Pele grew up in poverty, but from an early age he was still able to find a love for playing soccer. In early life, “ he took up various odd jobs as a child to earn extra money. He received his early lessons in soccer from his father and played for various amateur teams in his youth.”(Who is pele?) Pele had to take up jobs from an early age to help his parents but after long days pele would get lessons from his father and would enjoy playing soccer and got into some good amateur clubs. Pele was “Blessed with the talent for the game and a style of his own, he found himself a place at the Bauru Athletic Club juniors,”(Who is pele?) Clearly from an early age he was already developing a new style of play that would change the style of soccer forever.
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Scoring 1281 goals in 1363 games during his professional career which is usually scoring at least once every game which is very hard to perform the best every game that you play and especially if you don’t start the game on the field which made a very popular person during his time . A quote from the famous people.com is, “he scored a total of 1281 goals in 1363 games. It was his deep embedded penchant for the game and knack for scoring spectacular goals that made him a star around the world. Impressively, Pele scored 77 goals for his national team brazil, Which might not seem like a lot but national teams only play a handful of games every 4 years including the world cup so to score that many goals during the world cup qualifyings helped his team brazil to reach the world cup often. A quote from biography.com, “first-class goals, including 77 for Brazil.” (Pele). He’s known for, “With his impeccable style, electrifying play and impressive performance”(Thefamouspeople) From, The famouspeople.com Pele was known by crowds for his unique style and impressive dribbling skills and great shots. Pele’s many amazing and awe inspiring accomplishments keep him popular even though he doesn't play soccer to this …show more content…
Lastly, From Fifa.com, “ 2014 Fifa World Cup reached 3.2 billion viewers”(Fifa.com) So if at least 3.2 billion people follow national soccer than they are bound to know about one of brazil’s all time best player. And since he is very popular even people who don’t follow much soccer know about him. Pele is a widely known soccer star and is even popular now at the age of 77 and he is still active in some areas of
Scoring 1281 goals in 1363 games during his professional career which is usually scoring at least once every game which is very hard to perform the best every game that you play and especially if you don’t start the game on the field which made a very popular person during his time . A quote from the famous people.com is, “he scored a total of 1281 goals in 1363 games. It was his deep embedded penchant for the game and knack for scoring spectacular goals that made him a star around the world. Impressively, Pele scored 77 goals for his national team brazil, Which might not seem like a lot but national teams only play a handful of games every 4 years including the world cup so to score that many goals during the world cup qualifyings helped his team brazil to reach the world cup often. A quote from biography.com, “first-class goals, including 77 for Brazil.” (Pele). He’s known for, “With his impeccable style, electrifying play and impressive performance”(Thefamouspeople) From, The famouspeople.com Pele was known by crowds for his unique style and impressive dribbling skills and great shots. Pele’s many amazing and awe inspiring accomplishments keep him popular even though he doesn't play soccer to this …show more content…
Lastly, From Fifa.com, “ 2014 Fifa World Cup reached 3.2 billion viewers”(Fifa.com) So if at least 3.2 billion people follow national soccer than they are bound to know about one of brazil’s all time best player. And since he is very popular even people who don’t follow much soccer know about him. Pele is a widely known soccer star and is even popular now at the age of 77 and he is still active in some areas of