Pelé: My Life and the Beautiful Game
by Pelé
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While kicking a ball through the dusty streets of his Brazilian hometown, young Edson Arantes do Nascimento was given the nickname Pelé so casually that no one remembers its meaning. Today, the name is famous worldwide as belonging to history's greatest soccer player. Here, in Pelé's own words, is his incredible life story: his five goals in the last two games of the 1958 World Cup at the tender age of 17, his glory years with his Brazilian club FC Santos, his role in four World Cup show more tournaments, his comeback as a member of the storied New York Cosmos, and his lifelong role as goodwill ambassador for the world's favorite sport. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Pelé: My Life and the Beautiful Game
- People/Characters
- Pelé
- Important places
- Vila Belmiro; Solna, Sweden; New York, New York, USA
- Important events
- 1958 Soccer World Cup
- Dedication
- I dedicate this book to all the people who have made this great game the Beautiful Game.
- First words
- The Nya Ullevi Stadium is jammed to capacity, crowded with people come to see the team of the Soviet Union demolish Brazil in this, the third game of their fight in the Jules Rimet Trophy competition for the football champion... (show all)ship of the world.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And when I listen to the radio when that boy plays, or when I watch him on television, improving, getting ahead in the world through his talent and his work, then and then alone, will I feel I have at least partially paid my debt to Dondinho, to Dona Celeste,to Valdemar de Brito, to all those who helped me through the years - and, mainly, to God.
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- Sports and Leisure, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 796.334092 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Sports Ball sports Inflated ball driven by the foot Soccer standard subdivisions Biography And History
- LCC
- GV942.7 .N3 .A35 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports Ball games: Baseball, football, golf, etc.
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