, 2–0. The match was played in front of a sold out crowd at

Giants Stadium and was televised in the United States on ABC's Wide World of Sports as

well as throughout the world.

Pelé is one of the most lauded players in history and is frequently ranked the best player

ever.[102] Among his contemporaries

On 21 February 1966, Pelé married Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi;[110] they have two

daughters, Kelly Cristina (born 13 January 1967), who married Dr. Arthur DeLuca,

and Jennifer (b. 1978), as well as a son, Edson ("Edinho", b. 27 August 1970).

In February 2012, Legends 10 began handling the Pelé brand and brought all

marketing and management efforts under one roof, including all intellectual

property rights, global licensing, branding, endorsements, and public appearances