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- There is a handful of
- athletes whose names
- you instantly recognize.
- One of these is Pelé. (His
- real name is Edson
- Arantes de Nascimento.) During his
- sensational 20-year career, he scored 1,282
- goals (in 1,355 games, nearly a goal a
- game), led Brazil to three World Cup cham-
- pionships, and earned the title of the ΓÇ£King
- of Soccer."
-
- As a kid, Pelé [pay-LAY] always had a natural
- talent for soccer. His father was a pro-
- fessional soccer player who taught him the
- game. But at that time, pro soccer players
- made very little money. Since Pelé and
- his friends couldnΓÇÖt afford a real soccer
- ball, they made their own from rags