Tell about Pele ?

He was the first child of Joao Ramos and Dona Celeste. Pele has two siblings named Zeca Nascimento and Maria Lucia Nascimento.

Pelé announced his retirement in 1974 but in 1975 agreed to a three-year, $7-million contract with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League and to promote the game in the United States.

Full Answer. Pelé also played for the Brazilian national team, winning three World Cups with the team in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

He retired after leading the Cosmos to the league championship in 1977.

THE second part of David Weatherston’s Pelé Podcast sees the player looking back over a bittersweet season at St Johnstone – a year that started very promisingly but ultimately ended in disappointment.

His playing career finished in an exhibition game in 1977 between his first club, Santos, and his last club, the Cosmos.

Pelé was the recipient of the International Peace Award in 1978.

DAVID WEATHERSTON was interviewed by the Pelé Podcast for almost five hours, an unprecedented feat. In this first part, he looks back on his nine-year spell with Queen’s Park, from child to promotion winner.

The official name of Pelé is Edson Arantes do Nascimento

When he was still a child and people first started to call him 'Pele', Edson Arantes do Nascimento cried about the nickname for months. Not for one minute did he imagine that those two syllables would become internationally synonymous with football greatness.

THE final part of Mick Dunlop’s Pelé Podcast might just be the best episode so far. The big defender looks back on his favourite spell of his career – his four years at Albion Rovers – and last season with Stenhousemuir.

In 1980 he was named Athlete of the Century by the French sports publication L’Equipe, and he received the same honour in 1999 from the International Olympic Committee.

THE second part of Mick Dunlop’s Pelé Podcast sees the big stopper looking back over the middle part of his career – his very fine two seasons with Dumbarton and his spells with Alloa Athletic, Brechin City and Stranraer.

In addition to his accomplishments in sports, he published several best-selling autobiographies and starred in several successful documentary and semi-documentary films.

he found a way of channelling this rage to devastating effect on the football pitch and, before too long, he had become one of the most recognisable footballers on the planet.

pelé started playing professional football with Santos at the age of 15, made his debut for Brazil at 16 and won the World Cup at 17.

Pele was named after American inventor Thomas Edison, his real name being Edson Arantes do Nascimiento.

Pele was signed by Santos when he was 15. He scored four goals on his league debut in a match against FC Corinthians on September 7, 1956.

Waldemar de Brito, another great Brazilian forward, is credited with discovering Pele, taking him to Santos, and telling them then that he was going to be "the greatest football player in the world."

On November 19, 1969, Pele scored his 1000th career goal. Hundreds raced onto the pitch to mob the Brazilian star and it took over 30 minutes for the game to resume.

When Pele retired, J.B. Pinheiro, the Brazilian ambassador to the United Nations, said: "Pele played football for 22 years, and in that time he did more to promote world friendship and fraternity than any other ambassador anywhere."

. 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?"

Born on October 23, 1940, in Três Corações, Brazil, soccer legend Pelé became a superstar with his performance in the 1958 World Cup.

When Pele played for the New York ,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 club's coaches at the time.

Pelé played professionally in Brazil for two decades, winning three World Cups along the way, before joining the New York Cosmos late in his career.