Everyone will remember it. He was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on October 23, 1940 in Brazil, but went down in history under the nickname Pelé. The athlete won the World Cup three times with his country’s football team. The first time was in Sweden 58, when the center forward was just 17, he repeated the feat chile 62 j Mexico 70th He spent almost his entire career with santosalthough he traveled to the United States for almost the last few years of his sports career and eventually retired with that New York cosmos.
Why do they call him Pelé?
Considered a legend by many, the footballer is known around the world as Skin. His real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
The famous nickname was born in his childhood. The footballer’s uncle says that as a young boy he played as a goalkeeper to “give the opponent an advantage”.
It was here that many of his relatives found him similar to Bilé, a goalkeeper that the world champion’s father had played with. For this, they started calling him Bilé until his nickname evolved to Pelé.
Why did they call him “O Rei”?
‘O Rei was another very famous footballer nickname. The 1985 World Cup caused paris game, a French magazine gave him this nickname (which means “Le roy” in French).
The exceptional player scored 282 goals in 1,366 games and earned himself the nickname “King” thanks to his three World Cup victories.
Santos releases emotional video in honor of Pelé
Santos FC, the side where Pele became a legend, gave an emotional farewell with a video honoring King Pele.
Thank you King Pele. pic.twitter.com/2Xb7XElR41
– Santos FC (@SantosFC) December 29, 2022
Pelé’s final message to Maradona: “One day we will play together on the same team up there in heaven”
In 2020, a week after the death of Diego Maradona, the three-time world champion used his social networks to dedicate a moving farewell message to his great friend. “The world would be so much better if we could compare ourselves less and admire each other more. What I mean to say is that you are incomparable. Her career has been marked by honesty. You always declared your love and heartbreak to the four winds. And with that special way of being, you teach us to love and to say ‘I love you’ even more often,” Pelé wrote.
