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      • How a young man from such humble beginnings became Pelé, widely considered the greatest soccer player ever, is a story written on the hearts of generations of his compatriots and fans around the world. It is a story told, too, in photographs that spanned decades — and that grew in luster and clarity as his legend did.
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    Pelé Pelé with Brazil in 1970 Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 Três Corações, Brazil Died 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) (aged 82) São Paulo, Brazil Resting place Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, Santos, São Paulo Occupations Footballer humanitarian Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Spouses Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi (m. 1966; div. 1982) Assíria Lemos Seixas (m. 1994; div. 2008) Marcia Aoki (m. 2016) Children 7, including Edinho and Joshua Nascimento Parent Dondinho ...

    • 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
    • 29 December 2022 (aged 82), São Paulo, Brazil
    • Pele Admits He Found It Hard to Stay Faithful
    • Pele Intended to Quit After The 1966 World Cup
    • He Was criticised For Not Taking A Political Stance
    • There May Have Been Government interference in The Brazil Team
    • Saldanha Tried to Have Pele Removed from Team

    After the 1958 World Cup, Pele became an icon. He was football's first millionaire and still a teenager. Adulation followed him everywhere and it's hardly a secret that Pele did not show the same faithfulness to everyone in his life as he did to his club Santos. At one point in the film, a journalist asks Pele whether he found it difficult to remai...

    Brazil went to the 1966 World Cup as favourites, having won the competition four years earlier in Chile. However, there was a massive shock when they were knocked out in the group stages. "Getting knocked out of the World Cup in England was the saddest moment of my life," Pele says. Despite being only 25 at the time, Pele decided he was done with t...

    In 1964, the Brazilian military staged a coup, which led to a dictatorship being established in the country that lasted until 1985. Torture and repression were institutional. In the film, Pele is asked whether he knew about these practices at the time. "If I were to say now that I had never been aware of it, that would be a lie," he says. "There wa...

    The film paints a picture of how national team's exploits were used to launder the reputation of the military regime during the 1960s. Before the 1970 World Cup, a journalist and friend of Pele's, Juca Kfouri, describes how it became very important for the regime's international image that Brazil win the World Cup again. And that meant Pele had to ...

    Before the 1970 World Cup there was concern that Pele's form had dipped and there was no love lost between him and Saldanha. "He wanted to be the big man in charge but if you were to ask me whether he knew anything about football... personally, I'd say he didn't," says Pele. Perhaps the most extreme incident came when Saldanha claimed an eye test s...

  3. Pelé: Birth of a Legend is an 2016 American biographical film about the early life of Brazilian footballer Pelé and his journey with Brazil to win the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

    • Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
    • Brian Grazer, Ivan Orlic
  4. Feb 19, 2021 · Pelés extramarital affairs and uncomfortably close relationship with Brazil’s murderous military dictatorship are interrogated in some detail, pieced together from archive footage, interviews...

    • Jonathan Liew
  5. Sep 19, 2023 · Pelé: Birth of a Legend is a biographical sports film that tells the story of the legendary Brazilian footballer, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé. Directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist, the movie takes us on a journey through Pelé’s early life and his rise to becoming one of the greatest footballers of all time.

  6. Dec 6, 2022 · When he came to professional soccer, he was nicknamed Pelé and he emerged in his brief role as a goalkeeper. He reminded the fans and journalists of the time of his father’s rivalry with another goalkeeper nicknamed Bilé. That was what he was originally called until he became Pelé. By the way, he hated the nickname.