[Music] pele real name edson arantes donasimento is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever exponents of the sport he helped become known as the beautiful game he holds the prestigious record of being a fifa world cup winner on no less than three occasions scoring 12 goals in 14 games at the finals born in the poor district of tres corosaur's [Music] brazil on the 23rd of october in 1940 he remains the most famous footballer in history and it is his achievements in the fifa world cup that have chiefly garnered that accolade his entrance onto the
world stage occurred during the 1958 finals in sweden at the tender age of just 17 he was the star of the tournament scoring six goals including three in the semi-final and two in the final the teenager emerged from nowhere to light up the tournament with his dazzling skills in the quarterfinals pele scored a fine solo goal to give brazil a one-nil victory against wales the semi-final against france was billed as a contest between the young prodigy pele and france's free-scoring zeus fontan the script was written for pele and he grabbed the headlines with an opportunistic
second half hat-trick pillai's goals in a comprehensive 5-2 win guided brazil to the final where they faced the host sweden stockholm was the venue and the stage was set for pele to prove his status as the young prodigy in the second half and with brazil winning 2-1 pele scored a wonder goal he produced a magical piece of skill before providing the finishing touch without doubt a defining moment in fifa world cup history in the final minute of the match pele scored his second goal with a looping header brazil won 5-2 and with it came their
first fifa world cup triumph held aloft on the shoulders of his teammates kelly was paraded as a hero he handled the pressure of representing his country with the maturity of a veteran and he would go on from this success at the 1962 finals in chile an injured hamstring in brazil's second match prevented pele playing an integral part in his country's campaign despite his obvious disappointment at not making the final in santiago pele cheered on his beloved brazil from the stands they didn't let him down and despite going a goal behind they went on to beat
czechoslovakia 3-1 pele was rewarded for his early contributions in the tournament with his second successive fifa world cup winners medal at the 1966 tournament in england pele was the victim of some severe and unsavory tackling from opposing players he was heavily fouled in brazil's third group match against portugal and was eventually forced to leave the pitch with pele battered and bruised portugal won the match 3-1 and brazil went out of the tournament in successive finals the world was once again robbed of the great man's talents [Applause] [Music] following his treatment in 1966 pele vowed never
to play in the fifa world cup again thankfully he had a change of heart and that the 1970 finals in mexico enjoyed his finest hour pele scored four goals and supplied many assists for his teammates despite his goals the strongest memories of pele in 1970 were probably his near-misses a shot from the halfway line against czechoslovakia that just missed the poster and his dummy around the uruguayan goalkeeper remained two of the fifa world cup's most seminal moans brazil entertained on their way to the final where they faced european giants italy pele led from the front
and in the 18th minute scored brazil's 100th fifa world cup goal with a trademark header jumping on the shoulders of giazinio pele raised his arms in pure delight the last goal of this deciding game which was pele's last fifa world cup match was memorable pele was involved in two of the nine passes that preceded carlos alberto's goal in fact it was he who nonchalantly played the simple square pass the same one which had killed off uruguay and england for carlos alberto to score brazil had delighted the fans with their free-flowing football enroute to a 4-1
victory brazil won the right to keep the jewels remate trophy after winning it for the third time and pele's fifa world cup career ended on a high in the cauldron of the biggest football show on earth the fifa world cup the great are separated from the good on the 11th of december 2000 pele was named player of the century by fifa's grand jury for his contribution to the game and he remains a living legend
