Pele (9)

Pele was born on 23 October, 1940 in Brazil. He is often called the greatest footballer of all time. In 1956, at the age of only fifteen, he joined the Santos Football Club and stayed with the team until 1974. (1)______ the time Pele was sixteen, he had also started playing for the Brazilian national team

... and in 1958 he won the World Cup (2)______the first time.

In total, he played for Brazil (3)_____ fourteen years ...

...and (4) ____ that time, Brazil won the World Cup three times.

(5) _____eighteen years at Santos, Pele left Brazil and ended his career in America.

He played his last match ever (6)_____ 1 October, 1977. During his whole career ‘The King of Football’ amazingly scored 697 goals in 753 matches.

Pele is the only footballer in the world to become a world champion three times (7)______ a player

He was a member (8)______ four world championships.

(9)_______1970 he was recognized as the best player of the world championship

(10) _____ 1995 till 1998, Pele served as Minister of Sports of Brazil.

By the way, do you know that Pele is not a real name of this famous footballer? It is his nickname, which was given to him (11)____ school. His real name is Edson Arantis do Nascimento.