Pelé has been voted the greatest footballer of all-time – ahead of Diego
Maradona, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The three-time World Cup winner scored 727 goals during his glittering 21 year career,
including 77 for Brazil in 92 appearances.
Widely regarded as football’s first superstar, he is still the youngest player ever to appear in a
World Cup final featuring in the culmination of the 1958 tournament aged just 17.
He made his domestic debut at 16 years old for Santos FC and remained there until 1975, when
he moved to New York Cosmos amid much fanfare for the final two years of his career.
Source: Independent ~ Rob Knight ~ Sunday 27 May 2018
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