Pele

Born Oct. 23, 1940 in Tres Korasoyns small town in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in a poor family. Football was one of the favorite entertainments of young Edson. His father Dondino himself in the past, soccer player, became the first teacher of his son and gave him some secrets of sports skills. In 7 years, Edson began to advocate for the local team, which differed very spectacular and effective game in attack. At one time team trained former Brazilian national team player Valdemar de Brito, which largely determined the fate of Pele. Mentor has organized his show in the club «Santos» (São Paulo). And soon 15-year-old Pele joined the then world-famous club.  In September 1956, that is, when he had not yet turned 16 and first went on the field in an official club match (against «Korintiansa») - and scored a goal. For all the time for speeches «Santos» (1956-1974) 11 times won the title of Sao Paulo (and the same time became the best scorer of the tournament - the most successful was 1958: 58 goals). 6 times won the Cup twice, and Brazil - Libertadores Cup and Intercontinental Cup. Debut of Pele in the national team - on FM 1958 in Sweden - has been equally impressive as the first presentation of «Santos», while at the competition, it came as a not entirely healthy. In the game against the USSR national team newcomer out of the starting composition of his team. In chetvertfinalnom match against Wales scored the decisive goal. In the semifinal game with a team of France made a Hat-trick, but in the final two held the ball into the goal masters tournament. 17-year-old Pele received unanimous acceptance by the professional audience and his rivals - and became the youngest champion in the history of world championships.

Skill

The secret lies in the skills of Pele his phenomenal physical and great diligence. We know that at the peak of his sporting career, he ran 100-meter race in less than 11 seconds, thus yielding very few indicators of professional athletes, sprinter, and having not the greatest, on the football standards, the growth (173 cm) in height jumping at 2 pm conducted at one time special studies have also shown that Pele is a wide angle of view: it allowed him to quickly assess the constantly changing situation on the field - and take the optimal solution. 

Unusually gifted by nature, Pele, however, a lot of time to develop individual components of football equipment, which he, for example, equally well hit the ball with both feet. Another undoubted dignity - excellent dribbling and tracings. Pele characteristic filigree technique possession of the ball combined with high speed movement, and many spent on the training methods - with studio improvisation. 

Pele also has goal instinct, intuition, and exceptional fine understanding of the game. In spite of high individual skill, Pele has always remained committed to team play. «Without a victory for common efforts in football is impossible, - he said. - Football - a team, team, rather than one or two or three star players ». Pele is known as «Grandmaster» Paz, his partners were the transfer of accurate, timely - and often baffle his opponents irregularity and surprise. 

According to experts in the technique of Pele was not the weaknesses of his peculiar style of the game in many ways has changed the presentation of the possibilities and the essence of football. Many of «magic», which he demonstrated on the field, have become legendary, a goal scored in 1961 at the gates «Fluminense» at the Stadium «Maracay», - after Pele in the way of his own penalty alone beat the entire team of the opponent, - named «bare century» and immortalized by installing on «Marakane» memorial sign. 

Pele scored 1281 registered a goal (in the 1363 matches played in «Santos», «Space», and the national team). The most productive year in his biography was a 1959 - 127 head. For a better account of the history of world football scorer 92 Hat-tricks, 30 games where he scored four goals, and not less than 6 games (football statistics are not always perfect), in which Pele spent five heads. Another unique achievement of the King of football found in 1964, clogging in a single match 8 goals in the gate «Botafago». 

His jubilee - millesimal - Goal Pele spent 19 Nov, 1969 with a penalty kick in the game «Santos» against «Vasco Da Gama». Ministry of Communications of Brazil issued in connection with the postage stamp - the world's only on the individual achievement of the individual player. «Santos» November 19, annually observed as «Day Pele». 

Despite the exceptional performance, the title of «King heads» are not owned by Pele, a famous Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskás, zabivshemu 512 goals in 528 matches of the national championships in Hungary and Spain, 1940-1960's: the national championship of Brazil were drawn only in 1970, when a large Pele of football career was already over. However, inadequate statistics allows to claim the title a few more players. In Brazil, one of the recognized Arthur Friedenreich, that in no way detract from the achievements of «the King of Soccer».