Most interesting facts about Pelé

most interesting facts about Pele one of the 
greatest professional football players ever   commonly known as Pele has an interesting 
Legacy and a cult status as a legend even   if you weren't born when Pele last laced 
up a football boot in Anger you know who   he is one of the greatest footballers of all time 
everyone's seen the goals in black and white we've   seen how a teenager destroyed the world's best 
defenders we have also seen blurry Technicolor   footage of a player at his Peak leading one 
of the greatest football teams ever he was on   time's list of 100 most influential people of the 
20th century a No Ordinary feat for a sports star   he is regarded as one of the greatest players 
of all time and labeled the greatest by FIFA   Pele was among the most successful and popular 
sports figures of all time in this video we are   going to tell you 10 of the most interesting facts 
about Pele the man the myth the legend if you want   to know more amazing facts please like the video 
and subscribe to the channel now enjoy the video   10. named after Thomas Edison Pele was named after 
the inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison the   young Edson Arantes do Nascimento certainly showed 
plenty of invention in his career and lit up many   football pitches with his skills Pelé himself 
explained in a tweet in 2014 that he was named   after the inventor as when he was born electricity 
had just been introduced to his father's town   number nine he was friends with Nelson Mandela 
Pelé gave up a family vacation to participate   in the 2007 90 minutes for Mandela charity match 
in honor of the 89th birthday of the South Africa   president at a joint press conference Pele 
presented Mandela with a signed jersey which   the latter calls a Priceless gift that he 
cherished for the rest of his life he was my   hero my friend and also a companion to me in 
our fight for the people and for World Peace   Pelé tweeted following Mandela's 2013 death also 
calling the leader one of the most influential   people in his life number eight pele's father 
was a footballer too Pele was born on October   23 1940 in Três Corações Minas Gerais Brazil his 
father was João Ramos do Nascimento Dondinho,   who was also a soccer player and his mother was 
Celeste Arantes he had two younger siblings Pelé   's father played as a center for for Atletico 
Mineiro, fluminence and several other smaller   soccer clubs Dondinho was not only pele's father 
but also his mentor and Coach number seven his   first contract was worth ten dollars a month at 
the age of 15 Pelé signed his first contract with   Santos in 1956 earning just ten dollars a month 
Pele used the money to buy his mother a gas stove   even though there were no gas lines running into 
homes in their town at the time years later he   signed a three-year 7 million dollar contract 
with the New York Cosmos in 1975 making him the   highest paid team athlete in the world at the time 
number six he once played indoor football in his   mid-teens Pele played indoor football commonly 
known as Futsal the game is an association   football based game played on a hard court smaller 
than a football pitch and has mainly played   indoors indoor football had just become popular 
in Bauru when Pele began playing it he was part of   the first fustal competition in the region and he 
played for a team called Radium Pele and his team   won the first championship and several others 
with the ball on the floor being a lot quicker   than football on the grass and players being 
close together everyone was required to think   faster Pele credits Futsal for helping him think 
better on the spot and being a great footballer   number five goals goals goals the Brazil and 
Santos star wasn't someone who was happy scoring   just one goal he scored 92 hat-tricks four goals 
on 31 occasions 5 goals on six occasions and   he once scored eight in a single match if only 
Fantasy Football was around in those days number   four multiple World Cup winner Pele was part of 
the Brazilian national teams that won three World   Cup championships in 1958 1962 and 1970. Pele is 
the only footballer to have been on three World   Cup winning teams coincidence we think not number 
three Pele day pay late scored his 1 000th goal   on November 19 1969 against Vasco de Gama in Rio 
do janeiro Maracana Stadium causing the day to   be simply known as Pele day in Santos We wouldn’t 
begrudge the legend a day of his own In fairness   number two Pele is a knight, for his humanitarian 
work and activism Queen Elizabeth II awarded Pele   the honorary title King commander of the British 
Empire kbe in 1997. despite not being a British   descent Pele was appointed by the United Nations 
educational scientific and cultural organization   as its Champion for sport in 1994 and Goodwill 
Ambassador for Unicef in 1996. it will always stay   in my memory he tweeted in 2020 of his honorary 
Knighthood I thank all the British people for   their affection number one he's a Brazilian 
national treasure literally Pele gained the   attention of European clubs such as Real Madrid 
Juventus Inter Milan and Manchester United after   leading Brazil to its first World Cup victory 1958 
to prevent Pele from being traded to foreign teams   Brazilian president Jânio Quadros declared him 
a national treasure in 1961. well first of all   it was an honor for me but I pay income tax like 
anybody else he joked to Esquire magazine in 2016.   this was all for today we hope you liked the video 
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