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Dec 30, 2022 · King Pelé (O Rei Pelé, 1962). Pelé's first big-screen moment came in a movie directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen in the same year he won his second World Cup title.
Dec 29, 2022 · Pelé was the symbol of success, a point of unanimity in a land of regional rivalries. Although from São Paulo, Santos often staged big games in Rio de Janeiro and received impassioned support ...
Dec 30, 2022 · Pele’s first big-screen moment came in a movie directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen in the same year he won his second World Cup title. The narrative starts at Pele’s native city of Tres Coracoes, talks about his move to the Sao Paulo countryside city of Bauru and then on to Santos, where he becomes a global star.
Jan 7, 2023 · In his 1964 book Viagem em Torno de Pele, Brazilian journalist Mario Filho wrote: “Pele is more than a great player. He is a symbol of Brazil and of the joy of football. He has brought happiness and pride to millions of people around the world, and he will always be remembered as one of the greatest of all time.”.
- But He Didn't Really Score 1,000 Goals?
- But He Scored His Goals in Brazil?
- Wasn't It Easier to Score Back then?
- But He Didn't Do It in Europe Did He?
- Is That All We Have to Go on?
- But Weren't These Friendlies?
- But He only Won The Copa Libertadores twice?
- He Never Won The Copa America though?
- Did He Do Anything Apart from Score Goals?
- The King of Football
This single fact about Pele's record has been mocked more than any other. An article in The Guardianonce jokingly suggested that the tally "famously involves goals scored while he was daydreaming in the bath". Some might even tease that his overhead kick in the film Escape to Victory was included in the final FIFA-recognised figure of 1,281 goals. ...
That is largely true. But then, so what? When Santos became national champions for the first time in 1961, a title they would go on to claim for five years in a row, the Brazilian league was arguably the strongest domestic competition in world. Certainly, it contained some of the game's most celebrated players. Every one of the 1958 World Cup winni...
Pele's outrageous goal haul in these finals can make it seem that these were easier times in which to score, but that is a trap to be avoided. After all, the same could surely be said of someone perusing the scoring records of Ronaldo and Messi at a later date. Nobody else is registering those numbers now. Nobody else was registering Pele's numbers...
Pele played only a handful of what would now be considered competitive matches against European club sides. However, his performances in those matches leave little room for argument. His genius was laid bare against European Cup holders Benfica in the 1962 Intercontinental Cup - the return leg of which Pele claimed was his best-ever game. Having al...
Pele played in many more matches in Europe that have since been described as friendlies. Lucrative games were lined up around the continent, the scale of which is difficult for modern audiences to comprehend. Pele and his Santos team-mates faced a punishing schedule, often playing every other day. There were 38 friendlies against Italian sides alon...
There is a famous line from the 1987 film The Princess Bride. "You keep using that word," says the character of Inigo Montoya. "I do not think it means what you think it means." These matches might have been called friendlies but it would be a mistake to regard them as lesser contests for that reason. The existing footage reveals some robust treatm...
The volume of tours that Santos undertook, hawking Pele around the globe in exchange for vast sums of cash, prevented them from competing in the Copa Libertadores as often as they could have done. There was simply less money in it. After winning in 1962 and 1963, the club subsequently withdrew from later competitions, denying Pele further honours. ...
It is true that Pele never won the Copa America but, again, those tour games prevented him from even taking part. In fact, Pele only played in one Copa America tournament - in Argentina in 1959. While the hosts won the trophy because of its league format, Brazil, the then World Cup winners, were also unbeaten. The star man that year was apparent to...
Much of the focus thus far has been on goals because it is more easily quantifiable. If that leads to supporters of other candidates for the status of the greatest of all time attempting to shift the argument and point to other qualities, Pele's case only becomes stronger. He was no out-and-out striker. Perhaps the most famous showcase of his talen...
None of the above is enough to end one of football's longest-running debates. That will continue in perpetuity. But it does provide a little bit of context to some of the more facile attempts to dismiss the claims of the man still known to many as O Rei- The King. Prefer others if you must but there is no need to denigrate the colossal achievements...
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Dec 29, 2022 · Pele, the magical Brazilian soccer star who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died at the age of 82, his daughter said on ...
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Feb 24, 2021 · Pelé on Netflix film review: not quite warts and all but still fascinating. It could have probed further into the footballer’s less heroic side but this doc is worth a watch. “Football is for ...
