Pelé.-

People called him Pelé.He is the number one player in the story of soccer.


With Brazil, he won the World Cup Three times. He visited eighty-eight countries, and his picture was in every newspapaer.



He knows Spanish, Italian and French. He writes music and he works for the Brazilian government.




Pelé came into the world no the night of October 23, 1940.



There were problems in the family about soccer, but there was a lot of love in the house, too.



Then the family moved to Bauru because Pelé was a soccer player.




The manager was wrong about one thing. There was no work for Pelé'father in that town.



But Pelé was happy in Bauru with his new Friends.



Celeste, his mother, was not happy about this.



Dico smiled. His mother was right.



Dico wanted to work at the airport.



But Dico cleaned shoes.




He cleaned the building and answered the telephone. In the afternoons, Dico often visited his father.




Dico started School. He was not a good student.



He wanted a job at the airport.



But one day, an airplane came down near the school.The man from the airplane was dead. Dico never talked about a job with airplanes again.





Evenings and weekends, he played with his Friends.



People called them "the team with no shoes."



Bauru likes Pele'beautiful game, too.


They wanted him for the club's new team of Young players. The team manager was Valdemar de Brito...Pelé was happy !!!




One year later, Pelé finished school and started to work in a shoe Factory.



Pelé played well and the club was happy with its new player. Pelé was happy, too.



After some weeks, he had a good friend on the team.  His name was Zito.



Suddenly, he was famous.




Pelé played very well. Brazil won the first games with no problems.




Brazil were the champions. Now, Pelé was no only famous in Brazil.




In 1970, The World Cup was in Mexico. Pelé was only twenty-nine but he was the old man of the Brazilian Team.




In 1958 Pelé saw a litlle girl in the stadium. Pele liked her.



He talked to her friends about that girl. Her name was Rosmeri Cholby.



Pelé and  the Santos team visited many countries and palyed a lot of games.



Sometimes, this was difficult for Pelé.


He did not like staying in hotels all the time. he wanted to be home in Brazil with his family.



Pele and the girl married and they lived happy.




Pelé stayed with New York Cosmos for three years. His final game was on Ocotber 1, 1977.




Pelé played for his new team, and the for Santos.




He scored a good goal and said goodbye to soccer.



Pelé did not stop working. He was not only a good soccer player and teacher.



He loved Young people, too.



He worked for UNICEF and talked with governments about the problems of the world's children.



In 1995, he started to work for the Brazilian Government.


That is Pele' life ...