Three-time World Cup winner and 1,281 goals in 1,363 games, Pele is known as the ‘King of Football’, the most beautiful game in the world.
Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade wrote, “The difficult thing, the extraordinary thing, is not to score 1000 goals like Pele, but to make goals like Pele.”
If it can be summed up, it aptly encapsulates the grandeur of one of the greatest footballers of all time. This is a tribute to one of the greatest footballers and athletes of all time.
– ‘Beautiful Game’ Champion Pele Dies At 82
“Pele was one of the few who defied my theory. Instead of 15 minutes of fame, he would be given the fame of the 15th century,” said Andy Warhol. He was deeply and forever right.
Young Pele circa 1958. At 17, Pele was the youngest player to score a World Cup goal and the youngest to win the four-year competition. Popperfoto/Getty Images
Pele poses with fans at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, where Brazil won its first of five World Cups. Photo United/Icon Sportswire
Pelé is aiming for the Jules Rimet Trophy for the World Cup in 1958. Brazil won his first of five World Cups that year, and Pele was on his three World Cup-winning teams. Popperfoto/Getty Images
This moment captures Pele’s final act during the 1962 World Cup in Chile, tearing a muscle in his thigh following a shot against Czechoslovakia. In the group stage match he finished 0-0, but Brazil beat the Czech Republic 3-1 in the final. Popperfoto/Getty Images
After Pele’s injury at the 1962 World Cup, Garrincha went left and stepped up to lead Brazil to their second World Cup title. The winger Garrincha (or “The Little Bird”) is undoubtedly considered one of the best dribblers in the world. S&G/PA Image via Getty Images
Pelé had incredible jumping ability, allowing him to leap higher than a goalkeeper’s outstretched arm. Here, he shot for a header in his 1963 international friendly, but Portugal beat Brazil 1-0 in his favor. Popperfoto/Getty Images
Nobody did it well. In a 1965 friendly against Belgium held at Rio’s famous Maracana stadium, Brazil went 5-0 and celebrated with Pele scoring three goals. AP image
Who wouldn’t want to meet Pele? Senator Robert Kennedy took the opportunity to pose for a photo with the world-famous Pele after the 1965 game in Rio de Janeiro. Bettmann/Getty Images
The 1966 World Cup was hosted and won by England, but it did not go well for Brazil. After a win over Bulgaria in the opening match in which Pele scored the only goal of the tournament, Brazil dropped out of the group stage after losing to Portugal and Hungary. LIFE Photo Collection by Art Rickerby/Getty Images
Pele was more than just a superstar for Brazil. Pele, who played for Santos FC for 16 years, is supported by the fans after scoring his 100th goal on November 19, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana. Globo via Getty Images
During the 1970 World Cup, Pele plays guitar while lounging by the pool in a hotel in Mexico. Brazil won this competition, arguably his one of the greatest World Cup tournaments of all time. Popperfoto/Getty Images
On 18 October 1974, Pele rushed onto the pitch to play his last game for the club that started his career in 1956, Santos FC. Keystone/Getty Images
Pele’s move to the NY Cosmos of the North American Soccer League sparked a resurgence of football in the United States. In the mid-1970s, he was approached by fans after a game at his stadium for the Giants. Robert Liger/Getty Images
Two of the best hugs ever. On October 1, 1977, the Giants at a ceremony honoring Pele’s final match against the Cosmos at his stadium, Mohammed said Ali said, “Football is more beautiful than boxing, but I am more handsome than you.” Told. AP photo
The crowned king awarded by Club America, Mexico, February 4, 1979. AP photo
On the set of 1980’s “Victory,” Pele appears in John Huston’s World War II film, in which prisoners of war arrange an escape after a soccer match against German forces in Nazi-occupied France. I am drawing a scene. Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine led the cast. Corbis/Getty Images
Pele celebrated his 50th birthday on October 31, 1990 in an exhibition match at Milan’s Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. AP Photo/Luka Bruno
FIFA presented Pelé with the Grand Prix award as “Footballer of the Century” at its gala on December 11, 2000. Gabriel Buis/AFP via Getty Images
Pele shaking hands with former President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 17, 2007. Mandela, then 89, played the 90 Minutes for Mandela match in Cape Town. Chris Rikko/AFP via Getty Images
No one but Pele was at Corona Park in Flushing Meadows to announce the return of the New York Cosmos on August 1, 2010. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for New York Cosmos
Pele recreates the famous 1970 World Cup final celebration during a photo shoot in Santos, Brazil on April 25, 2014. ESPN’s Luis Maximiano
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