What is the real name of Pele???
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Soccer legend Pele's real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.\nSource-Sam
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento @ Pele.
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if you mean the world cup 2006, it would be ronaldinho.  he got the player of the year award two times in the row, one in 2004 and the other in 2005.  i believe that ronaldinho will be the next pele
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Pelé. No one will ever reach his level.
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I have the real one home .. you can call me Ronaldinho .
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Pele full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento \n\nYouth clubs 1955–1956 Bauru   \n\nProfessional clubs\n1956–1974 Santos FC 1265 (1124)\n1975–1977 Cosmos 111 (65)\n \nNational team 1956 – 1971 Brazil 92 (77)
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I had the same feeling about Peter Crouch, how something like that can happen? I've heard jokes about the Brazilian player KAKA too...for us Brazilians , Kaka is nickname for Carlos, but can be used as shit too. Luckly he doesn't do "shit" in our soccer, at least by now...hahahaha
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pele of course! brazil won THREE times in a row because of him. they got to keep a world cup trophy of their very own.
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Pele .\nHe was awarded Brazil's Gold Medal for outstanding services to the sport, before becoming Sports Minister in 1995. \n\nIn 1997, he was given an honorary British knighthood.\n\nIn 1992, Pelé was appointed a United Nations Ambassador for Ecology and the Environment.\n\nIn 1995, he was appointed an Ambassador for UNESCO at the Goodwill Games.\n\nHe was voted athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1999.\n\nIn December 2000, Pelé was named Footballer of the Century by a "Family of Football" committee appointed by FIFA\nIn the same year, Pelé received the Laureus World Sports Awards Lifetime Achievement Award from South African President Nelson Mandela.\n\nPelé is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.\n\nYou see?\nJust THE BEST!
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Ronaldo Luíz Nazário de Lima is his real name. Cristiano Ronaldo is the player from Portugal.
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I think Pele is the only name they know.
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His name was Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé"), not "belly" :)\n\nHe scored 12 goals in World Cups and a total of 95 goals for the Brazilian national team. He holds several World records, such as all time top goalscorer (1281 goals in 1363 matches)and more goals in a season (127, in 1959). He also scored Brazil's 100th FIFA World Cup goal in the Final in Mexico, against England.\n\nPelé was selected by FIFA as the player of the century, in 2000, relegating the Argentinian Maradona to second place.\n\nFor more information, check this site:\n\nhttp://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/pf/h/cp/bra/pele.html
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Pele is the greatest of all time.
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Pele. He is the all-time top scorer in the history of the Brazil national team and is the only footballer ever to win three World Cup trophies (it should be noted that, due to injury, he did not participate in Brazil's World Cup triumph in 1962 and did not recieve a medal). \n\nEnjoy!!!
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Pele is the best and is recognized as the best\nPele the one and only\nSee\nhttp://www.ifhof.com/hof/halloffame.asp
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Edson Arantes "Pelé" Nascimento \nOctober 23, 1940 - Present\nBirthplace: Tres Coracos, Brazil \n\n\n"It seems that God brought me to Earth with a mission to play soccer," Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (Pelé).\n Related Info.\n \nSoccer jersey worn by Pelé sells for $224,000 in auction.\n\nSoccer stadium in Mexيco named after Pelé.\n \n \n\n\nBorn Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (better known as Pelé) is known as a legend and the best soccer player to ever play the game. He was raised in a very poor family in Tres Coracos, Brazil and his parents, Dondinho and Celeste Nascimento called Edson "Dico," growing up. \n\nHe first learned the game of soccer from his father, Dondinho, who was a decent center forward until his career was halted by a fractured leg. \n\nPelé began playing soccer for a local minor-league club when he was a teenager. When he wasn't playing soccer he shined shoes for pennies. He was discovered at the age of 11 by one of the country's premier players, Waldemar de Brito. When Brito brought Pelé to Sao Paulo he declared to the disbelieving directors of the professional team in Santos, "This boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world." \n\nHe was right! Pelé's impact was immediate! On his first appearance for the team, against Corinthians F.C., he scored a goal right away. He was only 16.\n\nPelé went on to play in four World Cups with Brazil's National Team. At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden -- one he nearly missed because of a knee injury -- Pelé stunned the world scoring six goals, including two in the championship game to help Brazil win its first World Cup 5-2 over Sweden. He was only 17 years-old, but a legend was born.\n\nAn average-sized man, he was blessed with speed, great balance, tremendous vision, the ability to control the ball superbly, and the ability to shoot powerfully and accurately with either foot and with his head.\n\nFour years later he played on Brazil's World Cup team at in the finals in Chile, but an injury suffered in the first game of the tournament prevented him from helping Brazil win its second title. \n\nWealthy European clubs offered massive fees to sign the young player, but the government of Brazil declared Pelé an official national treasure to prevent him from being transferred out of the country. \n\nAt the 1966 World Cup in England, Pelé was the victim of some brutal tackles from Bulgarian and Portuguese defenders and left the finals injured and in tears. But the best of Pelé was still to come. \n\n At the 1970 finals in Mexico, the 29-year-old Pelé, led one of the greatest teams ever assembled to win Brazil's third World Cup. In the 4-1 title triumph over Italy, Pelé, scored a glorious goal. It was Brazil's 100th World Cup goal, and the one he remembers the most.\n\n"I have a special feeling for that goal because I scored it with my head," he said. "My father was a soccer player and once scored five goals in a game, all with his head. That was one record I was never able to break." \n\nPelé's statistics are staggering. During his career he scored 1,280 goals in 1,360 games, second only to another Brazilian, Arthur Friedenreich, who recorded 1,329 goals. He scored an average of a goal in every international game he played--the equivalent of a baseball player's hitting a home run in every World Series game over 15 years. \n\nAt the club level he shattered records in Brazil. He scored 127 goals for Santos F.C. in 1959, 110 in 1961 and 101 goals in 1965, and led the club to two World Club championships. \n\nPelé also holds the world record for hat tricks (92) and the number of goals scored on the international level (97). His statistics are all the more amazing when compared to today's top players who can barely score more that 30 goals in a season. \n\nHe retired from the game in 1974, but came out of retirement the following year to play in the North American
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The answer is definitely Pele!!!!!\n\nTo find out more about him, click on the link below.