Some facts about the king of soccer, the legendary PELE 1. Pele scored a total of 1,283 first-class goals, including 77 for Brazil. 2. He won three World Cups, two World Club Championships and nine Sao Paulo State Championships. 3.At 17, Pele became the youngest ever winner of a World Cup. He also scored twice in the final against home side Sweden. 4,On the 19th November 1969, Pele scored his 1000th career goal. Hundreds raced onto the pitch to mob the Brazilian star and it took over thirty minutes for the game to resume. 5. In 1967, a 48-hour ceasefire was declared in Nigeria so that Federal and Rebel troops could watch Pele play on a visit to the war-torn nation. 6. Pele said in 2006: For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I reply that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head? 7. When Pele played for the New York Cosmos so many of his opponents wanted to swap shirts with him that the club had to give each of their opponents a shirt after every match. Pele was the main attraction, says Gordon Bradley, one of the clubs coaches at the time. Sometimes we had to take 25 or 30 shirts with us to a match - otherwise, wed never have got out of the stadium alive. 8. Pele once said: A penalty is a cowardly way to score. 9. How do you spell Pelé? the Times of London once declared. G-O-D. 10. Pele on being a role-model: Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man. 11. Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian defender who marked Pelé in the 1970 World Cup Finals said afterwards: I told myself before the game, hes made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong. 12. The Brazilian government declared Pelé an official national treasure in 1961 to prevent him from being transferred out of the country. 13.Cristiano Ronaldo said: Pele is the greatest player in football history, and there will only be one Pele. 14. Pele is the only player to have been a part of three World Cup winning teams. 15. Pele scored 92 hat-tricks, and scored four goals on 31 occasions, five on six occasions, and once scored eight. 16. As he prepared to kick off in a game during Mexico 70, Pele gestured to the referee that he needed to tie his laces. The cameras panned in to reveal the forwards Puma boots — the company subsequently experienced a huge sales boost. 17. Pele scored three or more goals a staggering 129 times during his career.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 06:16:26 +0000
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