10 facts about Pele

1.His name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

2.He was born on the 23 october 1940.

3.He was born and raised in Tres coracoes, Brazil

4.He comes from a very poor back ground

5.He has played in four world cups and in one of them for the first part he had to go to the side lines because of an injury.

6.Pele joined the Santos football club in 1956 and stayed with the club until 1974 (his retirement).

7.Pele has scored 1,283 first class goals during his football carrer

8.Pele was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison

9.He was only 17 when he won his first world cup

10.he was 15 when he was signed to Santos football team.

by Lily-Mae