Pele Edson Arantes do Nascimento or better known as Pele was prodominitally named the best soccer player in the world and is still arguebly the best in history. The style of playing by Pele had changed the game forever. And due to such great success in his country, Brazil had become the most feared International team to date. But not only did Pele just change the game of soccer he also changed the hearts and minds of the less priviliged people around the world, by giving them hope to keep going
shoes for pennies when he was a child (2). At age 11, Dico was discovered by one of Brazil’s premiere soccer players of the time, Waldemar de Brito, while he was playing soccer with some friends in the street (2). Brito worked with him for 4 years before he started to take him for professional clubs to evaluate him (2). When he brought Dico to a team in Santos from Chile, Brito declared to the disbelieving directors “this boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world” (2). The bragging worked and
Nascimento, more widely admired by the world as "Pelé", was born on October 23, 1940, in a small village in Brasil called Três Corações in the Brasilian state of Minas Gerais. He was baptized in the municipal church called Igreja da Sagrada Família de Jesus, Maria e José. His father, João Ramos do Nascimento, or Dondinho, as he was known in the soccer world, was also a professional player. He was well-known as one of the best-heading players in his time. He was a center forward for Fluminense until
Pele is an iconic soccer player all around the world and a legendary sporting figure. During his younger years, he dominated the game to the extent of being called the ‘King of Football’. Even today, he is widely known by football fans, and players (current and retired) as the best player of all time. Pele had such a unique style, high quality play and eye-catching performance, he scored a total of 1,281 goals in 1,363 games. It was his deep passion for the game and love for scoring incredible goals
played more and more, Pelé was starting to master the sport. While these sessions were going on, Pelé’s career was off to a running start. He played for the local youth team, Bauru AC. His coach was a man named Waldemar de Brito. He had been another great player in Brazilian soccer history. Brito taught Pelé the bicycle kick. That is a trick that Pelé would use very many times to score many goals. When the ball was in the air, he would turn his back, then jump into the air horizontally, then kick the
Introduction: "I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint"-- Pele. A lot of people know who Pele is. They know him as one of, if not the best soccer player ever or from subway. People need to know the background of him and his story and I’m going to give you a sum up of it! In addition to being a phenomenal soccer player, Pele was an influence and an inspiration of soccer and peace as well as a national hero and treasure. That's
coconuts for balls and cans as goalposts. Pele began playing soccer for a local team when he was a teenager. He was discovered at age of 11 by one of the country's player, Waldemar de Brito. He was the one who brought Pele to Bauru, Sao Paulo and told the club's directors he was going to be one of the greatest player in the world. Waldemar was right, Pele's impact was immediate. On his first professional appearance for the team, he scored a goal right away. He was only sixteen. At the age of seventeen
Pelé Influences the Beautiful Game Many people do not know that much about soccer. If asked about Pelé, almost everyone will say they have heard about him. Pele is one of, if not the most, influential persons to come along and change the game for the better forever. Professional soccer in the United States was not a huge attraction. In the United States, attendance to professional soccer games was well below all other major sport franchises. Average attendance to a New York Cosmos game for the years
Every child has the right to be loved, to have hope for the future and the opportunity to realise their dreams. Going to school and belonging to something greater than themselves, contribute to this fundamental privilege. It is the truth that for many generations, children have been denied of these rights. The future of a child should not be determined on the wealthiness or poverty that one was raised in. A great example would be the greatest Brazilian footballer in history, Edson Arantes do