Pelé part 1
✯✯✯✯✯ Edison "Edson" Arantes do Nascimento, best known by his nickname Pelé is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded among football experts and former players as one of the greatest football players of all time. In total Pelé scored 1281 goals in 1363 games. Santos:- Copa Libertadores: 1962, 1963 Campeonato Paulista: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973 Taça Brasil: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa: 1968 Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966 Intercontinental Cup: 1962, 1963 Recopa Intercontinental: 1968 Friendly Club tournaments:- Teresa Herrera Trophy: 1959 Tournament of Valencia: 1959 Dr. Mario Echandi Trophy: 1959 Pentagonal Tournament of Mexico: 1959 Gialorosso Trophy: 1960 Tournament of Paris: 1960, 1961 Tournament of Italy: 1961 Tournament of Costa Rica: 1961 Tournament of Caracas: 1965 Quadrangular Tournament of Buenos Aires: 1965 Hexagonal Tournament of Chile: 1965, 1970 Tournament of New York: 1966 Amazonia Tournament: 1968 Quadrangular Tournament of Rome/Florence: 1968 Pentagonal Tournament of Buenos Aires: 1968 Octagonal Tournament of Chile (Taça Nicolau Moran): 1968 Tournament of Cuiabá: 1969 Tournament of Kingstone: 1971 New York Cosmos:- North American Soccer League: 1977 Brazil:- Roca Cup: 1957, 1963 FIFA World Cup: 1958, 1962, 1970 The tally of 32 official team trophies makes him the player with most career titles Individual:- Santos: Copa Libertadores top scorer (1): 1965. Campeonato Paulista top scorer (11): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973. Brazil: Copa América top scorer (1): 1959 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: Winner (1): 1970 FIFA World Cup (Best Young Player): Winner (1): 1958 FIFA World Cup (Silver Boot): 1958 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1958 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (Best Player) Winner (1): 1970 Athlete of the Century, elected by world wide journalists, poll by French daily L'Equipe: 1981 South American Footballer of the Year: 1973 Inducted into the American National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1993 Knight Commander of the British Empire: 1997 In 1989 DPR Korea issued a postage stamp depicting Pelé Athlete of the Century, by Reuters News Agency: 1999 Athlete of the Century, elected by International Olympic Committee: 1999 UNICEF Football Player of the Century: 1999 Time Magazine One of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century: 1999 FIFA Player of the Century : 2000 Football Player of the Century, elected by France Football's Golden Ball Winners : 1999 Football Player of the Century, by IFFHS International Federation of Football History and Statistics: 1999 South America Football Player of the Century, by IFFHS International Federation of Football History and Statistics: 1999 Laureus World Sports Awards Lifetime Achievement Award from South African President Nelson Mandela: 2000 In December 2000, Pelé and Maradona shared the prize of FIFA Player of the Century by FIFA. International Olympic Committee "Athlete of the Century" BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award: Winner (1): 2005 A consensus of media and expert polls rank Pelé as the greatest footballer of all time
